mid-division, headway over 2f out, ridden to lead 1f out, ran on
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
pulled hard in rear, headway 2f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on, not reach leaders
held up, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
behind, headway over 2f out, ridden and not much room over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong
led, ridden and headed over 2f out, bumped over 1f out, soon weakened
mid-division, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened
always towards rear
soon with leader, led over 2f out, ridden and headed 1f out, weakened well inside final furlong
chased leaders, ridden and every chance 1f out, not quicken inside final furlong
soon prominent, weakened over 3f out
Kindlelight Debut, Kensington and Holiday Cocktail dominate this race and Kindlelight Debut is nominated to maintain his winning run. Kensington was winning his third race in his last five when scoring over six furlongs here last time and he has winning form over this seven furlong trip. He looks sure to be thereabouts, but this is a competitive affair and he may just have a little too much weight. Holiday Cocktail won at Lingfield over this trip two outings ago and chased home Kindlelight Debut last time. There was a length and a half between the pair on that occasion and although Holiday Cocktail is six pounds better off for a length and a half, Kindlelight Debut is taken to come out on top.
Kindlelight Debut 6-1 (8-10) Held up, headway over 4f out, led inside final furlong, ran on well, won at W'hampton 1m 1f hcp 0-65 (6) pol beating Red Birr (9-3) by a hd, 13 ran.
Cherokee Nation 25-1 (9-1) Prominent, ridden over 1f out, hard ridden and kept on final furlong, 2nd of 14, 1/2l behind Stoic Leader (9-1) at Lingfield 7f hcp 0-70 (5) pol.
Kensington (IRE) 11-4 (8-9) Broke well, settled mid-division, headway over 2f out, led near finish, won at W'hampton 6f hcp 0-70 (5) pol beating Shade Cozy (8-12) by a hd, 11 ran.
Soviet Threat (IRE) 11-1 (9-1) Mid-division, ridden 3f out, keeping on when hanging left from over 1f out, 7th of 10, 3l behind Regal Dream (8-10) at W'hampton 7f stk 0-70 (5) pol in Aug.
Holiday Cocktail 2-1fav (8-13) Prominent, led 2f out, soon edged left, headed and not quicken inside final furlong, 2nd of 10, 1 1/2l behind Kindlelight Debut (8-12) at W'hampton 7f app hcp (6) pol.
Patternmaker (USA) 10-1 (8-9) Outpaced, ran on final furlong, never reached leaders, 7th of 10, 2 1/2l behind Ever Cheerful (9-0) at Lingfield 5f hcp 0-75 (5) pol.
Bollin Billy 7-1 (9-1) Behind, ridden and headway when edged left over 1f out, stayed on, 4th of 12, 2l behind Ruman (9-0) at W'hampton 6f hcp 0-60 (6) pol.
Middle Eastern 7-2 (10-8) Always in rear, last of 10, 7l behind Ryedane (11-2) at W'hampton 6f amt hcp (5) pol in Dec.