pulled hard, prominent, chased winner 7f out, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
held up in rear, ridden and headway approaching 2f out, stayed on to go 3rd inside final furlong
ridden and headway over 1f out, soon one pace
dwelt, always in rear
tracked winner until 7f out, ridden to chase winner again over 2f out until over 1f out, one pace final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, soon one pace
held up mid-division, headway over 2f out, chased winner over 1f out, no impression inside final furlong
made all, ridden 2f out, stayed on well inside final furlong
Michael Jarvis maintains a very good level of form with his inmates and he can get VINE STREET off the mark here, while Don Pietro and Lord Theo look the main dangers. The selection has been placed in each of four starts so far and was staying on well over 9f at Wolverhampton last time out. The return to this trip looks a plus and his mark looks plenty fair enough, so he can get it right this time. Don Pietro has to concede weight all around on account of some rock solid form in context, incuding when a course and distance winner here last time out. A 5lb rise is clearly going to make it tougher but he looks set to go well once again. Lord Theo is another course and distance scorer and he only narrowly failed to follow up at Lingfield last time out. He is 5lb higher than the win he enjoyed here but seems set to be heavily involved in the shake-up. Rehabilitation has not won since his debut but he has put in some good performances, although another rise in the weights for not winning last time makes him somewhat less appealing. Mr Napoleon just looks a shade too high in the weights and we will side with Vine Street.
Don Pietro 7-1 (9-8) Pulled hard, close up, ridden to lead entering final furlong, ran on, won at Great Leighs 1m 2f hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Nov beating St Petersburg (8-11) by 1 1/2l, 10 ran.
Mr Napoleon (IRE) 7-2 (9-8) Steadied start, settled in 4th, ridden over 2f out, no impression over 1f out and soon outpaced, 5th of 6, 7l behind Epsom Salts (8-5) at Lingfield 1m 5f app hcp (5) pol in Nov.
New Beginning (IRE) 14-1 (9-8) Chased leaders, ridden 2f out, stayed on same pace, 4th of 9, 5l behind Remember Ramon (9-7) at W'hampton 1m 4f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Nov.
Wrighty Almighty (IRE) 11-1 (9-2) Steadied start, held up mid-division, headway on inside over 1f out, not clear run inside final furlong, not recover, 6th of 12, 5l behind Sign of The Cross (9-1) at Kempton 1m 2f clm (6) pol in Nov.
Rehabilitation 7-1 (9-2) Tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, kept on final furlong, 3rd of 13, 3l behind Stand Guard (9-8) at Kempton 1m 2f hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Nov.
Lord Theo 17-2 (9-7) Led, 8 lengths clear 3f out, still 5 lengths clear entering final furlong, driven until eased near finish, caught post, 2nd of 12, shd behind Can Can Star (9-3) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Nov.
Musashi (IRE) 20-1 (9-3) Keen, held up mid-division, ridden over 3f out, hung right 2f out, soon no impression, 6th of 10, 6l behind Shavansky (9-7) at Lingfield 1m 2f mdn stk (5) pol in Nov.
Vine Street (IRE) 4-1fav (9-0) Soon led, hard ridden when headed inside final furlong, 2nd of 12, nk behind Red Lily (9-2) at W'hampton 1m 1f fll hcp (5) pol in Nov.
