slowly into stride, held up, headway well over 1f out, challenged inside final furlong, not quicken towards finish
held up, headway 2f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong
pushed along to soon lead, hung left final furlong, ran on
prominent, raced keenly, ridden well over 1f out, soon beaten
held up in last, raced keenly, headway inside final furlong, ran on, not reach winner
led early, raced keenly, chased winner until 2f out, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
RAVI RIVER is the form pick to get his head in front in this handicap with both Dvinsky and Epic Odyssey worth noting. The selection has been knocking on the door of late and has been unlucky not to have won. He caught the eye here over three furlongs further than todays trip on his penultimate start. He then showed his versatility when going close at Kempton over seven furlongs showing real speed. He steps back down to six today which he has never done before but if he runs up to his recent form he has to go close again. Dvinsky has had more runs than most but continues to run well. He was back in the winners enclosure at Kempton back in October and has since run well in defeat so warrants respect. Epic Odyssey finished last of four on Sunday but had shown some better form prior to that when second at Great Leighs. If he can put his recent poor run behind him he could be in the shake up. However for the winner we return to Ravi River.
Yungaburra (IRE) 7-2 (9-7) Prominent, ridden over 2f, edged right and one pace final furlong, 6th of 13, 3 1/2l behind Fyodor (9-9) at Southwell 5f clm (6) pol.
Mrs Penny (AUS) (8-7) 6th of 11, 4l behind Diplomatic Force (8-13) at Morphettville 6f Grp 2 (1) gd in Mar.
Dvinsky (USA) 11-1 (8-7) Chased leaders, ridden to challenge over 1f out, kept on well, close home, 2nd of 9, 3/4l behind Matsunosuke (9-4) at Great Leighs 6f hcp 0-90 (3) pol.
Memphis Man 20-1 (8-10) Always outpaced, never troubled leaders, 6th of 8, 6l behind The Tatling (8-7) at Southwell 5f hcp 0-85 (4) fbs.
Silvanus (IRE) 11-2 (9-1) Tracked leaders, effort to chase leader over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 4th of 11, 4l behind Ivory Silk (9-3) at Great Leighs 5f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Nov.
Ravi River (IRE) 15-8fav (9-4) Close up, quickened to lead inside final furlong, headed and outpaced by winner towards finish, 2nd of 9, 1/2l behind Tuxedo (8-1) at Kempton 7f hcp 0-70 (5) pol.
Epic Odyssey 4-1 (7-13) Chased leader, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong, last of 4, 4l behind Turn On The Style (9-5) at Lingfield 6f hcp 0-100 (2) std.
Methaaly (IRE) 25-1 (8-9) Held up, headway when switching left over 1f out, faded, 7th of 9, 4l behind Councellor (8-10) at W'hampton 7f hcp 0-95 (3) pol.