held up in rear, headway on outside well over 1f out, stayed on under pressure inside final furlong
blindfold off late and slowly away, held up in rear, headway on inside 2f out, never on terms
tracked leaders, took keen hold, went close up after 3f, led over 10f out, headed 9f out, weakened 4f out
mid-division, effort 3f out, stayed on inside final furlong, went 2nd close home, no impression on winner
soon led, headed over 10f out, led again 9f out until 4f out, weakened over 2f out
led early, tracked leaders, pushed along over 5f out, weakened over 1f out
slowly into stride, in rear, headway on outside over 5f out, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
prominent, led 4f out, in command from over 1f out, stayed on
tracked leaders, lost place after 5f, ridden over 4f out, effort over 2f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong
chased leaders, closed over 5f out, ridden over 2f out, no impression on winner from over 1f out, lost 2nd close home
mid-division, lost place over 3f out, no impression after
Nonrunner
There was little separating Lacey and Yorkshireman when they filled the places over track and trip last month but both have disappointed subsequently. Eastern Magic has gone close on Turf the last twice but was well beaten on Polytrack before that and Adili is proving best on the Fibresand at Southwell. DELAGOA BAY ended a long losing run when scoring at Kempton last time and he gets the vote to go in again here.
Honest Strike (USA) 8-1 (9-12) Held up mid-division, ridden over 2f out, weakened entering final furlong, soon eased, 10th of 11, 26l behind Delagoa Bay (8-12) at Kempton 2m hcp 0-60 (6) pol.
Artisan 7-2fav (9-6) Slowly into stride, in rear, pushed along over 3f out, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on, 6th of 11, 6l behind Delagoa Bay (8-12) at Kempton 2m hcp 0-60 (6) pol.
Eastern Magic 11-4fav (9-7) Towards rear, headway over 6f out, led 3f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra, 2nd of 9, 2 3/4l behind Waltz Darling (9-9) at Catterick 2m hcp 0-60 (6) gs in Oct.
Blue Valentino 33-1 (9-12) Close up in 5th, pushed along 8f out, ridden to go 4th over 2f out, never a factor, 4th of 5, 20l behind Strawberry Martini (9-0) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f mdn auc stks (5) in Oct.
Lacey 6-1 (9-5) Held up in last pair, pushed along on outside 3f out, ridden and no impression when edged left over 1f out, 6th of 9, 10l behind Rowlestone Lass (9-11) at Wolverhampton 2m hcp 0-60 (6) in Oct.
Wild Desert (FR) 14-1 (9-9) Led, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and headed well over 1f out, soon lost 2nd, weakened final furlong, 5th of 9, 15l behind Jolie Blonde (8-10) at Bath 1m 5f hcp 0-60 (6) fm in Sep.
Time Of My Life (IRE) 20-1 (8-10) Led, headed over 1f out, rallied and every chance inside final furlong, all out, 3rd of 16, 1/2l behind Hurry Home Poppa (10-0) at Redcar 1m 6f hcp 0-65 (6) sft.
Hallouella 7-2 (9-3) In rear, ridden and headway 2f out, ridden and stayed on towards finish, 3rd of 7, 4l behind Shalambar (9-10) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Oct.
Yorkshireman (IRE) 8-1 (9-4) Tracked leader, led over 4f out, headed over 2f out, kept on same pace, 2nd of 8, 7l behind Dark Days (9-2) at Wolverhampton 2m hcp 0-60 (6) in Oct.
Nay Secret 10-1 (9-0) Mid-division, headway over 1f out, ran on towards finish, never nearer, 6th of 16, 1l behind Hurry Home Poppa (10-0) at Redcar 1m 6f hcp 0-65 (6) sft.
Delagoa Bay (IRE) 33-1 (8-12) Made all, ridden over 1f out, kept on well, won at Kempton 2m hcp 0-60 (6) pol beating Medburn Cutler (9-7) by 1/2l, 11 ran.
Weybridge Light 20-1 (9-1) Held up towards rear, headway to go 3rd over 2f out, kept on towards finish, just held for 2nd place post, 3rd of 8, 7l behind Dark Days (9-2) at Wolverhampton 2m hcp 0-60 (6) in Oct.
Adili (IRE) 2-1fav (9-3) Tracked leaders, went 2nd 9f out, ridden to chase winner over 2f out, kept on one pace final furlong, 2nd of 6, 2 1/2l behind Dynastic (9-3) at Southwell 2m hcp 0-65 (6) fbs in Apr.
