chased leader until ridden 2f out, beaten over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
chased leaders, pushed along 3f out, went 2nd 2f out, led over 1f out, headed well inside final furlong, held towards finish
soon led, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra in 3rd well inside final furlong
led early, soon restrained into last, pushed along over 2f out, switched right and headway over 1f out, led well inside final furlong, ran on
NEVER IN FOURTH beat a previous dual winner when scoring over 7f here a fortnight ago. This extra distance should bring further improvement and he’s preferred to Park Street. The latter drops back down in trip after finishing runner-up over 1m2f at Lingfield while Al Jaddaf disappointed on his handicap debut and has been gelded. Grey Belle drops down in class and is preferred to Nottingham winner Superior Force while Ammolite makes her handicap bow.
Superior Force 13-2 (9-3) Prominent, ridden and joined leader at 2f, every chance inside furlong, weakened close home, 4th of 8, 1 1/4l behind Tropez Power (9-1) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f (4) pol in Nov.
Al Jaddaf 10-1 (9-4) Forced to race wide in mid-division, pushed along and headway chasing leaders 3f out, weakened inside final 2f, 8th of 12, 8 3/4l behind Mystery Fox (9-5) at Goodwood 7f (4) sft in Oct.
Ammolite (IRE) 12-1 (9-7) Led, ridden 2f out, headed 1f out, stayed on gamely, 3rd of 12, 4 1/2l behind Al Husn (9-0) at Kempton 1m fll stks (5) pol in Nov.
Park Street 7-4fav (9-5) Took keen hold after 1f, tracked leaders, went 2nd 6f out, led 2f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, kept on one pace, 2nd of 9, 1 3/4l behind Independent Act (9-5) at Lingfield 1m 2f mdn stks (5) pol in Nov.
Never In Fourth 6-1 (8-0) Close up, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and headway over 1f out, led inside final furlong, won at Wolverhampton 7f (4) pol in Nov beating Golden Warrior (9-7) by 2l, 7 ran.
Grey Belle (FR) 9-1 (8-7) Held up in rear, pushed along over 2f out, some headway near side rail over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 6th of 7, 6 1/2l behind Oh Herberts Reign (8-13) at Doncaster 1m (3) sft in Oct.