dwelt, in rear, pushed along over 3f out, headway over 1f out, soon ridden, kept on to chase winner towards finish, always held
towards rear and pushed along, ridden over 2f out, never a factor
in touch, pushed along over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened
close up, challenged over 4f out, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace towards finish
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, kept on and no extra towards finish
pushed along to lead, made all, pressed over 4f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on well
Normandie Lady is the only course and distance winner on show and has proved a consistent handicapper for Richard Fahey. There is no reason to anticipate anything other than another good effort but MADROOS (NAP) could prove superior. The lightly-raced four-year-old has performed with credit on all four starts in competitive large-field handicaps since joining Michael Easterby from Ireland and could well find this a more straightforward assignment. Trip and ground are fine. See The Master represents the three-year-old brigade and won nicely enough at Chepstow last time but will probably need to improve again. Palmerston is respected and Ehtiraas will enter calculations if all is well with him on this first start since September.
Ehtiraas 8-1 (9-5) Pulled hard, led 3f, chased leader until over 4f out, went 2nd again over 2f out until 2f out, ridden and went 2nd again over 1f out until inside final furlong, kept on same pace in 3rd, 3rd of 13, 2l behind Mountain Rescue (9-7) at Kempton 1m hcp (4) pol in Sep.
Normandie Lady 9-2 (9-9) Close up, ridden 2f out, effort over 1f out, not quicken final furlong, 3rd of 6, 1 1/4l behind Two For Two (10-0) at Ayr 1m hcp (3) gs in Jul.
Mutamid 8-1 (10-0) Held up towards rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 6th of 9, 3 1/4l behind Chiefofchiefs (9-11) at Kempton 1m hcp (4) pol in Jun.
Palmerston 10-1 (8-13) Tracked leaders, ridden inside final furlong, no extra towards finish, 8th of 11, 3 1/4l behind Greenside (9-11) at Sandown 1m hcp (2) gf in Jun.
Madroos 7-2fav (9-9) Held up mid-division, pushed along over 3f out, headway over 1f out, kept on to take 3rd place inside final furlong, 3rd of 14, 5 3/4l behind Showboating (9-8) at Carlisle 1m hcp (4) gs in Jun.
Roll On Rory 16-1 (9-3) In rear, ridden over 2f out, never on terms, 6th of 8, 4 1/4l behind Easy Tiger (9-3) at Leicester 7f hcp (3) gf in Jul.
See The Master (IRE) 6-4fav (9-4) Made virtually all, ridden 2f out, ran on well under pressure, driven out, won at Chepstow 1m hcp (5) gd in Jul beating Procurator (9-7) by 1 1/2l, 6 ran.
