held up off the pace in last pair, pushed along over 2f out, never on terms
held up towards rear, headway over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, never going pace to threaten
chased leaders, pushed along and unable to quicken 2f out, wide home turn, headway over 1f out, stayed on towards finish, not quite pace to challenge
soon tracking winner, pushed along 3f out, ridden along 2f out, every chance when hung left inside final furlong, just failed
raced keenly tracking leaders on inside, ridden over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, not quite pace of leading duo
made all and set steady pace, quickened tempo over 2f out, held on, all out
slowly into stride and went right start, ran green in rear, never on terms
Foden has struggled in tough contests since winning at Lingfield in June and an apprentice’s allowance negates a penalty back at this level. But PAVLODAR can also do better back in novice company after an outing in France and Clive Cox’ colt gets the vote on his earlier placed efforts. He’s weighted to beat Newcastle third Outsmart but Upton Park looks a likely improver having placed at Ffos Las on his debut and is preferred to both Muzaffar and Loudspeaker.
Foden 40-1 (9-2) Held up, pushed along over 2f out, soon weakened, 8th of 9, 16 1/4l behind Goldspur (9-2) at Newmarket 1m 2f Grp 3 stks (1) gd in Oct.
Loudspeaker 5-1 (9-5) Mid-division, pushed along and outpaced over 2f out, ridden and plugged on on inside over 1f out, no threat, 4th of 9, 5 3/4l behind Arclight (9-0) at Chelmsford City 1m mdn stks (6) pol in Sep.
Muzaffar 16-1 (8-11) Held up in 6th, plugged on in modest 4th final furlong, 4th of 8, 6 1/4l behind Luna Dorada (8-10) at York 1m stks (4) sft in Oct.
Outsmart (IRE) 5-1 (9-3) Chased leaders, ridden 3f out, held when switched right well inside final furlong, kept on, went 3rd post, 3rd of 11, 1 3/4l behind Euraquilo (9-5) at Newcastle 7f mdn stks (5) pol in Sep.
Pangloss 14-1 (9-5) Slightly worse than mid-division, improved 3f out, under pressure over 2f out and weakened quickly, last of 9, 23 1/2l behind Alflaila (9-5) at Salisbury 6f stks (4) gf in Jun.
Pavlodar (FR) 7-1 (8-13) Mid-division, ridden 4f out, never dangerous, 9th of 16, 16 1/4l behind Purplepay (8-12) at ParisLongchamp 1m stks sft in Oct.
Upton Park (FR) 11-4 (9-5) Mid-division, headway 4f out, driven over 2f out, not quicken over 1f out, no impression after, kept on inside final furlong and went 3rd towards finish, 3rd of 10, 3l behind Red Vineyard (9-5) at Ffos Las 7f mdn stks (5) gd in Sep.
Ask Peter (FR) Jukebox Jury filly out of Attima.
Estadio Mestalla (IRE) Galileo Gold gelding out of Superior Charm.