dwelt, held up in rear, ridden over 1f out, some late headway but no impression on leaders
handy, pushed along well over 2f out, soon weakened
chased leaders, pushed along over 2f out, no progress
led, ridden 2f out, kept on, headed 100 yards out, no extra closing stages
slowly away, mid-division, pushed along and headway 2f out, soon switched right, ridden in 3rd over 1f out, stayed on final 75 yards to lead towards finish
mid-division, ridden over 2f out, lost touch over 1f out
went right start, chased leaders, pushed along over 2f out, soon beaten
prominent, ridden 2f out, soon hung right and dropped away
prominent, pushed along 2f out, ridden over 1f out, led final 100 yards, no extra and headed towards finish
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Stone Of Destiny has been narrowly beaten the last twice but the eight-year-old hasn’t won in more than three years. However, he is still preferred to stablemate Maxzeno, who returns from a break. Selby's Pride was only half-a-length behind Ray Vonn at Nottingham and is 4lb better off so has to go on the shortlist but SECRET MISTRAL (NAP) wasn’t winning out of turn over 5f here four weeks ago and is probably even more effective over this trip. Hoof It Hoof It only won a Class 6 at Ripon but is still at the right end of the handicap but Fortunate Star is best over the minimum.
Ray Vonn (IRE) 10-3fav (9-11) Slowly away, held up in rear, headway over 2f out, led inside final furlong, stayed on, ridden out, won at Nottingham 6f hcp (5) hvy in Oct beating Apache Star (9-8) by nk, 9 ran.
Creative Style (IRE) 22-1 (9-7) Midfield, outpaced when ridden when raced wide off home turn, weakened inside final furlong, 8th of 12, 6 1/4l behind Okami (9-8) at Lingfield 7f hcp (5) pol in Sep.
Maxzeno 9-2 (8-13) Chased leaders, ridden and weakened inside final 2f, 7th of 8, 4 1/4l behind Temple Bruer (9-7) at Doncaster 6f hcp (4) gf in Jun.
Secret Mistral 4-1 (9-9) Raced on near side rail, made all, ridden clear inside final furlong, unchallenged, won at Leicester 5f hcp (5) sft in Sep beating Moulin Booj (10-2) by 1 1/4l, 4 ran.
Sassy Belle (IRE) 12-1 (9-5) Led and raced towards near side, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened quickly final furlong, 9th of 10, 9 3/4l behind Hierarchy (10-0) at Goodwood 6f hcp (4) sft in Sep.
Fortunate Star (IRE) 9-1 (9-10) Mid-division, pushed along over 2f out, held over 1f out, 8th of 11, 3 1/2l behind Speedacus (9-12) at Leicester 5f hcp (5) gs in Sep.
Kokomo 28-1 (9-11) Keen when close up early, remained prominent until pushed along passing halfway, gradually weakened from 2f out, 10th of 11, 17 1/2l behind Okami (9-11) at Kempton 7f hcp (5) pol in Aug.
Hoof It Hoof It (IRE) 6-1 (9-7) Close up on near side rail, led just before halfway, quicken before 1f out, soon command, edged left towards centre in closing stages but always doing enough, eased final strides, easily, won at Ripon 6f hcp (6) gd in Sep beating Flavius Titus (9-0) by 2l, 10 ran.
Selby's Pride 9-2 (9-9) Not much room start, towards rear, effort over 2f out, stayed on same pace inside final fulrong, 3rd of 9, 1/2l behind Ray Vonn (9-11) at Nottingham 6f hcp (5) hvy in Oct.
Stone Of Destiny 4-1 (9-7) Held up towards rear, travelling well but still a lot to do 2f out, made rapid headway and led inside final furlong, no extra when headed in sustained challenge final strides, 2nd of 11, shd behind J R Cavagin (9-4) at Redcar 5f hcp (5) gf in Sep.
