held up towards rear, ridden and lost touch turning for home, plugged on home straight
pulled hard in rear, ridden after last (usual 5th), no extra
held up in touch, lost place and ridden after last (usual 5th), tailed off and virtually pulled up passing bypassed 2 out
led, increased tempo before last (usual 5th) where not fluent, ridden clear entering home straight, headed before bypassed last, no extra
prominent, close up 3rd (usual 4th), ridden after last (usual 5th), weakened before home straight
chased leader, not fluent last (usual 5th), ridden entering home straight, soon faded
held up towards rear, awkward 2nd (usual 3rd), headway after last (usual 5th), moved into 3rd passing bypassed 2 out, one pace soon after
held up in midfield, headway to chase leader entering home straight, travelled strongly to chase leader before bypassed 2 out, pushed into lead before bypassed last, ran on strongly close home, cosily
held up in midfield, steady headway last (usual 5th), ridden entering home straight, faded soon after
Gilbertina was beaten a long way when third at Leicester and the form hasn’t been franked with Ronde De Nuit showing more promise, despite running green, when fifth in a decent contest at Exeter. Nicky Henderson appears to have found a good starting point, however, for PROGRESSIVE, who was a progressive sort in a light campaign on the Flat when trained Roger Varian. Licit had stronger form on the Flat than both Kimberley and Flippance so may be the pick of the remainder.
Breadcrumbs (FR) 25-1 (10-5) Prominent, ridden 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 9th of 14, 19l behind Hear Me Out (10-12) at Market Rasen 1m 5f (5) gd in Oct.
Call Me Sainte (FR) 4-1 (10-5) Chased leader, weakened 3f out, 10th of 12, dist behind The Worthy Brat (10-12) at Exeter 1m 5f (5) gf in Oct.
Flippance 28-1 (8-6) Held up, ridden over 2f out, never a factor, 10th of 11, 10 1/4l behind Engrave (9-7) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Nov.
Gilbertina 200-1 (10-10) Chased leaders, ridden 3 out, 3rd and beaten from 2 out, one pace, 3rd of 11, 18 1/2l behind Megan (10-10) at Leicester 2m fll (3) sft in Nov.
Hunter's Dawn 28-1 (9-0) Led early, chased leaders, driven over 5f out, soon beaten, 5th of 7, 27 3/4l behind Alpha Theta (9-0) at Southwell 1m 4f mdn stks (5) pol in Dec.
Kimberley 5-1 (9-7) Mid-division, pushed along over 2f out, hung left over 1f out, soon weakened, 11th of 14, 11 3/4l behind Kaleidoscopic (9-9) at Sandown 1m 2f hcp fll (5) gd in Sep.
Licit (IRE) 4-1 (9-0) Steadied start, in touch in rear, pushed along 2f out, ridden and stayed on towards finish, 3rd of 5, 2 3/4l behind Casa Loupi (8-9) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Dec.
Progressive 11-2 (9-3) Bumped start, prominent, led after 2f, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra well inside final furlong, 5th of 12, 3 1/4l behind Goldie Hawk (8-12) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp fll (4) pol in Oct.
Ronde De Nuit (FR) 13-2 (10-5) Held up towards rear, headway into midfield 5th, chased leaders 3 out, ridden before 2 out, weakening when jumped left last, 5th of 9, 15 1/4l behind Monmiral (11-4) at Exeter 2m 1f (4) sft in Nov.
