slowly away, behind, headway final furlong, never nearer
held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, ridden to lead 1f out, ran on
prominent, led over 2f out, headed over 1f out, no extra final furlong
held up, headway halfway, led over 1f out, headed approaching final furlong, kept on same pace
held up in touch, pulled hard, ridden over 2f out, soon no impression
led, pushed along halfway, headed over 2f out, soon weakened and eased
in touch, ridden to chase leaders 2f out, stayed on well final furlong
always behind
soon outpaced, headway over 1f out, never able to challenge
tracked leaders, lost pace over 2f out
prominent, driven to challenge over 2f out, soon every chance, weakened final furlong
held up, never dangerous
Withdrawn
Nonrunner
Grey Boy is the tentative suggestion here with Mugeba, Whistleupthewind, Grand Vizier and Billy Red amongst others with chances. The selection can be forgiven his latest run as he went lame but he's presumably over his problems now and his yard is enjoying a decent run of form. His penultimate start saw him only beaten by half a length and he's well handicapped on his form of a couple of years back. Mugeba has won four times here and from an equivalent mark and she just has to be on the short-list with her yard also saddling plenty of winners at present. Grand Vizier beat a promising sort at Great Leighs last time and would have been selected but for the fact that he has been below par on each outing on turf. Marmooq is considered, Whistleupthewind could get involved if ready to go whilst Billy Red looks to be running into form. A competitive race is in prospect and Grey Boy only rates a hopeful selection.
Hazytoo 20-1 (8-11) Raced centre, held up, headway over 2f out, every chance inside final furlong, no extra towards finish, 7th of 18, 4 1/2l behind Oat Cuisine (8-8) at Newmarket 1m hcap (5) gf.
Grand Vizier (IRE) 16-1 (8-5) Mid-division, improved to 3rd 4f out, ridden 2f out, stayed on to lead near finish, won at Great Leighs 1m hcp 0-85 (4) pol beating Swop (9-2) by a hd, 8 ran.
Farefield Lodge (IRE) 10-1 (9-1) Disputed lead, headed approaching 3f out, edged left and kept on, 3rd of 15, 4 1/2l behind Unlimited (8-2) at Chepstow 7f hcap (5) gd.
Grey Boy (GER) 7-1 (8-6) Led over 4f out, ridden when lost action and headed over 1f out, soon eased, tailed off, last of 11, 40l behind Musaalem (9-4) at Yarmouth 7f hcp 0-75 (5) gf.
Billy Red 22-1 (8-7) Steadied start, held up in rear, ran on inside final furlong, nearest finish, 4th of 7, 2 1/2l behind Mango Music (9-1) at Folkestone 6f hcp 0-75 (5) gs.
Louisiade (IRE) 33-1 (8-11) Mid-division, effort over 3f out, soon weakened, 17th of 18, 39l behind Blue Spinnaker (9-6) at Thirsk 1m hcp 0-70 (5) gs in Apr.
Kunte Kinteh 25-1 (8-9) Chased leaders, ridden halfway, weakened final furlong, 14th of 18, 10l behind Winthorpe (8-12) at Thirsk 6f hcp 0-75 (5) gf.
Massams Lane 8-1 (9-3) Raced wide in touch, ridden to lead over 3f out to over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 8, 4 1/2l behind Hope Island (8-12) at Lingfield 1m mdn aut stk (6) pol in Nov.
Marmooq 7-2fav (8-7) Behind, headway on rails over 1f out, edged left, ran on inside final furlong, took 2nd near finish, 2nd of 15, nk behind Bold Argument (8-11) at Nottingham 6f app hcp (6) gd.
Whistleupthewind 4-1fav (9-3) Held up mid-division, ridden over 2f out, some headway and hung left over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 11th of 16, 8l behind Border Artist (8-13) at Yarmouth 7f hcap (6) gd in Sept.
Djalalabad (FR) 25-1 (8-11) Led to 3f out, chased leader, weakened over 1f out, 9th of 15, 11l behind Batchworth Blaise (8-6) at Brighton 7f hcap (6) gf.
Foreland Sands (IRE) 16-1 (8-11) Went slightly right start, held up towards rear, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened, 10th of 13, 19l behind Wisdom's Kiss (9-0) at W'hampton 1m 1f stk 0-55 (6) pol.
Ducal Pip Squeak 11-1 (9-1) Prominent, weakened well over 1f out, last of 9, 27l behind Mugeba (8-7) at Ayr 7f fll hcp (5) hvy in Nov.
Mugeba 9-1 (9-3) Held up, headway over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 13, 10l behind Support Fund (9-9) at Warwick 7f fll hcp (5) gs.