held up, headway on outer over 2f out, driven to lead over 1f out, soon clear, easily
towards rear, ridden and headway over 2f out, one pace final furlong
towards rear, never a factor
led, ridden along halfway, headed over 1f out, soon beaten
towards rear, soon chased along, never troubled leaders
prominent, driven over 2f out, one pace until weakened inside final furlong
mid-division, headway when not much room 2f out, ran on final furlong, nearest at finish
slowly into stride and towards rear, headway over 2f out, one pace final furlong
took keen hold on outer, ridden along when weakening over 3f out
chased leaders, driven when not much room 2f out, one pace final furlong
tracked leader, ridden along halfway, weakened over 2f out
Tobago Reef gets the tentative vote ahead of Marmooq and Bert's Memory. A weak seller which may not take much winning, and Tobago Reef, who has been running in better races than this of late and is sure to have come on for his recent outing at the track. Both of his wins have come over the course and distance and from a fair draw he should go well. Golden Surprise is an interesting contender coming across from Italy for this poor race and needs a check in the betting, whilst Rafferty can be hit and miss but ran well in defeat last time at Lingfield and needs respect. Calloff The Search is consistent in this grade but ultimately yet to win in twenty starts. Marmooq knows how to win and has claims, so whilst Trinculo could run well now dropped in grade, we will take him on over this trip and side with Tobago Reef to small stakes.
Golden Surprice (IRE) (9-10) won at San Siro 1m clm hvy beating Smaniotto (7-13) by 1 1/2l, 11 ran.
Island Green (USA) 11-2 (8-7) Chased leader far side, outpaced over 2f out, soon weakened, 13th of 14, 18l behind Just James (8-11) at Newcastle 7f app clm (6) gf in May.
Marmooq 7-2jt-fav (9-0) Led, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened quickly inside final furlong, 8th of 14, 6l behind Joy And Pain (8-12) at Lingfield 7f hcp 0-50 (6) pol.
Trinculo (IRE) 16-1 (9-1) Led, headed over 1f out, soon beaten, 10th of 17, 8l behind Hawridge Miss (8-11) at Bath 6f app hcp (6) gd in Oct.
Bert's Memory 13-2 (7-13) Always prominent, led over 2f out, headed over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 6th of 16, 4l behind Ten To The Dozen (8-11) at Leicester 7f clm (5) gs in Oct.
Rafferty (IRE) 20-1 (8-4) Raced wide towards rear, headway over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, no extra towards finish, 4th of 14, 2 1/2l behind Millfield (9-1) at Lingfield 7f hcp 0-60 (6) pol.
Sarraaf (IRE) 12-1 (8-8) Tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, kept on one pace final furlong, 4th of 14, 6l behind Defi (8-11) at Musselburgh 1m clm (6) gd.
Calloff The Search 4-1jt-fav (8-9) Reared start, behind, good headway over 1f out, ran on well inside final furlong, closing on leaders near finish, 3rd of 12, 1 1/2l behind Scarlett Heart (9-0) at Lingfield 6f 3yo sll (6) pol in Oct.
Foxy Diplomat 66-1 (8-12) Held up and keen, headway over 4f out, soon ridden and beaten, 7th of 8, 17l behind Quaglino Way (9-3) at W'hampton 1m 1f mdn aut stk (6) pol in Oct.
Tobago Reef 14-1 (8-10) Soon led, headed over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 8th of 11, 6l behind Samuel Charles (9-0) at W'hampton 7f clm (5) pol in Oct.
Swing On A Star (IRE) 8-1 (9-2) Behind, headway on wide outside over 1f out, never reached leaders, eased towards finish, 5th of 11, 5l behind Mistral Sky (9-3) at Kempton 6f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Oct.
Regal Dream (IRE) 16-1 (8-5) In touch, led over 4f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, no extra, 4th of 13, 2l behind Rydal Mount (8-13) at Leicester 7f app hcp (5) sft in Oct.
