slowly into stride, mid-division, headway and hung left from over 2f out, continued to hang left, one pace inside final furlong
held up towards rear, ridden over 3f out, headway 2f out, edged left final furlong, not troubled leaders
mid-division, headway over 3f out, weakening when hampered inside final furlong
prominent, led over 6f out, headed over 2f out, soon slightly hampered, weakened over 1f out
slowly into stride, held up, not clear run over 2f out, headway over 1f out, switched left entering final furlong, kept on
led early, chased leaders, ridden when short of room over 2f out, soon stumbled and fell
mid-division, ridden over 3f out, brought down 2f out
soon led, headed over 6f out, bumped over 2f out, soon hampered and lost place
held up and behind, in rear when badly hampered 2f out
chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, led inside final furlong, soon headed and not quicken
took keen hold in rear, headway on outside 2f out, hung left over 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, kept on
mid-division, ridden over 2f out, headway well over 1f out, led well inside final furlong, driven out
prominent, went 2nd over 4f out, led over 2f out, soon edged left, headed inside final furlong, weakened
Glenbuck makes plenty of appeal in this competitive handicap; cases can also be made for Lake Shabla, Eccollo and Vacation when drawing up a shortlist of contenders. vacation won well over course and distance earlier in the month and has to be respected from only a 4lb higher mark. This is a stiffer ask and he needs to be at his very best. Eccollo has shot up the ratings after making a smooth transition from Banded Stakes into handicap company. However, his limitations were exposed last time out and he will have to dig very deep to repel this lot. Lake Shabla is a filly with scope for further progress and will be a threat if she takes to the surface. However, Glenbuck goes well here and, as he is unexposed at the trip, the Alan Bailey-trained gelding gets the nod on the grounds of potential.
Lake Shabla (USA) 5-1 (8-9) Held up, headway 2f out, ridden to lead last 50 yards, headed post, 2nd of 10, hd behind Dubai On (9-3) at Lingfield 1m 2f 3yo fll hcp (3) pol.
Glenbuck (IRE) 14-1 (8-5) Chased leaders over 4f, 17th of 19, 16l behind King's Caprice (9-1) at Newmarket 7f hcp 0-100 (2) gs in Oct.
Regent's Secret (USA) 16-1 (9-1) Slowly into stride, towards rear, ridden and headway over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, 3rd of 12, 6l behind Alpine Reel (9-4) at W'hampton 1m 1f hcp 0-85 (4) pol.
Eccollo (IRE) 5-4fav (9-9) Keen hold, led over 2f out, headed just inside final furlong, soon outpaced, 3rd of 13, 3l behind Hassaad (9-1) at Kempton 1m hcp 0-75 (5) pol.
Consonant (IRE) 13-2 (8-13) Towards rear, ridden over 2f out, kept on final furlong, never troubled leaders, 6th of 12, 8l behind Alpine Reel (9-4) at W'hampton 1m 1f hcp 0-85 (4) pol.
Woolfall Blue (IRE) 25-1 (8-11) In rear, ridden over 3f out, headway and edged left 1f out, ran on, 3rd of 13, 1l behind Stargazer Jim (8-8) at W'hampton 1m 1f hcp 0-85 (4) pol.
Daring Affair 7-1 (9-5) Held up in touch, progress over 2f out, led over 1f out, driven out, won at W'hampton 1m 1f fll hcp (5) pol beating Bavarica (8-6) by 1/2l, 13 ran.
Vacation (IRE) 11-8fav (8-10) Held up, headway over 3f out, ridden and hung left over 2f out, led over 1f out, ran on well, won at W'hampton 1m 1f mdn aut stk (6) pol beating King's Spear (9-3) by 8l, 11 ran.
