with leader, ridden well over 1f out, soon weakened
held up, headway on bit over 1f out, shaken up to lead towards finish
held up mid-division, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
held up, kept on final furlong
led, headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
held up, no impression from over 1f out
in touch, soon tracking leaders, weakened over 2f out
held up mid-division, never dangerous
slow into stride, held up, headway 2f out, ridden inside last, one paced
Nonrunner
A bad race where LIBRE is the call at the expense of Lunar Limelight and Lambrini Lace. The veteran is far from the most frequent of winners but he is rarely far away and at the odds, makes more appeal than most. Lunar Limelight bids for the hattrick having taken victories at Lingfield and Wolverhampton within his stride. This race is far from the strongest in order to post that follow up. Russian Angel is a regular in low grade handicaps and having finished second off this mark behind Bidable; he has to be considered again this evening. Ejeed dropped massively down the weights this summer though not without good reason. Shake On It stays this trip effectively enough though has become very inconsistent indeed. This is not a race to be attempting to win the christmas money on so it is with a fair degree of reluctance that we offer up Libre as our pick.
Lambrini Lace (IRE) 12-1 (8-11) Raced wide, chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakening when hampered approaching final furlong, 8th of 13, 9l behind Fantasy Fighter (8-11) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp (6) pol in Nov.
Shake On It 13-2 (9-1) Mid-division, headway when not clear run approaching 2f out, ridden to chase leading pair over 1f out, kept on one pace, 4th of 12, 5l behind Join Up (8-13) at Lingfield 1m app hcp 0-55 (6) pol.
Western Art (USA) 33-1 (8-4) Tracked leaders, ridden and weakened approaching 2f out, 11th of 12, 27l behind Tamasou (8-12) at Catterick 7f hcp 0-80 (4) sft in Nov.
Tallest Peak (USA) 28-1 (8-11) Chased leaders, weakened 2f out, last of 13, 11l behind Head First (8-9) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (6) pol in Nov.
Russian Angel 10-1 (8-10) Chased leaders, ridden to chase winner over 1f out, kept on same pace, 2nd of 13, 3 1/2l behind Bidable (8-12) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-50 (7) pol in Nov.
Anduril 25-1 (8-3) Slowly away, always behind, ridden and weakened over 2f out, last of 10, 18l behind King Of Legend (8-6) at Ayr 1m app hcp 0-55 (6) gd in Jun.
Libre 16-1 (8-8) Held up in touch, one pace over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 10th of 13, 6l behind Royal Society (8-11) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (6) pol in Nov.
Kirkie (USA) 66-1 (9-1) Slowly away, always towards rear, 11th of 13, 31l behind King of The Beers (8-10) at Southwell 1m 3f app hcp (6) fbs in Mar.
Bourn Fair 14-1 (8-8) In touch, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 12th of 14, 16l behind Mr Plod (8-13) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp 0-50 (7) pol.
Desert Fairy 25-1 (8-12) Prominent, went 2nd over 4f out, ridden to challenge over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 12, 10l behind Inflammable (8-12) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f mdn stks (5) pol.
Ardent Prince 8-1 (8-11) Led over 4f out, headed over 3f out, ridden to lead again 2f out, soon headed, weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 13, 8l behind Dancing Welcome (8-13) at Lingfield 7f Apprentice Handicap (0-58) (3yo+) (6) pol in Nov.
Lunar Limelight 7-1 (9-2) Held up in rear, improving when not much room 2f out, switched right, headway approaching final furlong, soon driven along, stayed on to lead post, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (6) pol beating Party In The Park (8-8) by shd, 13 ran.
Ejeed (USA) 5-1 (8-13) Held up, headway over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, 4th of 14, 7l behind Topcroft (8-10) at Kempton 1m app hcp 0-50 (7) pol.
