mid-division, outpaced on outside 3f out, soon ridden, never threatened leaders
slowly into stride, soon mid-division, headway over 2f out, ridden to chase winner 1f out, kept on same pace, no impression inside final furlong
led, headed over 5f out, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened
prominent on outer, led over 5f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, no chance with front pair inside final furlong
mid-division, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
chased leaders, outpaced over 2f out, soon ridden and no impression
in touch, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace, no chance with leaders from over 1f out
held up in rear, ridden over 2f out, stayed on into mid-division final furlong, never nearer
soon outpaced and behind, lost touch over 2f out, eased final furlong
mid-division, ridden 2f out, never a threatened leaders
soon prominent on outside, driven and lost place over 2f out, soon weakened, eased final furlong
tracked leaders, driven 3f out, soon ridden and lost place, weakened final furlong
Torolight was placed at Leicester and In The Cove was fourth over 7f here on their respective latest starts in handicaps. Both can figure again but PURGATORY went the closest of those three when third over course and distance and Chris Wall’s charge is taken to go one better in this. Royal Dancer ran below par behind the selection last time but was runner-up at Leicester before that with Torolight back in third and Symphony is another with a bit to find with Purgatory.
Purgatory 7-1 (9-3) Mid-division, ridden inside final 2f, stayed on strongly on outside final furlong, took 3rd final strides, nearest finish, 3rd of 14, 1 1/2l behind Padura Brave (9-6) at Kempton 1m (6) pol in Oct.
Toro Dorado 14-1 (9-1) Behind, outpaced and wide into straight, ridden over 1f out, kept on, never threatened leaders, 7th of 8, 4 1/4l behind So Hi Storm (9-2) at Chelmsford City 1m (5) pol in Oct.
Royal Dancer 11-4fav (9-1) Tracked leaders, ridden inside final 2f, lost place over 1f out, soon weakened, 11th of 14, 11 1/4l behind Padura Brave (9-6) at Kempton 1m (6) pol in Oct.
In The Cove (IRE) 5-2fav (9-9) Mid-division, headway on inside 3f out, ridden 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, 4th of 12, 2 1/4l behind Dancing Jo (9-4) at Kempton 7f (6) pol in Oct.
Catch The Cuban 28-1 (9-2) Slowly into stride, outpaced in last pair, switched left over 2f out, never on terms, 6th of 7, 21 3/4l behind Kessaar (9-2) at Windsor 6f stks (4) gf in Jul.
Torolight 8-1 (9-6) Held up, pushed along and headway over 1f out, ridden and no impression final furlong, 3rd of 9, 6 1/2l behind Sesame (9-4) at Leicester 1m (6) gs in Oct.
Kahina (IRE) 12-1 (9-1) Held up, took closer order over 4f out, pushed along 3f out, ridden and weakened well over 1f out, 8th of 13, 8 3/4l behind Camelot Rakti (9-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f (6) pol in Oct.
The Grey Dancer (IRE) 25-1 (9-5) Chased leaders, pushed along over 2f out, lost place over 1f out, 9th of 12, 8 1/2l behind Dancing Jo (9-4) at Kempton 7f (6) pol in Oct.
Habanera (8-8) last of 11, 22 1/2l behind Big Boots (9-1) at Maisons-Laffitte 7f stks gs in Oct.
Penfriend 40-1 (8-11) Held up in mid-division, weakened over 2f out, last of 9, 12 3/4l behind So Hi Class (9-8) at Kempton 7f (6) pol in Sep.
Siona's Boy (IRE) 66-1 (8-11) Towards rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 5th of 12, 5 1/4l behind No Diggity (9-0) at Kempton 6f (6) pol in Oct.
Ginge N Tonic 100-1 (9-5) Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 9, 5 1/4l behind Zuba (9-5) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f mdn stks (5) pol in Oct.
Milldean Billy (IRE) 80-1 (9-0) Towards rear and keen, pushed along over 2f out, never dangerous, 9th of 10, 19 1/2l behind Power Of States (9-2) at Chelmsford City 1m stks (5) pol in Oct.
Symphony (IRE) 10-1 (9-4) In touch on inside, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace under pressure final furlong, no impression, 7th of 14, 3 1/4l behind Padura Brave (9-6) at Kempton 1m (6) pol in Oct.
