led, brought field centre in straight, ridden and headed over 2f out, ridden and lost 2nd 2f out, no extra in 3rd
tracked leaders in 4th, effort near side of group 2f out, plugged on in 4th
last pair, never on terms
tracked leader 2f, handy 3rd, led over 2f out, ridden and hung badly left to far rail from over 1f out, headed near finish
steadied start, held up in last pair, no impression when hung left over 2f out, not clear run and switched left approaching final furlong, plugged on
tracked leaders, went 2nd after 2f, pushed along 3f out, ridden and lost 2nd soon after, weakened quickly
held up tracking leaders in 5th, good headway over 3f out, went 2nd 2f out, ridden inside final furlong, stayed on to lead near finish
Sassie hasn’t pulled up any trees this year but won this 12 months ago when a pound higher. Eddystone Rock also needs to rediscover his best form but is another past course and winners while The Jam Man has only found one too good the last twice and is only a couple of pounds out of the handicap. Stonific is starting to slip down the weights but that is also the case with SOLO SAXOPHONE, who won on good to soft here in July when completing a hat-trick and has plenty of form on testing surfaces over hurdles. Hochfeld finished behind Speedo Boy when last running over this trip and is probably best over 1m6f.
Hochfeld (IRE) 12-1 (9-8) Led 2f, tracked leader until 6f out, handy 3rd, still every chance on rail 2f out, outpaced over 1f out, switched right and some late headway, 4th of 6, 2 1/4l behind Stargazer (9-4) at Haydock 1m 6f hcp (2) gd in Sep.
Speedo Boy (FR) 7-1 (9-13) Not much room start, held up towards rear, headway over 6f out, went 2nd over 5f out until over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 6, 36 1/2l behind Table Mountain (8-0) at Ascot 2m hcp (3) gf in Jul.
Eddystone Rock (IRE) 20-1 (10-0) Slowly away, held up towards rear, effort over 2f out, never on terms with leaders, 6th of 12, 6 3/4l behind Buriram (9-3) at Chester 1m 6f hcp (3) gd in Sep.
Solo Saxophone (IRE) 14-1 (9-4) Tracked leader, ridden and every chance 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 8, 3 3/4l behind Apparate (9-4) at Doncaster 1m 7f hcp (2) gd in Sep.
Stonific (IRE) 11-2 (9-9) Held up towards rear, ridden and headway on far rail over 2f out, close up entering final furlong, no extra, 6th of 10, 2 3/4l behind Daawy (9-2) at Hamilton 1m 4f hcp (4) gs in Sep.
Sassie (IRE) 13-2 (9-3) Mid-division, headway over 3f out, pushed along over 2f out but soon weakened, last of 6, 15 1/2l behind Mondain (9-12) at Ayr 2m 1f hcp (3) gs in Sep.
The Jam Man (IRE) 10-1 (8-12) Soon mid-division, pushed along in 7th before straight, soon headway and effort, challenged over 1f out, kept on without matching winner final furlong, 2nd of 14, 2 3/4l behind Shanroe (9-8) at Killarney 1m 6f hcp sft in Oct.
