held up towards rear, kept on final furlong, never involved
soon led, ridden and joined over 2f out, headed well over 1f out, no extra well inside final furlong
led early, tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, stayed on from over 1f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, just held
slowly away, behind, drifting right final furlong, no chance
soon tracking leader, pushed along to challenge over 2f out, led well over 1f out, held on
chased leaders, switched right final bend, switched right again over 1f out, stayed on, went 3rd well inside final furlong, just held
held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, edged left over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
slowly into stride, held up in touch in mid-division, raced keenly, lost place over 2f out
Potenza drops down in trip raised 5lb after landing a double over 2m at Kempton while Monsaraz finished runner-up over a shorter trip at the same track. Winklevi won in Jersey before placing over track and trip and Captain Haddock has won a couple of amateur races this year. MOLIWOOD scored over today’s distance in August and has been racing in a higher grade than this since. He also won on Tapeta during the summer and Marco Botti’s charge gets the vote back at this lower level.
Captain Haddock (IRE) 2-1fav (11-7) Close up, pushed along and outpaced over 3f out, rallied inside final furlong, 4th of 6, 4 1/4l behind Steel An Icon (11-0) at Catterick 1m 6f hcp (5) gd in Sep.
Galahad Threepwood 9-2 (9-9) Close up, headway over 2f out, ridden and every chance over 1f out, faded inside final furlong, 4th of 5, 5 1/4l behind Solo Saxophone (9-11) at Newmarket 2m hcp (3) gd in Oct.
Potenza (IRE) 11-8fav (9-11) Tracked leaders, hampered over 2f out, pushed along to challenge and lead over 1f out, ridden inside final furlong, ran on well, won at Kempton 2m hcp (5) pol in Jul beating Seaborn (9-6) by 2l, 11 ran.
Battle Of Marathon (USA) 10-1 (9-11) Held up in rear, pushed along over 3f out, well beaten over 2f out, last of 7, 17 1/4l behind Combine (9-5) at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hcp (4) pol in Feb.
Moliwood 33-1 (8-13) Led over 1f, tracked leader until 8f out, chased leaders, weakened rapidly, tailed off and eased 6f out, last of 13, dist behind Surrey Gold (8-10) at York 1m 6f hcp (2) sft in Oct.
Winklevi (FR) 6-1 (9-8) Chased leaders, went 2nd over 2f out, led over 1f out, headed entering final furlong, soon outpaced by winner, 2nd of 10, 4 1/4l behind Liverpool Knight (9-6) at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hcp (4) pol in Nov.
Monsaraz 8-1 (9-8) Held up in rear, headway and switched right over 1f out, every chance entering final furlong, no impression on winner towards finish, 2nd of 13, 1 3/4l behind La Hulotte (9-3) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (5) pol in Nov.
Raiff (IRE) 8-1 (9-10) Restless in stalls, dwelt, mid-division on inside, pushed along in 4th over 3f out, hung left and weakened over 1f out, 7th of 10, 18l behind Famous Star (9-0) at Lingfield 1m 4f mdn stks (5) pol in Nov.
