slowly into stride, held up off the pace towards rear, headway chasing leaders over 2f out, chance when edged left and ridden over 1f out, no extra in 4th final 100 yards
chased leader, ridden and every chance over 1f out, weakened final furlong
mid-division on inside, headway and switched left over 1f out, ridden and every chance over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
held up well off the pace in rear, steady headway out wide over 1f out, close 2nd inside final furlong, ran on to lead inside final 100 yards
chased leaders, ridden and every chance over 1f out, 3rd and one pace inside final furlong
waited with in last pair, headway out wide over 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, strongly pressed inside final furlong, headed inside final 100 yards, kept on
slowly into stride, towards rear, pushed along over 2f out, never on terms
mid-division, headway chasing leaders over 2f out, ridden hung left and not much room over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
chased leaders on inside, switched left to rail over 2f out, ridden to challenge inside final 2f, weakened final furlong
led until ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened quickly
always towards rear, ridden after halfway, weakened over 2f out
SHYJACK returned a beaten favourite over 7f last time but had gone close over track and trip before that with Daafy back in fourth and Christine Dunnett’s charge gets another chance. Mostallim was narrowly beaten here recently while Daany returns to his winning distance having scored at Lingfield earlier. Paddy Elliott and Nine Elms have been thereabouts over longer trips while Destroyer wasn’t beaten far when fourth here looking to end a long losing run and can race off the same mark today.
Daany (IRE) 9-4fav (8-12) Raced wide, keen towards rear, ridden 2f out, kept on and hung left inside final furlong, 6th of 11, 5 1/4l behind Light Up Our Stars (9-7) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Street Poet (IRE) 50-1 (9-9) Chased leaders, ridden and weakened over 2f out, 13th of 14, 13 3/4l behind Hunters Step (9-4) at Newcastle 7f hcp (6) pol in Jun.
Mabre (IRE) 22-1 (8-13) Held up, ridden and outpaced at 2f, made no impression, 10th of 12, 11 1/4l behind Legende D'art (8-13) at Chelmsford City 7f hcp (5) pol in Dec.
Oud Metha Bridge (IRE) 7-1 (9-9) Slowly away, in rear, never involved, 10th of 11, 15 1/4l behind Bagatelle (9-4) at Kempton 1m hcp (6) pol in Nov.
Mostallim 6-1 (9-6) Tracked leader, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed final strides, 2nd of 14, hd behind Masquerading (9-7) at Southwell 7f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Shyjack 11-8fav (9-6) Held up, pushed along 2f out, ridden and ran on final furlong, nearest finish, 2nd of 12, 3 3/4l behind Tell'em Nowt (9-2) at Southwell 7f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Paddy Elliott (IRE) 11-1 (8-13) Raced keenly, chased leaders, pushed along 2f out, ridden to challenge 1f out, kept on well, 3rd of 14, 3/4l behind Selecto (8-7) at Newcastle 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Nine Elms (USA) 11-1 (9-7) Tracked leaders, ridden and every chance entering final furlong, stayed on, 3rd of 14, 2 1/2l behind Maharashtra (9-1) at Southwell 1m 3f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Daafy (USA) 50-1 (9-7) In rear, raced freely, headway when not clear run briefly and switched right over 2f out, ridden over 1f out and ran on well, took 4th closing stages, 4th of 14, 2 1/4l behind Inexplicable (9-4) at Southwell 1m hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Destroyer 22-1 (9-5) Close up early, led after 1f, pushed along over 2f out, headed 1f out, kept on until dropped to 4th closing stages, 4th of 14, 1/2l behind Cusack (9-1) at Southwell 1m hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Whytehall Rose 250-1 (8-11) Keen tracked leaders, pushed along and weakened over 2f out, 9th of 12, 16 3/4l behind Mobashr (9-9) at Lingfield 1m stks (6) pol in Nov.
