midfield, ridden over 1f out, plugged on one pace final furlong
towards rear, ridden over 1f out, stayed on to go second final 50yds, no match for winner
took keen hold, midfield, pushed along over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened
mid-division, ridden 2f out, soon struggling, eased inside final furlong
prominent, ridden 2f out, no extra inside final furlong
chased leaders, ridden and edged left over 1f out, made no impression
held up in rear, pushed along over 1f out, never dangerous
towards rear, ridden over 1f out, soon faded
made all, joined 3f out, pushed along 2f out, ridden and went clear over 1f out, ran on well final furlong, comfortably
slowly away, took keen hold, held up in rear, made rapid headway to go prominent over 4f out, joined leader 3f out, pushed along 2f out, faded over 1f out
took keen hold, prominent, pushed along 2f out, kept on final furlong, lost second final 50yds
Always Fearless won an amateurs’ race at Wolverhampton two runs ago but Lunarscape finished second at Lingfield when fitted with a tongue-tie and makes more appeal. Hostelry returns to the all-weather having completed a double in this grade on Turf but Al Tarfa finished second again on the Polytrack last time. VELVET CRUSH ran no sort of race in first-time cheekpieces on her latest start but gets a change of headgear and another chance with improvement expected from the Gosdens’ filly on her handicap debut.
Always Fearless (IRE) 20-1 (11-7) Never closer than mid-division, 10th of 15, 11l behind I Still Have Faith (11-3) at Doncaster 1m stks (5) gs in Sep.
Lunarscape 33-1 (9-10) Behind, headway on inside chasing leaders over 1f out, stayed on between horses inside final furlong, went 2nd final 100 yards, no chance with winner, 2nd of 12, 1 1/2l behind Labiqa (9-0) at Lingfield 1m hcp fll (5) pol in Oct.
Hostelry 3-1fav (9-9) Pressed leader throughout, ridden well over 1f out, kept on dourly, led towards finish, won at Carlisle 1m hcp (6) gs in Sep beating Darbucks (9-3) by 1/2l, 8 ran.
Hurricane Kiko (IRE) 22-1 (9-6) Quickly away, raced keenly and led 1f, tracked winner until steadied in 4th 5f out, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and outpaced inside final 2f, weakened quickly soon after, 13th of 14, 19 1/2l behind Playupskyblues (9-9) at Kempton 1m hcp (5) pol in Aug.
Haughty 25-1 (9-4) Led, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, weakened soon after, 5th of 13, 4 1/2l behind City Of York (9-11) at Kempton 1m hcp (5) pol in Aug.
Velvet Crush (IRE) 10-1 (9-2) Held up in rear, pushed along 2f out, never in contention, 5th of 10, 13 1/2l behind Venus Rosewater (9-2) at Kempton 1m fll stks (4) pol in Sep.
Al Tarfa 3-1 (9-11) Held up towards rear, headway over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, went 2nd close home, no impression on winner, 2nd of 10, 1l behind Belo Horizonte (10-0) at Lingfield 1m hcp (6) pol in Sep.
Brown Mouse (IRE) 4-1 (8-7) 4th of 6, 3 1/4l behind Clear Man (9-11) at Les Landes 1m 6f hcp in Sep.
Creme Chantilly (IRE) 8-1 (9-9) Slowly away, raced wide close up over 6f out, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace, 5th of 12, 7 1/4l behind Mount King (9-8) at Thirsk 1m hcp (6) gd in Sep.
Dicko The Legend (IRE) 40-1 (9-8) Took a strong hold and bucking, soon in rear and pulled up, at Bath 1m hcp (6) sft in Oct.
Got No Dollars (IRE) 5-1 (9-8) Chased leaders on inside, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and went 2nd inside final 2f until over 1f out, chased leaders, weakened final 100 yards, 5th of 13, 4 3/4l behind Embarked (9-10) at Kempton 7f hcp (6) pol in Sep.
