close up, ridden and headway entering final furlong, soon every chance, ran on
raced wide early led, ridden over 1f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong
raced wide in rear, ridden halfway, not trouble leaders
tracked leader, ridden edged left and unable to quicken over 1f out, effort inside final furlong, ran to lead post
slow into stride in touch after 1f, ridden and headway entering final furlong, led well inside final furlong, headed post
tracked leader, ridden 2f out, led inside final furlong, soon headed, no extra
always towards rear, ridden 2f out, never a factor
It's difficult to make a strong case for any of these but AUTUMN TONIC looks to have the best piece of form on offer having only been beaten a length here last month, though that was over 7f - he gets a tentative vote over today's minimum trip. Limerick Lord also drops back from 7f after a third at Lingfield but El Che wasn't beaten far over 5f on his penultimate start when a couple of lengths ahead of Loti and can figure.
Autumn Tonic (IRE) 66-1 (9-5) Raced freely chasing leaders, effort well over 1f out, kept on well under pressure, 3rd of 12, 1l behind Dat Il Do (9-0) at Lingfield 7f 3yo mdn auc stks (6) pol in Jan.
Blackasyourhat (IRE) 66-1 (9-2) Held up, never dangerous, last of 12, 13l behind Vejovis (9-3) at Lingfield 7f 3yo hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Jan.
Ernest 11-4fav (8-12) Slowly into stride, ran green and always in rear, 9th of 10, 19l behind Galago (8-12) at Kempton 6f mdn auc stks (5) pol in Jan.
Limerick Lord (IRE) 20-1 (8-9) In touch, switched right and headway over 1f out, chased leaders inside final furlong, never a threat, 3rd of 8, 5l behind Middle England (8-1) at Lingfield 7f mdn stks (5) pol in Jan.
El Che 9-2 (8-8) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 4th of 5, 7l behind Twin Turbo (8-13) at Chelmsford City 5f mdn stks (5) pol in Jan.
Loti 33-1 (9-1) Chased leaders, weakened well over 1f out, 5th of 7, 6l behind Classic Seniority (9-4) at Wolverhampton 6f 3yo clm stks (6) in Jan.
Military Music 25-1 (8-10) Led and raced off the rail, wide on bend halfway, hung badly left to near side rail and headed over 2f out, soon behind, last of 11, 12l behind Misu Pete (8-12) at Kempton 6f hcp (0-55) (6) pol in Jan.