led, ridden over 1f out, edged left and headed approaching final furlong, stayed on
tracked leaders, ridden entering final furlong, not quicken
tracked leader, pushed along 2f out, ridden to lead approaching final furlong, stayed on
close up, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong
in touch in rear, pushed along over 2f out, kept on final furlong, not trouble leaders
Picture No Sound won a maiden race at Newbury in good style but goes handicapping for the first time raised 9lb. Central City remains 6lb higher than when scoring over 6f here in September while Escape The City has won a novice race and drops in class having failed to figure in Listed company. Our Man In Havana has won a seller at the track but REVERBERATION finished a close-up third in a handicap over today’s trip at Epsom last time and Sylvester Kirk’s charge gets the vote on that form.
Central City (IRE) 3-1 (9-4) Prominent, lost place over 3f out, switched right well over 1f out, went 2nd and edged left inside final furlong, stayed on, no impression on winner, 2nd of 6, 2 1/4l behind Expecting (9-1) at Chelmsford City 6f (4) pol in Oct.
Escape The City 33-1 (9-0) Tracked leader, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong, 10th of 13, 5 3/4l behind Hikmaa (9-0) at Newbury 7f lst fll stks (1) sft in Oct.
Our Man In Havana 8-1 (9-0) Tracked leaders, ridden to chase winner inside final furlong, kept on and no impression, 2nd of 9, 2 1/4l behind Big Time Maybe (9-2) at Wolverhampton 5f (4) pol in Oct.
New Empire 20-1 (8-10) Keen tracked leader, hampered over 1f out, weakened final furlong, last of 7, 10 3/4l behind Airshow (8-1) at Newbury 6f (3) sft in Oct.
Havana Mariposa 9-1 (9-3) Led over 4f out, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, 3rd of 13, 1/2l behind Gangland (9-5) at Yarmouth 6f (5) gs in Oct.
Picture No Sound (IRE) 12-1 (9-5) Chased leaders and always travelling well, 2nd over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, soon clear, ran on well, won at Newbury 6f mdn stks (4) sft in Oct beating George Of Hearts (9-5) by 2 3/4l, 14 ran.
Reverberation 22-1 (8-7) Chased leading pair on inside, ridden and lost 3rd over 1f out, rallied into 3rd again and kept on towards finish, 3rd of 11, 1 1/2l behind Shrewd Approach (8-7) at Epsom 7f (4) hvy in Oct.