behind, headway over 1f out, driven and kept on inside final furlong, never reached leaders
tracked winner, driven inside final 2f, ridden 1f out, no impression when lost place inside final furlong, weakened final 50 yards
mid-division, outpaced well over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on under pressure on outside well inside final furlong, never reached leaders
in touch on outside, driven 2f out, soon lost place, weakened final furlong
made all, shaken up inside final 2f, ridden clear inside final furlong, ran on, readily
went right start, soon outpaced in rear, never involved
mid-division, ridden to chase leaders over 1f out, ran on well inside final 100 yards, snatched 2nd post, never troubled winner
chased leaders, ridden 1f out, kept on, never going pace to get on terms
AUGUSTUS CAESAR made a winning start in handicaps when successful over today’s minimum trip at Lingfield. He’s upped 7lb but beat a subsequent winner and finished well clear of the rest on that occasion. Astrozone went close at Southwell on last month’s handicap bow, though the form isn’t working out, but Silver Start finished in front of Wilfy when fourth at Lingfield, though the latter failed to get a clear run and may reverse running. Zulu Zander drops down in class and distance for this and is preferred to Baileys In Bloom of the remainder .
Zulu Zander (IRE) 50-1 (9-2) Led and disputed, every chance over 1f out, ridden and hung left inside final furlong, weakened soon after, 7th of 13, 5 1/4l behind Dark Regard (9-1) at Wolverhampton 6f (4) pol in Nov.
Augustus Caesar (USA) 11-10fav (9-7) Made all, driven out, won at Lingfield 5f (5) pol in Sep beating Newyorkstateofmind (9-5) by nk, 9 ran.
Baileys In Bloom (FR) 20-1 (9-5) Tracked leaders, ridden to chase winner 2f out, one pace and lost 2nd inside final furlong, 3rd of 14, 4l behind Dark Regard (9-4) at Southwell 6f (5) pol in Nov.
Silver Start 25-1 (9-4) Led, ridden over 1f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong, 4th of 10, 1l behind Birkenhead (9-7) at Lingfield 5f (5) pol in Nov.
Heer We Go Again 8-1 (9-3) Prominent, led over 3f out, headed over 1f out, weakened final 100 yards, 7th of 10, 4 1/4l behind Colouring (9-6) at Wolverhampton 6f (5) pol in Dec.
Feelinlikeasomeone 33-1 (9-0) Soon led, joined 2f out, soon headed, no extra final furlong, 8th of 14, 8 1/4l behind Power Ahead (9-5) at Dundalk 6f mdn pol in Nov.
Wilfy 14-1 (9-2) Held up in rear, headway and switched right 2f out, not clear run and switched left over 1f out, not much room inside final furlong, unable to threaten, 5th of 12, 3 1/4l behind Waddat (9-7) at Kempton 6f (5) pol in Dec.
Astrozone 13-2 (9-6) Tracked leaders, led over 1f out, headed entering final furlong, kept on, 2nd of 8, 3/4l behind Lilkian (9-5) at Southwell 5f (5) pol in Nov.
Newsical 20-1 (9-1) Close up, ridden over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 9th of 12, 4 1/4l behind Lezardrieux (9-7) at Newcastle 5f (6) pol in Dec.