prominent, shaken up to challenge over 1f out, soon ridden and every chance, led inside final furlong, kept on well
midfield, ridden on inner over 2f out, headway over 1f out, no extra and weakened inside final furlong
front rank, joined leaders out wide over 3f out, ridden and challenging over 2f out, weakening when bit short of room final 110yds, not recover
led, headed over 3f out, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and rallied over 1f out, kept on well inside final furlong
always towards rear
tracked leaders on inner, shaken up over 2f out, switched right around rivals over 1f out, stayed on strongly inside final furlong
in touch, shaken up 3f out, ridden over 2f out, kept on from over 1f out but made no impression on leaders
towards rear of mid-division, ridden along over 2f out, switched left and headway over 1f out, kept on well inside final furlong, not pace to challenge
keen in rear, never seriously involved
held up off the pace in rear, never on terms
mid-division, pushed along 3f out, ridden over 2f out, ran on from over 1f out, never near to challenge
close up, led over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra final 110yds
Several have won qualifying races for this series final including GRAIGNES (NAP). The latter has gone close in a tougher handicap since and also ran well in the Cambridgeshire at Newmarket last time. Tenerife Sunshine beat Maso Bastie here in August while Jack Sparowe narrowly beat Wadacre Gomez in September but both race from out of the weights in this. Max Mayhem was successful here early in the year but Civil Law finished behind Savvy Knight over 1m4f at the track during the summer. Capital Theory has a good record on the Polytrack but Liseo is upped in class.
Max Mayhem 6-1 (10-0) Off the pace in 4th, pushed along home turn, soon ridden and weakened, tailed off, 8th of 10, dist behind Scampi (9-6) at Ascot 1m 4f hcp (2) gs in Aug.
Graignes (FR) 80-1 (8-11) Led far side group, ridden over 2f out, ran on well, headed in group final 110 yards, weakened and lost places soon after, 15th of 34, 4 1/4l behind Astro King (9-12) at Newmarket 1m 1f hcp (2) gf in Sep.
Savvy Knight (IRE) 7-1 (10-2) Led, headed after 3f but remained prominent in share of second, ridden but still every chance 2f out, outpaced inside final furlong, dropped to fifth near finish, 5th of 7, 4 1/4l behind Vaguely Royal (9-6) at Newcastle 1m 4f hcp (3) pol in Oct.
Capital Theory 11-1 (8-13) Prominent, ridden over 2f out where in touch with leaders, no extra entering final furlong, soon weakened, 6th of 12, 5 1/4l behind Blanchland (9-9) at Newcastle 1m 4f hcp (2) pol in Oct.
Civil Law (IRE) 25-1 (10-1) Held up in last pair, ridden near side rail inside final 2f, never involved, 5th of 7, 6 3/4l behind Concorde (9-10) at Newbury 1m 2f hcp (4) sft in Sep.
Andaleep (IRE) 22-1 (10-0) Behind, late headway out wide, never going pace to get involved, 6th of 13, 10 1/4l behind Humanity (9-4) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (3) pol in Sep.
Maso Bastie 5-1 (9-8) Mid-division out wide, headway tracing leaders 8f out, pushed along and weakened over 2f out, soon behind, tailed off, 12th of 13, 31 1/4l behind Humanity (9-4) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (3) pol in Sep.
Liseo (IRE) 14-1 (10-1) Tracked leader, ridden 2f out, faded inside final furlong, 4th of 9, 2 3/4l behind Khinjani (9-10) at Windsor 1m 2f hcp (4) sft in Oct.
Tenerife Sunshine 16-1 (8-12) Midfield, dropped to rear 4f out, soon beaten, 8th of 11, 15l behind Lordship (9-6) at York 1m 6f hcp (2) sft in Oct.
Duke Of Oxford 4-1jfav (9-9) Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 9th of 12, 24 1/2l behind Sonnerie Power (9-12) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (4) pol in Oct.
Jack Sparowe (IRE) 11-4fav (10-0) Towards rear, headway 3f out, went 3rd 2f out and ridden, no impression on front pair, 3rd of 10, 7 1/4l behind Meleri (9-7) at Bath 1m 2f hcp (5) hvy in Oct.
Wadacre Gomez 5-2jfav (9-11) Prominent, led after 2f, headed over 1f out, not much room inside final furlong, stayed on same pace, 4th of 13, 4l behind Waterloo Sunset (9-6) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Oct.
