chased leaders, pushed along over 3f out, weakened well over 2f out
prominent over 3f
chased leaders, ridden and every chance over 1f out, not quicken inside final furlong
held up and behind, pushed along 2f out, ridden over 1f out, no response
chased leaders, ridden and every chance 2f out, weakened over 1f out
held up and behind, switched right and headway 2f out, pulled to outside 1f out, ran on well under pressure towards finish
held up and behind, steady headway on outside over 2f out, ridden and every chance over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong
led, ridden and headed 2f out, kept on inside final furlong
always close up on stands rail, edged right and every chance over 1f out, soon ridden, not quicken inside final furlong
always close up on stands rail, edged right and every chance over 1f out, soon ridden, not quicken inside final furlong
close up, pushed along and every chance 2f out, soon ridden, faded final furlong
Point Of Woods beat Muatadel at Doncaster in June and is only 3lb higher than when landing this 12 months ago but Case Key makes more appeal. Mick Appleby’s runner has come back to form recently and was just beaten off this mark at Thirsk in June. Cieren Fallon’s mount SHORTBACKANDSIDES won over course and distance last month and has had excuses in both starts since. He might be the one to be on in this as appears to have the beating of Me Before You, another who has been successful over track and trip. Searanger is running well but keeps edging up the weights. Pop Telecom is the least exposed but was disappointing last time.
Etikaal 10-1 (9-3) Led, ridden and headed inside final 2f, lost place and no extra final furlong, 6th of 13, 5 3/4l behind Dirchill (9-6) at Redcar 6f hcp (5) gf in Sep.
Muatadel 10-1 (9-6) Led, switched left 2f out, headed over 1f out, no extra final furlong, 2nd of 14, 2 1/2l behind Haverland (8-12) at Carlisle 6f hcp (5) hvy in Sep.
Case Key 13-2 (9-7) In touch, headway over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, stayed on into 3rd inside final furlong, nearest finish, 3rd of 12, 1 1/4l behind Faithful Promise (9-1) at Yarmouth 6f hcp (5) gf in Sep.
Rantan (IRE) 11-1 (9-0) Stumbled start, behind, outpaced 2f out, no impression until ridden and kept on inside final furlong, nearest finish, 5th of 13, 5 1/4l behind Dirchill (9-6) at Redcar 6f hcp (5) gf in Sep.
Point Of Woods 14-1 (9-5) Raced centre, mid-division, headway over 2f out, never able to challenge, 5th of 16, 5 1/4l behind Angel Force (9-4) at Redcar 5f hcp (5) gd in Sep.
Searanger (USA) 7-2 (9-9) Mid-division, headway over 2f out, chased winner inside final furlong, nearest finish, 2nd of 10, 1 1/4l behind Guardia Svizzera (9-13) at Catterick 6f hcp (6) gf in Aug.
Shortbackandsides (IRE) 12-1 (9-7) Mid-division, headway when badly hampered over 2f out, no danger after, 8th of 12, 4 1/4l behind Round The Island (9-9) at Pontefract 6f hcp (5) sft in Sep.
Alfie's Angel (IRE) 5-1 (9-5) Slowly away, outpaced, 7th of 10, 7 1/4l behind Rockley Point (8-6) at Hamilton 6f hcp (6) sft in Sep.
Munfallet (IRE) 5-1 (9-7) Never better than mid-division, ridden and beaten 2f out, 9th of 11, 7 1/2l behind Indian Pursuit (9-5) at Catterick 6f hcp (6) gd in Sep.
Me Before You (IRE) 16-1 (8-4) Chased leaders, effort over 2f out, never able to challenge, 5th of 9, 5 1/4l behind Shortbackandsides (8-4) at Ripon 6f hcp (4) gs in Aug.
Pop Telecom 14-1 (8-12) Mid-division, ridden over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 6th of 9, 4 1/4l behind Hic Bibi (8-7) at Chelmsford City 7f hcp (5) pol in Sep.
Etienne Gerard 25-1 (8-9) Always behind, 14th of 18, 14l behind Sir Derrick (9-3) at Redcar 6f hcp (6) gd in Sep.
Highly Focussed (IRE) 11-2 (9-4) Outpaced towards rear, headway when hampered approaching final furlong, not clear run inside final furlong, never able to threaten, 6th of 14, 3 3/4l behind Captain Lars (10-0) at Catterick 5f hcp (6) gd in Sep.
