led, headed when ridden over 1f out, no extra, lost place inside final furlong
mid-division, outpaced and ridden over 2f out, never on terms, weakened final furlong
mid-division, headway 2f out, driven to chase leaders over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, kept on
mid-division on inside, driven over 2f out, ridden to chase leaders over 1f out, kept on same pace under pressure inside final furlong, no extra when lost 3rd towards finish
chased leaders, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on, held towards finsih
chased leader, driven 2f out, ridden over 1f out, soon lost place, no extra inside final furlong
held up in rear, headway on inside over 2f out, chased leaders when switched outside over 1f out, ridden and ran on well inside final furlong, went 3rd towards finish, not reach front pair
towards rear, outpaced over 2f out, never near leaders
chased leaders, driven over 2f out, soon lost place, weakened final furlong
behind, outpaced 3f out, never dangerous
BOOM THE GROOM (NAP) has obvious claims having gone close at Lingfield last week. He finished ahead of both Tarooq and Fairway To Heaven and is preferred to stablemates Saint Pois and Caspian Prince. Badr Al Badoor ran well over 7f in this grade here last time but Secondo is upped in class after scoring over track and trip a fortnight ago. The unexposed Pretend may improve with a recent comeback under his belt but will need to if he's to figure in the finish.
Caspian Prince (IRE) 12-1 (8-12) 5th of 9, 1 3/4l behind Mirza (8-12) at Longchamp(FR) 5f Grp 3 (1) gd in Sep.
Tarooq (USA) 7-1 (9-10) Held up, ridden and headway over 1f out, switched right inside final furlong, ran on, not reach leaders, 3rd of 12, 2l behind Lancelot Du Lac (9-8) at Lingfield 6f hcp (2) pol.
Pretend (IRE) 4-1fav (9-5) Tracked leaders in 3rd, led 2f out, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, soon weakened, 4th of 11, 3l behind Capo Rosso (9-6) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp 0-95 (3) in Oct.
Badr Al Badoor (IRE) 11-4 (9-1) Held up in rear, headway over 1f out, ridden to challenge and every chance inside final furlong, kept on, 3rd and held towards finish, 3rd of 6, 3/4l behind Khatiba (9-0) at Wolverhampton 7f flls cond stks (2) in Nov.
Boom The Groom (IRE) 20-1 (8-12) Towards rear, ridden and headway approaching final furlong, chased winner inside final furlong, kept on, 2nd of 12, 3/4l behind Lancelot Du Lac (9-8) at Lingfield 6f hcp (2) pol.
Ballista (IRE) 9-2 (8-4) Awkwardly away keen raced wide tracked leaders after 1f, weakened over 1f out, last of 5, 7l behind Dungannon (9-1) at Lingfield 5f hcp (2) pol.
Secondo (FR) 12-1 (9-4) Keen towards rear, headway and not clear run over 1f out, ridden and ran on to lead near finish, won at Wolverhampton 6f hcp 0-95 (3) beating Baddilini (9-3) by nk, 10 ran.
Fairway To Heaven (IRE) 14-1 (8-10) Hampered start, in rear, ridden and stayed on inside final furlong, nearest finish, 8th of 12, 4l behind Lancelot Du Lac (9-8) at Lingfield 6f hcp (2) pol.
Saint Pois (FR) (9-2) 9th of 10, 6l behind Smoke On The Water (9-1) at Longchamp(FR) 7f 3yo clm sft in Sep.
Bond Fastrac 40-1 (8-10) Slowly intro stride, in rear, ridden over 1f out, kept on under pressure inside final furlong, never near leaders, 8th of 9, 4 1/2l behind Trojan Rocket (9-5) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp 0-90 (3).
