dwelt, held up in rear, headway 5f out, ridden 3f out, edged right then left well over 1f out, edged left and stayed on inside final furlong
mid-division, headway 4f out, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
slowly into stride, held up towards rear, headway over 3f out, wide entering straight, hung left and stayed on same pace inside final furlong
mid-division, pulled hard, not clear run over 2f out, never troubled leaders
soon towards rear, behind 3f out
led after 1f, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on
tracked leaders, not clear run and lost place over 3f out, headway over 2f out, led and edged left inside final furlong, ran on
tracked leaders, lost place over 4f out, well beaten over 2f out
slowly into stride, took keen hold, held up, never dangerous
prominent, ridden 3f out, every chance over 1f out, no extra close home
led 1f, prominent, ridden over 3f out, soon lost place
chased leaders, went 2nd over 3f out, every chance over 1f out, weakened inisde final furlong
Nonrunner
With a 5lb drop in the weights since his last run, CRUSHING is given the tentative vote to get home in front here, while Always De One and Single Lady can get involved. The last-named represents a yard going well and showed some potential over course and distance two starts ago, but she missed the break last time and was never in it. Jamie Spencer takes the mount today and connections will be hoping that he can get her back on the right track. Always De One looks likely to appreciate the drop back to this trip, after not quite getting home when tried over 1m 4f at Kempton. She has gone well here in defeat before and she should be thereabouts. Destiny's Dancer scored here in a 7f handicap last month but failed to follow up from today's mark when stepped up in trip on turf last time. Pedigree suggests that she should stay this far, so we may see better this time. Even so, we will stick with Crushing. Julie Camacho has her string in good form and she ran well enough in a claimer last time when not expected to win. There is sufficient stamina on her dam's side to suggest that this new trip could bring out a better effort than that run, and with that 5lb drop she looks of most interest.
Single Lady 16-1 (8-2) Dwelt, held up towards rear, pushed along over 3f out, never dangerous, 7th of 9, 10l behind Beneath (8-4) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f mdn stks (5) pol in Mar.
Gems 9-1 (8-0) Held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 10, 14l behind Parhelion (8-5) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f mdn auc stks (6) pol in Mar.
Always De One 10-1 (8-2) Held up, headway to track leaders over 4f out, no impression final 2f, 4th of 6, 8l behind Desert Recluse (8-5) at Kempton 1m 4f 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Mar.
Crushing (IRE) 25-1 (8-11) Soon led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 10, 6l behind Glen Lass (8-3) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f 2yo clm stks (6) pol in Dec.
Elie Shore 33-1 (8-4) Mid-division, ridden 4f out, driven over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 12, 22l behind Bubbly Braveheart (8-12) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f 2yo sell stks (6) pol in Dec.
Man In The Mirror (IRE) 16-1 (8-11) Chased leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 10, 18l behind Wedding Dream (8-1) at Southwell 1m 2yo hcp 0-65 (6) fbs in Dec.
Sternian 100-1 (8-1) Chased leaders, led over 3f out, headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 6th of 9, 3l behind Aspro Mavro (9-11) at Yarmouth 1m 2f mdn auc stks (6) sft.
Wavertree Bounty 66-1 (8-12) Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 11, 12l behind Commissionaire (9-3) at Yarmouth 1m 2yo mdn (5) gd in Oct.
Destiny's Dancer 7-1 (8-4) Soon led, took keen hold, headed over 6f out, remained prominent, weakened well inside final furlong, 5th of 14, 5l behind Captain Cool (8-13) at Nottingham 1m 2f 3yo hcp 0-60 (6) gf.
Dubara Reef (IRE) 50-1 (8-13) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 8, 16l behind Skyfire (8-13) at Musselburgh 7f mdn stks (5) gs.
Lucky Traveller 66-1 (9-3) Mid-division, soon pushed along, weakened halfway, last of 14, 27l behind Tasmeem (9-3) at Ripon 6f 2yo mdn (5) gf in Aug.
Gulf Punch 18-1 (8-1) Held up in touch, effort and squeezed through over 2f out, ridden and no impression over 1f out, 5th of 9, 6l behind Glen Lass (8-2) at Windsor 1m 2f 3yo clm (5) gd.
Otterton 16-1 (8-6) Chased winner, hard driven over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 3rd of 4, 9l behind Tiger Hawk (9-2) at Southwell 1m 3yo sell stks (6) fbs.
