led, headed over 7f out, regained lead over 3f out, headed over 1f out, soon weakened
slowly into stride, in rear, ridden over 4f out, never dangerous
mid-division, headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, stayed on well
held up, headway over 2f out, stayed on final furlong
chased leaders, ridden to challenge over 2f out, one pace
chased leaders, outpaced over 2f out, stayed on well final furlong
mid-division, headway over 3f out, never dangerous
always towards rear
held up towards rear, effort over 3f out, never dangerous
tracked leaders, weakened over 2f out
held up mid-division, headway over 2f out, stayed on final furlong
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, never dangerous
held up mid-divison, chased leaders over 4f out, ridden and hung left 2f out, kept on and no impression
mid-division, headway 2f out, every chance 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
held up mid-division, headway over 3f out, every chance over 1f out, kept on
mid-division, led over 7f out, headed over 3f out, weakened well over 1f out
chased leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
held up, effort over 3f out, behind when hampered over 2f out, never dangerous
A fiercely competitive finale in which we'll take a chance with ZEFOOHA ahead of the likes of Trip The Light, Kiho, Elite Land and Monfils Monfils. Tim Walford's mare is returning from a long absence and has only one career success over seven furlongs to her name. However, she's bred to get a trip and is attractively treated on the best of her form so could be worth chancing if the market gives out the right signals. Elite Land has shown improved form over hurdles since joining Brian Ellison and he could be attractively weighted if he can convert that improvement back to this discipline. This Ones For Eddy is interesting having never raced beyond seven before but there is stamina on the distaff side and he comes into the race in form. The inexperience of Kiho's jockey is a concern but the horse is open to progress and has shown enough to think that he can win races from this sort of mark. Monfils Monfils is back down to a winning mark whilst Trip The Light can probably hold his own from higher marks but may need a step back up in trip in order to do so. The short-list could easily be extended by half a dozen more names but we'll plump for Zefooha.
Ghufa (IRE) 11-4 (9-1) Led, set steady pace, quickened 4f out, ridden and headed well over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 2nd of 8, 2l behind General Tufto (8-8) at Southwell 1m 3f app hcp (5) fbs.
Bridgewater Boys 7-2 (8-7) Steadied start, held up 5th, headway on outer and edged left over 1f out, stayed on to take 3rd well inside final furlong, not trouble first 2, 3rd of 6, 2 1/2l behind New England (8-13) at W'hampton 1m 4f clm (6) pol.
Monfils Monfils (USA) 9-1 (8-9) Led to over 6f out, stayed chasing leader to over 1f out, soon ridden, weakened 1f out, 6th of 9, 9l behind Follow The Flag (8-13) at W'hampton 1m 1f app hcp (5) pol.
Red Wine 16-1 (8-11) Always in rear, 11th of 14, 24l behind Bell Island (9-7) at Lingfield 1m 5f hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Feb.
Trip The Light 8-1 (8-10) Held up, headway over 2f out, one pace, 5th of 12, 11l behind Merchant of Dubai (8-9) at Musselburgh 1m 6f hcap (5) sft in Sept.
Elite Land 11-1 (8-13) In touch, chased leader 8f out, led 3f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, kept on one pace, 2nd of 12, 6l behind La Estrella (9-7) at Southwell 1m 3f clm (6) fbs in Dec.
Toshi (USA) 20-1 (9-4) Mid-division, headway over 6f out, weakened 3f out, 11th of 14, 45l behind Spring Charm (8-6) at Ayr 1m 7f hcp 0-65 (6) gs in Aug.
This Ones For Eddy 4-1jt-fav (9-2) Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, driven to lead inside final furlong, ran on, won at Southwell 7f hcp 0-75 (5) fbs beating Ballycroy Boy (8-13) by 1 1/2l, 11 ran.
Lady Sorcerer 33-1 (8-4) Steadied start, raced keenly in last, ridden over 2f out, no impression over 1f out, weakened, 6th of 7, 7l behind Cape Colony (9-0) at Kempton 1m 4f 3yo hcp (4) pol in Dec.
Plenilune (IRE) 25-1 (9-4) Always in rear, ridden and struggling over 3f out, tailed off, last of 14, well behind Sainglend (9-4) at Windsor 1m 2f 3yo hcp (6) gf in Oct.
Kiho 10-1 (9-1) Mid-division, headway on outside 4f out, ridden to chase leaders over 2f out, held when hampered over 1f out, 7th of 9, 12l behind Look To This Day (9-7) at Bath 1m 5f 3yo hcp (5) gs in Aug.
Zefooha (FR) 8-1 (8-12) Held up in touch, driven along over 3f out, outpaced 2f out, hung left over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong and took 2nd post, 2nd of 7, 1 1/2l behind Vallemeldee (9-4) at W'hampton 1m 4f 3yo hcp (5) pol in Nov '07.
Surprise Pension (IRE) 15-2 (8-0) Towards rear, ridden along over 2f out, never near leaders, 6th of 8, 8l behind Brouhaha (8-10) at W'hampton 1m 1f app hcp (5) pol in Feb.
Moonwalking 8-1 (8-7) Towards rear, ridden over 3f out, soon chased leaders until weakened final furlong, 6th of 8, 9l behind Royal Amnesty (8-10) at Musselburgh 1m 4f hcp 0-80 (4) gf in May.
Lytham (IRE) 4-1jt-fav (8-8) Towards rear, headway over 3f out, kept on from over 1f out, took 3rd near finish, not reached leaders, 3rd of 12, 1 1/2l behind Shanafarahan (8-7) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp 0-65 (6) pol.
Punta Galera (IRE) 11-1 (11-3) Mid-division, ridden 6f out, weakened over 2f out, 12th of 13, 28l behind March Mate (10-10) at W'hampton 1m 1f amt hcp (6) pol in Feb.
Dimashq 10-1 (9-1) Behind, moderate headway final 2f, 6th of 13, 21l behind Mohawk Star (9-12) at Kempton 2m hcap (6) pol in Sept.
Treetops Hotel (IRE) 33-1 (9-3) In touch, under pressure well over 3f out, soon weakened and eased, last of 14, 39l behind Amwell Brave (9-3) at Great Leighs 1m 5f Stks (41-45) (7) pol in Jan.
Clear Sailing 3-1 (9-2) Led, ridden and headed well over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 4th of 7, 12l behind Dichoh (9-5) at W'hampton 1m 1f clm (6) pol.
