slowly into stride, behind and outpaced
held up in rear, ridden over 4f out, never troubled leaders
held up, wide and headway over 4f out, ridden and weakened over 2f out
slowly into stride, in rear, effort on inside over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
soon pushed along in rear
held up, smooth headway from over 3f out, ridden to chase winner and flashed tail over 1f out, stayed on near finish
held up in touch, improved to go 3rd over 2f out, ridden and stayed on same pace
raced wide in touch, ridden 4f out, weakened 2f out
soon led, keen, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened final furlong
in touch, ridden over 4f out, not paced over 3f out, kept on to take remote 4th, final furlong
chased leader, ridden to lead over 2f out, stayed on
tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened 2f out
Blend might provide the answer here and is selected ahead of maybe Abandon and Scotch Pancake. Where to start; Brocatello has shown some promise without sparkling on his two runs to date and there is no guarantee that the all-weather will bring improvement. Peas 'n Beans was placed in a Turf handicap off 51 last time, and surely there are better options among his rivals. Abandon was led out as unsold at 370,000 dollars in the sales ring and is a very interesting newcomer, while Blend has shown some promise and today's tip could bring about further improvement. Moonshadow has yet to build on early promise, while Scotch Pancake improved for her debut on the all-weather debut to finish second last time, form that warrants granting her consideration. Shahmina was too easily put in her place last time to carry confidence this time, while Stout needs to step up on her form but her best Turf efforts would give Sybella a shout. Overall, though, the vote goes to Blend.
Bazil des Fieffes (FR) 50-1 (9-13) Started slowly, mid-division, lost place over 4f out, no chance afterwards, 12th of 14, 35l behind Crossbow Creek (9-13) at Lingfield 1m 4f mdn stk (5) pol in Aug.
War Feather 25-1 (9-7) Reluctant to load stalls, tracked leader to 5f out, weakened over 3f out, 12th of 13, 45l behind Ganymede (9-12) at Kempton 2m banded stk (7) pol.
Brocatello (IRE) 16-1 (9-3) Dwelt, ran wide bend over 5f out, headway over 1f out, kept on to go 2nd well inside final furlong, 2nd of 8, 8l behind Uno (8-12) at Haydock 1m 3yo mdn (5) hvy in Sept.
Peas 'n Beans (IRE) 12-1 (8-1) Held up, headway over 2f out, led and hung badly left over 1f out, kept on and headed well inside final furlong, 2nd of 14, 1 1/2l behind Cleaver (9-11) at Hamilton 1m 3f app hcp (6) gs in Sept.
St Fris 50-1 (9-3) Always rear, 10th of 13, 12l behind Woolfall Blue (9-3) at Kempton 1m 2f 3yo mdn (5) pol in Sept.
Abandon (USA) Rahy filly, half-sister to the Group 1 winner Tawqeet.
Blend 5-2 (8-12) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, kept on, 3rd of 11, 4 1/2l behind Mowazana (8-12) at Bath 1m 2f mdn fll (5) gs in Oct.
Moonshadow 7-1 (8-12) In touch, pushed along over 4f out, driven over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 4th of 11, 24l behind Height of Fury (9-3) at Catterick 1m 4f mdn stk (5) sft in Oct.
Scotch Pancake 2-1fav (8-12) Mid-division, headway 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out. stayed on to take 2nd inside final furlong, not pace to reach winner, 2nd of 13, 1 1/2l behind Woolfall Blue (9-3) at Kempton 1m 2f 3yo mdn (5) pol in Sept.
Shahmina (IRE) 5-2jt-fav (8-12) In touch, headway to track leader going well 3f out, led over 2f out, headed inside final 2f, soon beaten, 2nd of 11, 7l behind Florimund (9-3) at Lingfield 1m 5f mdn stk (5) pol in Sept.
Shout (IRE) 9-4 (8-12) Mid-division, effort over 4f out, no impression, 7th of 11, well behind Height of Fury (9-3) at Catterick 1m 4f mdn stk (5) sft in Oct.
Sybella 25-1 (8-5) Mid-division, ridden and headway over 4f out, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 16, 25l behind Dr Sharp (9-7) at Newmarket 2m hcp 0-90 (3) gs in Oct.
