HIDDEN GOLD made a winning start to her career on soft ground here in May and has been successful twice subsequently. She was staying on strongly over 1m5f at Musselburgh and is one of the few here with scope so gets the nod. Noble Gift landed a better class handicap than this at Goodwood and has won on heavy going so he's an obvious threat while Sunny Future has a tremendous record on the track though his victories have usually come on much faster going. Nebula Storm had been hurdling before landing a Windsor seller in August and the once-useful soft-ground performer is on a handy mark and Ryan Moore takes over the reins. Moshe, a very easy maiden winner over 1m4f at Leicester, was disappointing when dropped back in trip at Newmarket last month.
Ile De Re (FR) 33-1 (9-13) Held up in touch, pushed along 4f out, soon lost place, 10th of 12, 17l behind Swivel (8-12) at Haydock 1m 6f hcp 0-100 (2) gd in Sep.
Noble Gift 4-1 (9-2) Steadied start held up in rear, headway to lead halfway, ridden over 1f out, driven all out, won at Goodwood 1m 4f hcp 105 (2) gd in Sep beating Jacob Cats (8-10) by nk, 7 ran.
Linguine (FR) 22-1 (8-13) Led, ridden and headed over 2f out, soon weakened, 8th of 9, 14l behind Mount Logan (8-10) at Doncaster 1m 4f hcp 105 (2) gd in Sep.
Boite (IRE) 13-2 (10-0) Led, headed 4f out, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 6, 11l behind Snowy Dawn (8-6) at Chester 2m hcp 0-95 (3) gd in Sep.
Hidden Gold (IRE) 3-1 (9-5) Tracked leaders on outside, went prominent 9f out, went 2nd 7f out, led over 2f out, stayed on well, won at Musselburgh 1m 5f hcp 0-90 (3) gf in Sep beating Buthelezi (10-0) by 1 3/4l, 7 ran.
Exemplary 22-1 (8-11) Chased leaders, pushed along and weakened over 3f out, 5th of 6, 20l behind Be Perfect (9-4) at Wolverhampton 2m hcap (2) pol in Feb.
Nebula Storm (IRE) 5-1 (9-3) Tracked leaders, headway to lead over 1f out, ridden clear inside final furlong, won at Windsor 1m 4f sell stks (6) gs in Aug beating Gift Of Silence (9-5) by 3 1/2l, 5 ran.
Sunny Future (IRE) 8-1 (9-8) Held up in 5th off the pace, ridden over 3f out, headway over 2f out, challenged over 1f out, led well inside final furlong, stayed on, won at Bath 1m 5f hcp 0-80 (4) fm in Sep beating Russian Royale (9-4) by nk, 5 ran.
Rockfella 5-1 (8-12) Led, pushed along over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 8, 14l behind Hassle (9-9) at Ascot 1m 6f hcp 0-95 (3) gf in Jul.
Moshe (IRE) 7-4fav (8-9) Raced far side, prominent, every chance over 2f out, weakening when hung left over 1f out, 5th of 11, 8l behind Inspector Norse (8-5) at Newmarket 1m 2f hcp (6) gd in Sep.
