prominent, ridden over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
led early, chased leaders, ridden and weakened over 1f out
chased leaders, weakened over 2f out
chased leaders, ridden 2f out, kept on inside final furlong
chased leader, led over 1f out, held on well towards finish
slowly away, in rear, headway over 2f out, ridden inside final furlong, kept on towards finish
rear division, ridden over 2f out, never dangerous
towards rear, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace
soon led, headed over 1f out, soon weakened
towards rear, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace and no impression
held up mid-division, headway over 1f out, soon chased winner, kept on and always held towards finish
towards rear and outpaced, effort over 1f out, faded inside final furlong
towards rear, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
Freddy With A Y has yet to win over further than 7f but beat Binky Blue over the latter trip here a week ago and carries 6lb extra. DOCTOR BONG is preferred on his recent second over track and trip with Caribbean Spring back in sixth and Grace Harris’ charge gets the nod. Kafeel has a shout on last week’s second here while Dor's Law and Tarseekh were both placed on their latest outings and the former drops further down the weights today.
Freddy With A Y (IRE) 8-1 (9-6) Held up mid-division, ridden over 2f out, soon headway, led over 1f out, kept on strongly, won at Kempton 7f hcp (6) pol in Oct beating Binky Blue (9-4) by 2l, 13 ran.
Doctor Bong 33-1 (9-1) Led, ridden and kept on well from over 1f out, headed and not pace of winner final 50 yards, 2nd of 14, 1 1/4l behind Broughtons Knight (9-3) at Kempton 1m hcp (6) pol in Oct.
Freight Train (IRE) 150-1 (8-11) Mid-division, ridden and weakened over 2f out, last of 9, 15 3/4l behind Selection (9-9) at Kempton 1m hcp (5) pol in Apr.
Caribbean Spring (IRE) 12-1 (9-3) Mid-division, unable to quicken inside final 2f, plugged on inside final furlong, 6th of 14, 3 1/2l behind Broughtons Knight (9-3) at Kempton 1m hcp (6) pol in Oct.
Kafeel (USA) 4-1 (9-5) Held up mid-division, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on to take 2nd place towards finish, 2nd of 14, 2 1/4l behind Magic Mirror (9-7) at Kempton 7f hcp (6) pol in Oct.
Ixelles Diamond (IRE) 25-1 (9-6) Tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened entering final 2f, 8th of 11, 10 3/4l behind The Special One (9-6) at Brighton 7f hcp (6) gd in Sep.
Living Leader 16-1 (9-13) Led, headed over 2f out, weakened, 7th of 9, 23l behind Hawridge Glory (10-3) at Salisbury 1m hcp (5) gd in Aug.
Binky Blue (IRE) 7-2 (9-4) Towards rear, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 2nd of 13, 2l behind Freddy With A Y (9-6) at Kempton 7f hcp (6) pol in Oct.
Sonnet Rose (IRE) 18-1 (9-2) Led until over 2f out, soon lost place, 7th of 9, 12 1/4l behind Broughtons Story (9-1) at Yarmouth 1m 2f hcp (6) gd in Oct.
Reason To Believe (FR) (8-7) last of 11, 14 1/4l behind Dub Steps (8-7) at Le Lion D'angers 7f hcp sft in Jul.
Tarseekh 9-1 (9-5) Soon led, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, kept on same pace, 2nd of 12, 2l behind Lady Kaviar (9-2) at Kempton 1m stks (6) pol in Oct.
Dor's Law 6-1 (8-7) Chased leaders, driven to challenge over 2f out, led over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on, 3rd of 9, 2l behind Kilbaha Lady (9-1) at Yarmouth 1m hcp (6) gd in Oct.
Welsh Inlet (IRE) 20-1 (8-9) Tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, weakened entering final furlong, 6th of 14, 6 1/2l behind Wordismybond (9-3) at Brighton 1m hcp (6) gs in Oct.
Swiftee (IRE) 8-1 (8-12) In touch, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, not trouble leaders, 5th of 11, 4 3/4l behind Let Right Be Done (8-7) at Musselburgh 7f hcp (6) gs in Oct.
