dwelt and slowly into stride, towards rear, never on terms
raced wide tracked leader, ridden over 1f out, faded inside final furlong
towards rear, headway on inner over 1f out, ran on, nearest finish
held up, ridden and ran on final furlong, nearest finish
keen close up, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong
tracked leader, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong
close up, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong
held up, ridden and headway inside final furlong, ran on to lead towards finish
keen led, ridden over 1f out, headed towards finish
raced wide in touch, effort over 1f out, kept on same pace
Temple Road is upped 6lb for a recent course and distance success when beating Roundabout Magic and Shackled N Drawn with Sandfrankskipsgo, Mossgo and Entertaining Ben further behind. The latter had earlier landed a double while Ask The Guru is raised in class after scoring over the minimum trip at Kempton. But MR POCKET is getting closer as he slips down the weights and looks set for a return to winning ways having found one too good in a higher grade handicap at Chelmsford last week.
Mr Pocket (IRE) 7-2 (8-11) In touch, ridden to chase winner inside final furlong, always held, 2nd of 7, 1 1/2l behind Rosina (9-5) at Chelmsford City 5f hcp (4) pol in Dec.
Entertaining Ben 3-1jfav (9-7) Tracked leader until ridden just inside final furlong, kept on same pace, 4th of 10, 3 1/2l behind Temple Road (8-11) at Lingfield 5f hcp (5) pol in Dec.
Awesome Allan (IRE) 10-1 (9-0) Led, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, faded towards finish, 9th of 12, 4 1/2l behind Rapid Ranger (9-3) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp (5) pol in Dec.
Temple Road (IRE) 16-1 (8-11) Held up towards rear, switched to inner halfway, switched right over 1f out, headway just inside final furlong, soon switched left, quickened to lead, ridden and ran on, won at Lingfield 5f hcp (5) pol in Dec beating Roundabout Magic (8-11) by 1 1/2l, 10 ran.
Sandfrankskipsgo 20-1 (9-5) Towards rear, ridden 2f out, never nearer, 5th of 10, 3 3/4l behind Temple Road (8-11) at Lingfield 5f hcp (5) pol in Dec.
Mossgo (IRE) 25-1 (9-2) Raced wide close up, ridden halfway, weakened over 1f out, last of 10, 11 1/4l behind Temple Road (8-11) at Lingfield 5f hcp (5) pol in Dec.
Culloden 25-1 (9-7) Pressed leader until over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 7th of 9, 9 3/4l behind Ebitda (10-2) at Nottingham 5f hcp (6) sft in Nov.
Roundabout Magic (IRE) 9-2 (8-11) Tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, edged left and stayed on to go 2nd inside final furlong, 2nd of 10, 1 1/2l behind Temple Road (8-11) at Lingfield 5f hcp (5) pol in Dec.
Shackled N Drawn (USA) 7-1 (8-13) Led, 4 lengths clear 2f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, no extra and soon lost 2nd, 3rd of 10, 3 1/4l behind Temple Road (8-11) at Lingfield 5f hcp (5) pol in Dec.
Ask The Guru 4-1 (9-4) Tracked leaders in 3rd, chased leader over 1f out, kept on to lead towards finish, won at Kempton 5f hcp (6) pol in Oct beating Dontforgettocall (9-4) by nk, 7 ran.