took fierce hold on outer, towards rear, ridden over 2f out, weakened quickly over 1f out
started slowly, held up, behind, stayed on from over 1f out, never nearer
in touch, ridden over 2f out, no progress and weakened over 1f out
in touch, chased leader over 2f out, ridden to challenge 1f out, ran on well to lead last stride
held up behind, not clear run and checked 2f out, ran on strongly when clear final furlong, finished well
held up towards rear, stayed on from over 1f out, never nearer
raced wide in mid-division, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
took keen hold, led until headed just inside final furlong, weakened rapidly
started slowly, held up in rear, good progress over 1f out, ran on final furlong, nearest finish
held up, under pressure over 2f out, stayed on to chase leaders inside final furlong, no extra final 100 yards
mid-division, not clear run 2f out, stayed on well final furlong, nearest finish
held up in touch, ridden to lead narrowly just inside final furlong, no extra and headed last strides
prominent, chased leaders 2f out, not quicken over 1f out, one pace
tracked leader to 2f out, weakened quickly over 1f out
A wide open handicap and a small play is recommended on Cold Climate, Kensington and Marsad are also expected to run well. The Bob Jones trained ten-year-old is no back number, although he has obviously regressed since his hey day. At his best he was rated 68 so his current mark looks very handy indeed. He showed excellent form last time to finish a close up third behind Aintnecessarilyso at Warwick in October and if he can reproduce that running on the all-weather today he should go close. Kensington comes here chasing a hat-trick following victories at Ayr and here at Lingfield a couple of months ago. He has obviously gone up the weights but should still make his presence felt. Marsad made a belated all-weather debut here last month and ran a cracking race to finish runner up to Vlasta Weiner. He will have learnt from that experience and should be involved in the finish again today. I Wish and Scuba are two others worth considering for each-way purposes, but Cold Climate is the one that gets our speculative vote.
Spindor (USA) 20-1 (8-12) Switched left start, always behind, 12th of 14, 6l behind Prince Cyrano (8-13) at Warwick 6f hcp (5) gf in Aug.
Qobtaan (USA) 33-1 (8-13) Held up towards rear, ridden over 3f out, never nearer, 8th of 13, 13l behind Amorist (8-5) at Southwell 1m hcp 0-65 (6) fbs.
Holiday Cocktail 10-1 (8-1) Raced centre, tracked leaders, ridden to chase leader 3f out, hampered over 1f out, kept on one pace, 4th of 17, 6l behind Davenport (8-13) at Newmarket 1m hcp 0-75 (5) sft in Oct.
Kensington (IRE) 9-1 (9-0) In touch, chased leader over 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, driven and ran on inside final furlong, won at Lingfield 7f app hcp (6) pol in Oct beating Whippasnapper (9-0) by a shd, 14 ran.
Cold Climate 15-2 (9-5) Held up, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on, 3rd of 14, 2l behind Aintnecessarilyso (9-2) at Warwick 6f stk (7) gd in Oct.
Scuba (IRE) 10-3fav (8-13) Chased leaders, ridden to lead inside final furlong, headed near finish, 2nd of 13, nk behind Lucius Verrus (8-8) at Southwell 6f hcp (6) fbs.
I Wish 4-1co-fav (9-0) Led early, always prominent, ridden and every chance over 1f out, kept on final furlong, 2nd of 11, 3/4l behind Miskina (9-0) at W'hampton 7f fll hcp (6) pol in Nov.
Stagnite 12-1 (9-2) Held up towards rear, headway and wide halfway, ridden 2f out, ran on to lead post, won at Lingfield 6f stk (7) pol beating Segoria (9-1) by a shd, 12 ran.
