soon led, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden to chase leaders over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
in touch, ridden over 1f out, held when hampered well inside final furlong
outpaced, plugging on when hampered 1f out
slowly into stride, in rear, ridden on outside over 2f out, stayed on, not reached leaders
tracked leader and keen, led 2f out, hard ridden and headed line
mid-division, headway to chase leaders on inside over 1f out, one pace
in touch, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace
always in rear
towards rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, ran on edging left, led line
INCOMPARABLE has a 6lb pull for half-a-length with Kempton scorer Drifting Gold and can take advantage tonight, while Sarah's Art and Fast Freddie are also respected. The selection has never won here before but does act on the track and is just 2lb above the mark he won from at Southwell in November. This trip is ideal and we will side with him. Drifting Gold is clearly in good heart and he too goes better over the minimum distance. He has won off this mark before, so is clearly not out of things here in spite of the penalty. Sarah's Art is in tremendous form, and although her optimum trip is 6f she can still go quick enough to get heavily involved from what is a competitive mark. Fast Freddie likes it here but is perhaps a shade too high in the weights, while that also looks the case with Southwell specialist Garlogs. Incomparable might not live up to his name, but he is taken to win this nonetheless.
Garlogs 7-4fav (8-9) Led 4f out until over 3f out, remained with leaders, ridden 2f out, soon weakened, eased inside final furlong, last of 8, 15l behind The Tatling (8-7) at Southwell 5f hcp 0-85 (4) fbs in Dec.
Fast Freddie 2-1fav (9-2) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, driven and weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 9, 7l behind Canadian Danehill (9-4) at W'hampton 5f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Dec.
Drifting Gold 8-1 (9-0) Held up in touch, driven and headway over 1f out, hard ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on well, won at Kempton 5f hcp 0-70 (5) pol beating Incomparable (9-3) by 1/2l, 11 ran.
Mission Impossible 28-1 (9-3) In touch, ridden halfway, weakened over 1f out, 15th of 19, 9l behind Haajes (9-5) at Redcar 5f hcp 0-75 (5) gd in Oct.
Figaro Flyer (IRE) 13-2 (9-0) Held up, headway 3f out, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 8, 5l behind River Kirov (9-4) at W'hampton 6f hcp 0-75 (5) pol.
Incomparable 5-1 (9-3) Slowly into stride, soon driven and led after 1f, ridden and headed inside final furlong, no extra, 2nd of 11, 1/2l behind Drifting Gold (9-0) at Kempton 5f hcp 0-70 (5) pol.
Sarah's Art (IRE) 11-8fav (9-5) Held up, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, one pace, 4th of 12, 1 1/2l behind Grand Palace (9-3) at W'hampton 6f hcp 0-65 (6) pol.
Maryolini 15-2 (9-1) Prominent to 1f out, weakened, 8th of 10, 8l behind Richelieu (9-1) at W'hampton 6f hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Dec.
Desert Opal 12-1 (8-10) Always behind, 6th of 8, 8l behind Godfrey Street (8-7) at Great Leighs 5f hcp 0-75 (5) pol.
Gwilym (GER) 11-2 (8-12) Held up in rear, not clear run from over 1f out, finished on bridle, 9th of 11, 4 1/2l behind Drifting Gold (9-0) at Kempton 5f hcp 0-70 (5) pol.
