chased leader, led approaching 1f out, ridden and headed narrowly inside final furlong, every chance until no extra towards finish
led, headed over 1f out, ridden entering final furlong, soon weakened
chased leaders in 4th, ridden 1f out, led narrowly inside final furlong, kept on towards finish
held up, ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong
held up mid-division, lost place well over 2f out
chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, weakened final furlong
slowly into stride, held up in rear, headway over 1f out, ridden inside final furlong to chase leading pair, kept on
John Best's Orsett Lad only just did enough when successful here last month and he may struggle to follow up off a 5lb higher mark in a race taken to go to KHANIVOROUS, who gets the verdict ahead of Pastel Blue. Michael Bell's filly was beaten off the same mark that she races off today on her only previous start in a handicap here over a mile in August but she won well on her first start since then when landing a maiden over course and distance last month and may now be well treated. Julia Feilden's Rathbawn Girl was well beaten on her handicap debut at Kempton last month and she is likely to find this tough off the same mark today, while Roger Charlton's Fusaichi Flyer has had three starts in maidens at Wolverhampton and does not seem to be that well treated on his first start here in a handicap, even off a mark as low as 66. The vote then goes the way of Jim Boyle's Khanivorous, who is another that is relatively unexposed and ran well off the same mark that he races off today when narrowly beaten by Highland Quaich at Kempton.
Khanivorous 7-1 (9-4) Chased leaders, headway over 1f out, led just inside final furlong, headed and no extra close home, 2nd of 7, 1l behind Highland Quaich (9-2) at Kempton 7f 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Jan.
Pastel Blue (IRE) 6-4fav (8-7) Made all, pulled hard, quickened over 1f out, stayed on strongly, won at Lingfield 1m mdn fll (5) pol in Jan beating Castleburg (9-13) by 4l, 7 ran.
Kinky Afro (IRE) 16-1 (8-8) Tracked leading pair, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong, last of 5, 2 1/4l behind Monterosso (9-7) at Lingfield 1m hcp 0-85 (4) pol.
Fusaichi Flyer (USA) 5-2 (9-3) Prominent, no extra inside final furlong, 7th of 12, 4l behind Capricornus (9-3) at Wolverhampton 7f 2yo mdn stks (5) pol in Dec.
Tallawalla (IRE) 66-1 (9-0) Raced wide towards rear, pushed along and headway 3f out, weakened inside final 2f, 11th of 16, 9l behind Namaskar (9-0) at Goodwood 1m 2yo stks (5) gf in Sep.
Rathbawn Girl (IRE) 14-1 (8-12) Held up in last pair, not clear run on inside and bumped well over 2f out until over 1f out, stayed on into 2nd inside final furlong, almost snatched 2nd, 3rd of 6, 4l behind Admiral Cochrane (9-10) at Kempton 7f 3yo hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Jan.
Orsett Lad (USA) 7-2 (9-1) Steadied start, held up, pushed along over 2f out, effort between horses inside final furlong, led towards finish, won at Lingfield 7f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Jan beating May Chorus (9-0) by nk, 8 ran.
