slowly into stride, always rear group, wide straight well over 1f out, no headway
in touch, ridden and weakened quickly over 3f out, tailed off
always towards rear, ridden 3f out, never a factor
behind, headway 2f out, stayed on final furlong without troubling leaders
prominent, ridden to chase leaders 2f out, stayed on to lead inside final furlong, driven out and held on well close home
chased leader, led just over 2f out, pressed and headed inside final furlong, lost 2nd towards finish
mid-division, headway 2f out, edged right over 1f out, wandered left under pressure final furlong, kept on, not reach leaders
steadied start, held up in rear, sudden late headway final 2f but never dangerous
started very slowly, held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, ran on to press winner well inside final furlong, every chance near finish, just held
led, ridden and headed just over 2f out, kept on until weakened over 1f out
tracked leader, ridden over 2f out, no headway, kept on under pressure until weakened inside final furlong
This is not the worst of sellers with 7lb separating the top six in the ratings, the top-rated couple being Barnaby Rudge and Lytton. Both of those are perhaps rather flattered by their ratings and SINGLEB, who connections bought back in having landed a seller at Leicester three starts back can win it. The ground at Leicester was perhaps on the slow side for Singleb last time out and returning to the poly-track will be in his favour. Cap St Jean is favourably treated against Singleb based on their Leicester clash. That is when his inexperienced riders 7lb claim is taken into account. Mountain Pass is a regular in this grade but seven furlongs might just be on the sharp side for him while Lytton who contested pattern company as a juvenile but later lost his way showed some of his old spark when dropped into selling grade last time out. Ten Pole Tudor is a dual course and distance winner who's latest effort is best to forget. SINGLEB is given the nod to win it.
Cap St Jean (IRE) 11-2 (9-0) Slowly away, took keen hold, raced wide, always behind, 9th of 12, 21l behind Samurai Warrior (9-0) at W'hampton 7f sll (6) pol in Nov.
Hit The Roof 16-1 (9-2) Led to over 2f out, soon ridden and weakened, last of 9, 19l behind Follow The Flag (9-4) at W'hampton 1m 1f hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Nov.
Lopinot (IRE) 8-1 (9-3) Tracked leader, ridden to challenge and went left approaching 2f out, hampered and lost action, not recover, 11th of 13, 24l behind The Gaikwar (9-0) at Brighton 1m app hcp (6) gd in Sept.
Mountain Pass (USA) 9-1 (9-9) Slowly into stride, in touch, ridden and effort over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 7th of 15, 14l behind Moves Goodenough (10-0) at Salisbury 1m ldy rds hcp (6) gd in Oct.
Singleb (IRE) 10-3 (9-3) Mid-division, ridden and headway 2f out, stayed on final furlong, 3rd of 16, 2l behind Dancing Maite (8-11) at Leicester 7f clm (5) gs in Oct.
Kannon 12-1 (9-4) Mid-division, ridden over 2f out, soon outpaced, 9th of 13, 11l behind Salt of The Earth (9-2) at Kempton 7f hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Nov.
Barnaby Rudge (IRE) 12-1 (9-1) Mid-division, soon hung right, effort 3f out, ridden over 2f out, soon beaten, 16th of 17, 20l behind Singleb (9-3) at Leicester 7f 3yo & 4yo sll (6) gd in Oct.
Lytton 11-2 (9-0) Held up in rear, headway over 1f out, hung left final furlong, stayed on, 3rd of 12, 1l behind Samurai Warrior (9-0) at W'hampton 7f sll (6) pol in Nov.
Ten Pole Tudor 13-2 (9-1) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, soon driven and weakened, last of 14, 22l behind Tobar Suil Lady (9-0) at Kempton 7f hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Nov.
Valentino Swing (IRE) 16-1 (9-0) Towards rear, headway over 2f out, kept on, never near leaders, 7th of 13, 8l behind Salt of The Earth (9-2) at Kempton 7f hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Nov.
Shepherds Warning (IRE) 16-1 (9-1) Led, ridden and headed over 3f out, weakening over 1f out, 10th of 11, 29l behind Hyde Lea Flyer (9-1) at W'hampton 1m 2f hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Nov.
Sylvias Grove 16-1 (8-10) Chased leaders, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 10th of 16, 18l behind Dancing Maite (8-11) at Leicester 7f clm (5) gs in Oct.
