towards rear, ridden 2f out, kept on final furlong, not pace to challenge
mid-division, headway 2f out, effort and every chance entering final furlong, ran on
tracked leaders, ridden and no impression over 1f out until driven and stayed on near finish
tracked leader, ridden and every chance from over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on
raced wide, close up, ridden when weakened over 1f out
led, ridden when pressed from over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, ran on
keen, held up, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong
dwelt, in rear, switched right over 1f out, headway approaching final furlong, never nearer
raced wide, keen, held up, ridden 2f out, no impression
tracked leaders, ridden and every chance over 1f out, faded towards finish
A decent handicap but surprisingly difficult to make a strong case for any. Circumvent disappointed at Newbury last week and seems to save his best for Lingfield nowadays and Loving Spirit hasn't won since 2010 though not from lack of trying. Santefisio is also enduring a long losing run and Sea Shanty has struggled off similar marks since winning at Sandown last May. Life And Times was tailed off last time having landed a double at Wolverhampton before that while Tigers Tale and Big Whiskey are upped in class. Something went amiss with FRASERS HILL in soft ground at Hamilton nearly a year ago but he'd gone close to catching the useful Queensberry Rules over track and trip earlier. He gets a speculative vote on his reappearance.
Loving Spirit 8-1 (8-10) Hood removed when stalls opened, behind, headway towards stands side over 1f out, soon ridden, stayed on to challenge and every chance inside final furlong, just held when lost 2nd final strides, 3rd of 17, 1/2l behind Heaven's Guest (8-13) at Ascot 7f hcp (2) gs in Oct.
Santefisio 20-1 (9-3) Keen in rear, ridden 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, nearest finish, 4th of 10, 5l behind Chookie Royale (9-3) at Wolverhampton 7f Listed stks (1) pol in Mar.
Circumvent 9-2 (9-7) Close up, led 2f out, ridden and headed approaching final furlong, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 14, 6l behind Top Diktat (9-0) at Newbury 1m 2f hcp 0-85 (4) gd.
Sea Shanty (USA) 12-1 (9-1) Held up in mid-division, riddenand headway over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, went 4th towards finish, 4th of 14, 5l behind Captain Cat (8-12) at Kempton 1m hcp 0-95 (3) pol in Oct.
Cavaleiro (IRE) 5-1 (10-0) Raced freely in touch, lost place over 4f out, soon eased, 9th of 10, well behind Bin Singspiel (8-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hcp (2) pol in Oct.
Tigers Tale (IRE) 11-4fav (9-7) Led, headed 1f out, ridden inside final furlong, kept on to regain lead close home, won at Kempton 1m hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Mar beating Liberty Jack (8-12) by nk, 7 ran.
Life And Times (USA) 15-8fav (9-13) Slowly into stride, towards rear, headway on outside 5f out, chased leaders halfway, pushed along over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, last of 13, 36l behind Dark Ocean (8-12) at Pontefract 1m hcp 0-75 (5) gs.
Loyalty 25-1 (8-13) In rear, pushed along over 4f out, never a factor, 8th of 9, 7l behind Van Percy (8-8) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp 0-95 (3) pol in Mar.
George Cinq 12-1 (8-10) Upset in stalls, held up in last pair, headway towards far side over 1f out, kept on same pace inside fihelnal furlong, no threat, 8th of 15, 2 3/4l behind Gworn (8-11) at Haydock 1m hcp 0-95 (3) sft in Oct.
Frasers Hill 8-11fav (10-0) Held up mid-division, good headway on bit to track leaders 4f out, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 9, 22l behind Maputo (9-1) at Hamilton 1m mdn stks (5) sft in May.
Big Whiskey (IRE) 6-1 (8-12) Dwelt, mid-division, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and headway approaching final furlong, soon went 2nd until near finish, 3rd of 9, 3 1/2l behind Purcell (9-4) at Lingfield 7f hcp 0-95 (3) pol.
