held up, not much room over 2f out, stayed on final furlong, never nearer
held up, headway over 2f out, soon ridden, bumped inside final furlong, stayed on
led, headed over 5f out, chased leader, ridden over 2f out, no extra well inside final furlong
towards rear, ridden, headway over 2f out, switched right inside final furlong, ran on
broke well, soon lost place, headway 3f out, ridden 2f out, every chance well inside final furlong, ran on
behind, not much room after 1f, ridden and ran wide entering straight, no impression
led over 5f out, ridden over 1f out, headed, no extra towards finish
behind, headway over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, ran on to lead towards finish
in touch, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out
in touch, ridden 3f out, soon weakened
Locombe Hill was impressive over course and distance last time and can follow up at the expense of Nimello and St Ivian. Noel Wilson's nine-year-old shows no sign of going down hill and led throughout to comfortably beat Yorker by three lengths in a similar contest. It was only his second ever outing on the this surface and there should be improvement to come now he has shown he can handle the conditions. Nimello was successful over course and distance before finishing a decent third behind Broughton Buzzer at Chepstow. He has to give weight away all round but should still be involved in the finish. St Ivian landed a seller over course and distance before running a gallant fifth behind the progressive Count Cougar. Quinncannon is steadily improving and should do best of the others, but Locombe Hill, despite his advancing years, looks on the upgrade and gets a confident vote.
Nimello (USA) 6-1 (9-10) Held up in rear, headway over 2f out, ran on inside final furlong, 3rd of 9, 8l behind Broughton Buzzer (8-1) at Chepstow 1m 2f clm (6) gs in May.
Hand Chime 12-1 (8-2) Raced centre, chased leaders, effort over 2f out, soon weakened, 11th of 20, 17l behind Ask The Clerk (9-0) at Yarmouth 7f hcp (E3) sft in Oct.
Paso Doble 16-1 (9-3) Held up, headway over 1f out, ran on to be nearest at finish, 3rd of 13, 3 1/2l behind Vizulize (8-10) at W'hampton 1m 1f app hcp (6) pol in May.
Quincannon (USA) 6-1 (9-11) In touch, ridden and headway over 1f out, challenged winner final furlong, no extra close home, 2nd of 12, shd behind St Ivian (9-12) at W'hampton 7f sll hcp (6) pol.
Spin King (IRE) 8-1 (9-3) Held up towards rear, ridden 3f out, no impression, 6th of 9, 6l behind Landucci (9-12) at Brighton 7f hcp (5) frm.
Locombe Hill (IRE) 3-1fav (8-10) Made all, ridden clear well over 1f out, kept on, won at W'hampton 7f clm (6) pol beating Yorker (9-3) by 3l, 12 ran.
Lakeside Guy (IRE) 10-1 (9-4) Towards rear, steady headway on inside over 2f out to track leaders, one pace final furlong, 6th of 12, 7l behind St Ivian (9-12) at W'hampton 7f sll hcp (6) pol.
St Ivian 9-1 (10-2) Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, not quicken final furlong, 5th of 13, 3 1/2l behind Count Cougar (9-8) at W'hampton 6f hcp (6) pol.