held up towards rear, not clear run over 4f out, not much room over 2f out, headway and switched right over 1f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, no chance with winner
slowly into stride, held up in rear until rushed up on outside over 4f out, led over 3f out, clear over 2f out, hung right over 1f out, easily
held up towards rear, headway over 4f out, stayed on same pace from over 1f out
led, headed 12f out, ridden over 8f out, lost place over 7f out, soon behind
mid-division on outside, headway over 5f out, weakened inside final furlong
mid-division, not much room 3f out, headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, no chance with winner
tracked leaders, ridden over 5f out, lost place over 4f out
took keen hold, prominent, led 12f out, headed over 3f out, weakened from over 2f out
reminder soon after start, towards rear, headway when not much room 4f out, went 2nd and edged left over 2f out, no chance with winner and lost 2nd inside final furlong
slowly into stride, soon prominent, weakened over 2f out
held up in mid-division, struggling over 4f out, soon behind
Nonrunner
Nonrunner
Heron’s close-up fourth at Wolverhampton came over 2m while Lumen and Duration’s earlier successes came over the same distance at Lingfield and Newcastle respectively. Sheila's Empire finished behind Lumen but ran better over 1m4f at Kempton subsequently but Contingency Fee’s recent placed efforts have been in plating company. YOUR BAND has endured a frustrating run of second places since scoring at Lingfield in November but he finished clear of the rest over course and distance last week and gets another chance in this.
Heron (USA) 10-1 (9-9) Slow into stride, towards rear, ridden and headway approaching final furlong, ran on, 4th of 12, 1/2l behind Betancourt (9-4) at Wolverhampton 2m 1f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Your Band 5-2fav (9-3) Towards rear, ridden over 3f out, headway over 1f out, stayed on to chase winner inside final furlong, 2nd of 9, 1 1/4l behind Geordielad (8-7) at Chelmsford City 1m 6f hcp (6) pol in Jan.
Caracas 12-1 (9-10) Always behind, 10th of 12, 13 1/2l behind Onefootinfront (9-2) at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hcp (6) pol in Jul.
Duration (IRE) 7-2 (8-8) Behind, headway over 2f out, never nearer, 6th of 16, 14 1/2l behind Divin Bere (9-4) at Bath 2m 1f hcp (5) gs in Oct.
Contingency Fee 16-1 (9-2) Went right start, led after 1f, 4 lengths clear 8f out, pushed along ran slightly wide into straight, headed approaching final furlong, kept on same pace, 3rd of 5, 4 1/2l behind Dutch Uncle (9-2) at Lingfield 1m 4f stks (6) pol in Dec.
Alexis Carrington (IRE) 20-1 (8-4) Close up, headway 7f out, pushed along over 3f out, ridden and weakened 2f out, 6th of 7, 21 1/4l behind Colwood (8-11) at Southwell 2m 2f hcp (5) pol in Dec.
Sheila's Empire (IRE) 10-1 (9-2) In touch on inner, pushed along and headway over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 5th of 14, 2 3/4l behind Apex Predator (9-3) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Jan.
Lumen 7-4fav (8-9) Keen raced wide prominent, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 12, 16 1/2l behind Betancourt (9-4) at Wolverhampton 2m 1f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Thahab Ifraj (IRE) 16-1 (10-4) Chased leaders, stumbled 3 out, ridden and weakened soon after, left in modest 4th 2 out, went 3rd towards finish, no chance with leading duo, 3rd of 6, 9 3/4l behind Beltor (11-3) at Taunton 2m hcp (3) gs in Dec.
Chorus Of Lies 22-1 (8-7) Tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened 2f out, 6th of 10, 21 3/4l behind Love Rat (9-3) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
More Harry 20-1 (8-2) Held up towards rear, headway to chase leaders halfway, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 8, 16 1/2l behind He's Our Star (9-9) at Chepstow 1m hcp (6) gd in Aug.
With Hindsight (IRE) 33-1 (9-4) Led 2f, tracked leaders, ridden and lost place over 3f out, 12th of 13, 17 3/4l behind Scrafton (9-8) at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Slowfoot (GER) 66-1 (10-7) Reminder and led early, tracked leader, ridden well over 3f out, soon behind, tailed off, last of 14, dist behind Nafaayes (10-11) at Lingfield 2m hcp (6) pol in Dec.
