soon in touch on outside, pushed along when not much room and lost place over 2f out, rallied under pressure over 1f out, went 3rd final strides
towards rear, headway on inside 2f out, ridden and chased leaders over 1f out, one pace final furlong
held up towards rear, smooth headway over 2f out, chased leader over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on, headed close home
chased leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened well over 1f out
held up towards rear, badly hampered on inside and hit rails over 2f out, soon eased, tailed off
held up in mid-division, headway 3f out, soon switched right chased leaders over 2f out, ridden to lead 2f out, headed inside final furlong, soon lost 2nd, lost 3rd final strides
took keen hold in mid-division, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
slowly into stride, towards rear, hampered on inside over 2f out, headway over 1f out, soon ridden, never troubled leaders
chased leaders, pushed along halfway, driven and weakening when hampered and hung left over 2f out
led after 1f, ridden and headed over 1f out, soon lost 2nd and weakened
chased leaders, ridden 2f out, soon weakened
slowly into stride, in rear, headway on outside over 1f out, chased leaders inside final furlong, ridden and stayed on to lead close home
led for 1f, chased leader until 2f out weakened quickly over 1f out
Focail Eile is back on a winning mark and showed signs of a return to form at Nottingham earlier this month. He should figure in this grade and Olney Lass is only 2lb higher than when scoring at Chepstow in September though she's never won on the all-weather. Aragorn Rouge just got the better of Flipping over C&D last time and the latter re-opposes on better terms with first-time blinkers applied. ZENAFIRE finished further back in the same race but that was only his fourth start and Reg Hollinshead's colt may well find enough improvement to open his account in this.
Focail Eile 12-1 (8-10) Tracked leaders, ridden to chase winner over 1f out, edged left and kept on inside final furlong, 2nd of 5, 1 3/4l behind St Moritz (8-10) at Nottingham 1m cond Stakes (3) sft.
Olney Lass 5-1 (9-1) In rear, ridden halfway, headway over 2f out, ridden and kept on one pace final furlong, lost 3rd towards finish, 4th of 10, 6l behind Zip Lock (9-2) at Yarmouth 7f hcp 0-65 (6) hvy in Oct.
Aragorn Rouge 11-8fav (8-13) Chased leaders, going well 2f out, led over 1f out, ridden inside final furlong, ran on, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-60 (6) pol beating Flipping (8-13) by 3/4l, 12 ran.
Flipping 11-1 (8-13) Mid-division on inside, headway 2f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, kept on towards finish, always held, 2nd of 12, 3/4l behind Aragorn Rouge (8-13) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-60 (6) pol.
Poker Hospital 40-1 (8-8) Held up towards rear, pushed along well over 2f out, soon struggling, 8th of 10, 8l behind Finesse (9-0) at Wolverhampton 7f fll hcp (0-75) (3yo+) (5) pol.
Zenafire 20-1 (8-11) Towards rear, headway on outside halfway, went 3rd 2f out, no impression, went 4th close home, 4th of 12, 4 1/2l behind Aragorn Rouge (8-13) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-60 (6) pol.
Source Of Light (IRE) 5-1 (9-2) Close up, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 11, 6l behind Chrissycross (9-5) at Lingfield 1m hcp 0-60 (6) pol.
Dansili Dutch (IRE) 33-1 (9-2) Outpaced, tailed off, last of 9, 34l behind Twin Shadow (8-13) at Southwell 1m 3yo hcp 0-65 (6) fbs in Oct.
Present Day 7-1 (9-3) Tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened entering final furlong, 8th of 12, 14l behind Monthly Medal (9-10) at Nottingham 1m 2f ladies hcp 0-65 (6) sft in Oct.
Dhhamaan (IRE) 7-2fav (9-0) Led, headed approaching 2f out, lost 2nd before 1f out, soon weakened, 5th of 13, 9l behind It's A Mans World (8-7) at Thirsk 7f hcp 0-70 (5) gf in Aug.
Schoolboy Champ 33-1 (8-8) Went 2nd over 5f out, pushed along 3f out, weakened and easded inside final furlong, 5th of 13, 2l behind North Central (9-0) at Lingfield 7f app hcp 0-60 (6) pol.
Ensnare 7-1 (9-2) Always towards rear, 12th of 14, 10l behind Ermyntrude (9-0) at Kempton 1m hcp (6) pol in Sep.
Hector Spectre (IRE) 50-1 (9-5) In touch, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 12, 36l behind Volcanic Jack (9-8) at Bath 1m 4f hcp 0-60 (6) fm in Sep.
