held up in touch in rear, ridden over 3f out, effort over 1f out, driven and stayed on to lead towards finish
keen in touch in rear, closed on leaders over 2f out, wide into straight, soon ridden and hung left, kept on same pace inside final furlong
keen tracked leader, led 8f out, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
led, headed 8f out, pressed leader over 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed towards finish
tracked leaders, ridden and chance over 1f out, one pace final furlong
It was a bit disappointing that PRIORS GOLD come unstuck in a handicap over 2m last time as he'd won his maiden with plenty to spare over 1m6f here before that. Gordon Elliott's charge comes out best at the weights today and is likely to start a short-price to return to winning ways in this company. Herschel hasn't won on the Flat since 2008 and has been in poor form over timber of late, but Dew Reward finished runner-up in a similar event over C&D in August and he should figure. Maslak looks no nearer to ending his losing run and Mujady Star has little chance on today's terms.
Ahlawy (IRE) 25-1 (8-4) Dwelt, behind, weakened well over 1f out, last of 10, 8l behind Opus Maximus (8-8) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f clm stks (5) pol.
Priors Gold 5-4fav (9-8) Held up, ridden and headway 2f out, stayed on to go 2nd post, no chance with winner, 2nd of 12, 3 1/2l behind Wild Desert (10-0) at Wolverhampton 2m hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Nov.
Herschel (IRE) 66-1 (10-10) Held up towards rear, never on terms, 7th of 11, 13l behind Shesha Bear (10-10) at Epsom Downs 1m 4f hcp 0-80 (4) gs in Sep.
Maslak (IRE) 13-2 (9-10) Held up, ridden and outpaced over 3f out, plugged on final furlong, went 4th post, 4th of 8, 10l behind Decana (9-3) at Southwell 1m 6f hcp 0-60 (6) fbs.
Dew Reward (IRE) 5-1 (9-9) Prominent, ridden 4f out, hung right over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 4th of 6, 19l behind Herminella (8-12) at Kempton 1m 3f 3yo sell stks (6) pol in Sep.
Mujady Star (IRE) 40-1 (8-8) Slowly into stride, soon mid-division on inside, ridden and weakened over 2f out, 11th of 12, 18l behind Idol Deputy (8-8) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-50 (7) pol.