keen, tracked leaders, ridden, weakened 2f out
raced wide in touch, weakened halfway
led, headed 3f out, ridden, weakened 2f out
held up, ridden, headway entering final 2f, stayed on to take 3rd inside final furlong
keen, held up in touch, tracked leaders halfway, ridden 2f out, no extra, weakened inside final furlong
slowly away, in rear, never nearer
tracked leader, led 3f out, ridden, headed over 1f out, soon one pace
tracked leaders, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed, kept on inside final furlong
in rear, ridden, headway over 1f out, led inside final furlong, driven, edged right
Nonrunner
Nonrunner
A fair seller and WHITBARROW can land it at the expense of Sir George and Borasco. Rod Millman's charge was unsurprisingly held in a handicap at the track on his latest start but he is a much better betting proposition at this grade and having had the benefit of two recent outings, we are hopeful that he is back to match fitness. Sir George beat Pha Mai Blue at Lingfield last season so the former Peter Chapple-Hyam inmate is deserving of respect at this grade. Borasco has been out of form but his stable have had a number of winners of late including a 50/1 stunner last week. Northern Desert is a regular in races of this nature. Astormfromillonois is a surprise entrant having not seen a racecourse since finishing tailed off in a claimer at Santa Anita in 2006. Sendreni has shown little of late though the booking of Steve Drowne by this shrewd stable leads us to take a closer look at the betting activity that surrounds him. Many plausible cases can be made and the most compelling is that of Whitbarrow.
Interactive (IRE) 16-1 (8-9) Led, ridden and headed approaching 2f out, weakened final furlong, 9th of 12, 4 1/2l behind Weet A Surprise (8-10) at Wolverhampton 6f app hcp 0-70 (5) pol.
Sendreni (FR) 12-1 (8-11) Held up, weakened over 1f out, last of 12, 14l behind Tourist (9-5) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Oct.
Astormfromillinois (USA) 30-1 (8-9) Stalked rail,weakened, 11th of 14, 20l behind Start Yodeling (8-9) at Santa Anita(USA) 6f mdn clm in Feb '06.
Pride of Nation (IRE) 8-1 (9-0) Pushed along mid-division, chased leaders over 4f out, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened, 11th of 13, 21l behind Ingleby Princess (8-1) at Southwell 7f clm stks (6) fbs.
Sir George (IRE) 6-1 (8-12) Held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, not pace to threaten leaders, 6th of 17, 7l behind Markhesa (8-5) at Leicester 7f 3yo & 4yo sll (6) gd in Oct.
Star Strider 50-1 (8-12) Towards rear and keen, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong, 5th of 14, 6l behind Ensnare (9-6) at Kempton 1m hcp (0-65) (6) pol.
Whitbarrow (IRE) 16-1 (9-0) Soon led, headed over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened, 9th of 12, 13l behind Tourist (9-5) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Oct.
Borasco (USA) 10-1 (9-1) Held up, ridden over 2f out, never near leaders, 7th of 12, 12l behind Tamasou (8-12) at Catterick 7f hcp 0-80 (4) sft.
Monashee Rock (IRE) 13-2 (9-7) Slowly away, in rear, headway over 1f out, no impression final furlong, 8th of 14, 4 1/2l behind Inquisitress (8-6) at Kempton 1m hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Oct.
Northern Desert (IRE) 11-1 (9-4) Held up mid-division, headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, soon ridden, headed well inside final furlong, no extra, 3rd of 10, 1 1/2l behind Ocean Legend (8-13) at Lingfield 1m sell stks (6) pol in Oct.
Gap Princess (IRE) 11-2 (9-0) Behind, ridden over 2f out, never able to challenge, 7th of 11, 9l behind Whiteoak Lady (9-0) at Thirsk 6f sell stks (5) gd in Aug.
Cook's Endeavour (USA) 28-1 (9-1) Chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 13, 5l behind Ingleby Princess (8-1) at Southwell 7f clm stks (6) fbs.
