in touch, pushed along and headway over 1f out, led approaching final furlong, ran on
led, ridden and headed approaching final furlong, weakened inside final furlong
in touch, wide and headway entering final furlong, ran on, nearest finish
in touch, ridden and headway over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden and every chance over 1f out, faded inside final furlong
in rear, pushed along over 2f out, headway when not clear run approaching final furlong, not recover
close up, pushed along 2f out, ridden and stayed on inside final furlong
raced wide, tracked leader after 1f, pushed along over 1f out, weakened final furlong
awkward and slowly away, in rear, weakened over 2f out, tailed off
towards rear, pushed along and weakened 2f out
Flatley won a lower grade contest over course and distance recently but AL RUFAA drops down in class. The latter will be sharper for a recent comeback run at Kempton and is back on a winning mark. Power of Darkness has been thereabouts on the Tapeta at Newcastle since winning at Salisbury in September while Supreme King was still beaten a long way when second on heavy going at Redcar last month looking for his first win.
Al Rufaa (FR) 11-2 (9-8) Restless in stalls, off the pace and always towards rear, 9th of 12, 5l behind Vultar (9-5) at Kempton 7f hcp (3) pol in Nov.
Summa Peto (USA) 33-1 (9-6) Tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong, 11th of 12, 14 1/2l behind Master Richard (9-11) at Newcastle 7f hcp (4) pol in May.
Power of Darkness 17-2 (9-4) Led, pushed along over 1f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, kept on one pace, 3rd of 12, 4 3/4l behind Eldrickjones (9-7) at Newcastle 1m hcp (4) pol in Nov.
Night Arc 11-1 (9-8) Never closer than mid-division, towards rear and pushed along halfway, soon behind, tailed off, last of 9, dist behind Repertoire (9-12) at Windsor 1m hcp (4) gd in Oct.
Supreme King (IRE) 7-1 (9-5) Tracked leaders, chased winner 3f out, pushed along 2f out, soon outpaced by clear winner, 2nd of 6, 11l behind Run Zarak Run (9-0) at Redcar 1m stks (5) hvy in Oct.
Flatley 5-1 (9-12) Held up, slightly short of room 5f out, making headway when raced wide off home turn, pushed along 1f out, ran on strongly when led and edged left inside final furlong, kept on, comfortably, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (5) pol in Nov beating Al Baahy (9-13) by 1 1/4l, 11 ran.
Phantasy Mac (IRE) 11-2 (9-13) Led, came wide turning in, ridden over 1f out, headed and no extra in 3rd inside final furlong, 3rd of 6, 5 3/4l behind Moogie (9-10) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (5) pol in Nov.
Supaspecialawesome (IRE) 6-1 (9-6) Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, faded inside final furlong, 7th of 12, 4l behind Triggered (9-7) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (5) pol in Oct.
Tomouh Dubai (IRE) 20-1 (9-2) Tracked leaders, raced keenly, ridden 2f out, weakened quickly over 1f out, 12th of 13, 17 1/4l behind Chelsea Green (9-2) at Sandown 7f mdn fll stks (4) gd in Aug.
Jack's Point 14-1 (9-10) Wore hood to post, off the pace towards rear, pushed along over 3f out, never involved, 6th of 10, 9l behind Ideal Guest (9-11) at Yarmouth 7f hcp (5) sft in Oct.
