raced keenly in touch, ridden over 1f out, stayed on and pressed leaders inside final furlong, gaining towards finish
tracked leader, pressed leader over 4f out, led narrowly just over 1f out, hard pressed inside final furlong, caught final strides and lost 2 places
close up, chased leaders over 1f out, stayed on steadily to lead near finish, caught post
steadied start, held up towards rear, some headway on inside over 1f out, kept on not troubled leaders
mid-division, ridden and no impression over 1f out, stayed on steadily final furlong, not near to challenge
mid-division, ridden 2f out, not quicken, soon outpaced
raced keenly, tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened quickly over 1f out
mid-division, ridden and outpaced 2f out, kept on again final furlong, never dangerous
led, set steady pace, pressed over 4f out, soon quickened pace and pressed, headed just over 1f out, stayed pressing leader, lost 3 places near finish
behind, headway over 1f out, stayed on under pressure final furlong, led post
started slowly, held up last, some late headway from over 1f out, kept on, not reached leaders
SUPERCAST is only 3lbs higher than when beating Just Bond at Wolverhampton last month and has solid claims of following up that success, getting the verdict ahead of Silver Hotspur and Dream of Fortune. The last mentioned lost no caste in defeat behind Action Impact at Great Leighs last time and has to be respected on that evidence off just a 1lb higher mark today but he may be a shade high in the weights at present so looks best watched. Will He Wish has been well held in recent starts and is hard to recommend, while King's Majesty has been in good form over hurdles of late and would have every chance if able to reproduce that form back on the level. Hucking Hero is coming back to a fair mark and has to be considered but a bigger threat is likely to come from Silver Hotspur, who has shown improved form of late and has slipped to a decent mark. Supercast has solid claims though and he is hard to oppose.
Silver Hotspur 11-4 (9-5) Held up, ridden along and headway over 2f, one pace final furlong, 4th of 9, 4l behind Mozayada (8-10) at Southwell 1m hcp 0-75 (5) fbs.
Supercast (IRE) 7-2jt-fav (8-5) Led, headed over 7f out, remained handy, pushed along over 3f out, led 2f out, driven out, won at W'hampton 1m 1f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Nov beating Just Bond (9-3) by 1 1/2l, 7 ran.
Will He Wish 13-2 (9-1) Towards rear, effort on inside over 2f out, never reached leaders, 6th of 12, 7l behind Randama Bay (8-13) at Kempton 1m hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Nov.
Hucking Hero (IRE) 12-1 (9-2) Close up, ridden 2f out, not pace to challenge over 1f out, stayed on one pace, 5th of 8, 4 1/2l behind Titan Triumph (9-2) at Lingfield 1m hcp 0-80 (4) pol.
Dream of Fortune (IRE) 10-1 (9-4) Held up mid-division, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, stayed on to take 2nd near finish, 2nd of 9, 2l behind Action Impact (9-4) at Great Leighs 1m 2f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Nov.
Key Decision (IRE) 20-1 (8-11) Chased leaders, 7th halfway, ridden into 6th 2f out, no extra 1 1 /2f out, kept on one pace, 6th of 14, 7l behind Finicius (9-12) at Dundalk 7f stk pol.
Hilbre Court (USA) 12-1 (8-9) Raced wide, always behind, 10th of 13, 13l behind It's A Dream (8-10) at W'hampton 1m 1f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Oct.
King's Majesty (IRE) 10-1 (8-5) Mid-division, headway over 5f out, ridden over1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 12, 7l behind Blacktoft (9-8) at W'hampton 1m 1f clm (5) pol in Oct.
Parson's Punch 3-1jt-fav (9-3) Slowly into stride, soon led, moderately driven and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 3rd of 10, 5l behind Wellington Square (9-3) at Kempton 1m mdn aut stk (5) pol in Nov.
Man of Gwent (UAE) 4-1jt-fav (9-6) Mid-division, ridden 4f out, never troubled leaders, 5th of 10, 12l behind Karmest (9-5) at Southwell 1m 3f hcp 0-65 (6) fbs.
Epidaurian King (IRE) 9-1 (9-2) Slowly into stride, soon switched left, held up towards rear, headway under pressure over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 10, 9l behind Kensington (9-2) at W'hampton 7f hcp 0-65 (6) pol.
