held up in rear, never dangerous
behind, headway over 1f out, ran on into 3rd inside final furlong, never troubled leaders
mid-division, headway over 3f out, chased leaders over 2f out, weakened final furlong
keen, tracked leader, under pressure over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
held up, never dangerous
always prominent, driven to challenge over 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong
in touch, outpaced over 3f out, rallied over 1f out, stayed on final furlong, never a threat
slowly into stride, behind, ridden over 4f out, soon beaten
made all, driven over 1f out, stayed on strongly
chased leaders, effort over 2f out, soon one pace
Gates Pass was placed yet again when third here in September and has had a wind operation since. She's weighted to beat Ghazan but Red Chois has a shout on her recent close-up third at Chelmsford and Duchess Of Avon posted a better effort at Yarmouth recently. Panmolle failed to land the odds at Kempton when finding nothing in the closing stages and headgear is applied to the Gosden filly today but VOW OF PRESENCE is fancied to improve with last month's debut third at Southwell under his belt and he gets the vote with Simon Crisford's yard remaining in good form.
Carnage 100-1 (10-12) In touch on outside when fell 1st, at Warwick 2m (4) gd in Nov.
Gates Pass 14-1 (9-5) Slowly into stride, soon mid-division, headway over 3f out, 3rd and unable to quicken inside final furlong, 3rd of 12, 7l behind Loveisili (9-5) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f mdn stks (5) pol in Sep.
Ghazan (IRE) 8-1 (8-11) Mid-division, headway over 2f out, wandered under pressure and weakened final furlong, 6th of 10, 7 3/4l behind Fresh Terms (9-2) at Windsor 1m 2f hcp (4) gs in Oct.
Vow Of Presence 3-1 (9-5) Slow into stride raced wide, headway to go close up, 5f out, pushed along halfway, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace, 3rd of 8, 6 3/4l behind Space Bandit (9-5) at Southwell 1m mdn stks (5) pol in Nov.
Cash N Carrie (IRE) 33-1 (8-11) Raced wide tracked leaders, lost place entering final 4f, 8th of 10, 12 3/4l behind Captain Dan (9-2) at Wolverhampton 7f stks (6) pol in Dec.
Red Chois (IRE) 33-1 (8-10) Switched left soon after start, held up behind, headway under pressure over 1f out, soon ridden, stayed on to chase front pair well inside final furlong, always just held, 3rd of 14, 3/4l behind Pinnata (9-1) at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (4) pol in Nov.
Duchess Of Avon 5-1 (9-5) Close up, headway over 2f out, ridden to press winner from over 1f out, just held, 2nd of 12, nk behind Agent Of Fortune (8-6) at Yarmouth 7f hcp (6) gf in Oct.
Hamilton Island (IRE) 80-1 (10-5) Keen led, pushed along and headed 4f out, weakened over 1f out, 10th of 16, 29l behind Cascova (10-12) at Huntingdon 1m 6f (5) gd in Nov.
Panmolle 8-13fav (9-0) Tracked leaders, went 2nd 3f out, effort over 2f out, soon ridden and unable to quicken, well beaten inside final furlong, 5th of 13, 9l behind Astonished (9-0) at Kempton 1m mdn stks (5) pol in Dec.
War No More (USA) 10-1 (9-0) Towards rear, shaken up over 2f out, edged left over 1f out, never dangerous, 8th of 10, 11 1/4l behind Cantiniere (9-0) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f fll stks (5) pol in Nov.