held up, smooth headway to lead 3 out, soon clear, very easily
led until after 5th, weakened quickly, soon behind, tailed off
chased leader, led after 5th until 3 out, soon ridden and weakened before next
pulled hard, in rear, headway 3 out, modest 3rd before next
raced keenly, chased leaders, went modest 2nd before 2 out, no chance with very easy winner
raced keenly, always in rear, tailed off
mid-division, weakened 3 out, tailed off, mistake next
in touch, ridden in modest 4th after 3 out, no impression
chased leaders, not fluent 5th, weakened after next
Charli Parcs has a penalty for last month’s debut victory at Enghien and this is a much tougher assignment. Dreamcatching made a promising start at Auteuil in October while Pleasure Dome will have learnt plenty from her third at Aintree. Imari Kid, Royal Reserve and Night Of Sin are also still unexposed but MASTER BLUEYES surely didn’t give his true running at Wetherby in October when taking off his feet by the prolific Cliffs Of Dover. An 80-plus rated stayer on the Flat, the grey is probably worth another chance.
Charli Parcs (FR) (10-5) won at Enghien 2m 1f sft in Nov beating Poker Play (10-5) by 1l, 12 ran.
Dark Enemy (IRE) 100-1 (10-12) Tracked leaders, lost place 4 out, soon weakened, 8th of 14, dist behind Tyrell (10-12) at Warwick 2m (4) gs in Dec.
Dreamcatching (FR) (10-5) 3rd of 16, 10 1/4l behind Duca De Thaix (10-5) at Auteuil 2m 2f sft in Oct.
Imari Kid (IRE) 7-2 (11-0) Pulled hard, held up in rear, some headway into modest 6th when blundered 2 out, went badly left last, 6th of 10, 24 1/4l behind Dino Velvet (11-0) at Sandown 2m (2) gs in Dec.
Master Blueyes (IRE) 11-10fav (10-12) Mistake 1st, chased leaders, close up 5th, effort before 2 out, ridden and one pace between last 2, no impression after, 4th of 7, 17 3/4l behind Cliffs Of Dover (11-6) at Wetherby 2m lst (1) gd in Oct.
Montrachet Mix (FR) 9-2 (11-0) Mistake 1st, always in last pair, never involved, 7th of 10, 29 1/4l behind Dino Velvet (11-0) at Sandown 2m (2) gs in Dec.
Night Of Sin (FR) 12-1 (10-12) Tracked leaders, on outside, wandered into 1st, not fluent and lost place next, headway before 4th, challenged after 3 out until before next, not fluent and stayed on same pace last, 4th of 7, 6 1/4l behind Nachi Falls (11-6) at Market Rasen 2m 1f (2) gd in Sep.
Royal Reserve 6-1 (10-12) Held up towards rear, ridden and headway before 2 out, never dangerous, 4th of 8, 22 1/4l behind Forth Bridge (10-12) at Musselburgh 2m (2) gd in Dec.
Pleasure Dome 14-1 (10-12) Held up in 4th, went 3rd approaching 3 out, kept on same pace, no chance with front pair, 3rd of 8, 30l behind Evening Hush (10-12) at Aintree 2m 1f lst fll (1) gs in Dec.
