led, ridden, headed 1f out, pressed winner after line
always towards rear, ridden 2f out, never in contention
raced keenly in touch, slightly bumped over 2f out, ridden, no impression over 1f out
held up in rear, headway, edged left over 2f out, wide entering straight, edged left over 1f out, led 1f out, pressed to line, held on well
close up, ridden 2f out, not pace to challenge over 1f out, stayed on one pace
slowly into stride, raced keenly, tracked leaders, ridden to challenge, every chance when bumped over 1f out, one pace final furlong
in touch, ridden, effort 2f out, short of room, checked over 1f out, soon outpaced
tracked leader, ridden, effort 2f out, short of room over 1f out, kept on final furlong, not trouble leading pair
TITAN TRIUMPH is well placed to make it three wins on the bounce in this contest with Imprimis Tagula and Twilight Star looking to pick up the scraps. The selection won those races on the artificial surface with the latest coming here earlier this month. He's only been raised four pounds for that success and is still rated just one pound better than the biggest mark he's won off. Imprimis Tagula looks still to be in the grip of the handicapper at the moment and more suited to Southwell's fibresand. That said a couple of placings at Wolverhampton shows some aptitude for this surface but he'll need a huge improvement from his latest efforts to be close. Twilight Star is yet to get any prize money from this surface yet but he showed a little more on the polytrack here last time over a shorter trip. He's two pounds better off than his last win on turf and if he can finally transfer that onto the artificial ground then he has to be put in calculations. Premier Danseur should also be looked at after a distance second at Great Leighs on his penultimate start but they should all be no match for Titan Triumph.
Premier Danseur (IRE) 4-1 (9-4) Held up towards rear, pushed along over 5f out, ridden 4f out, weakened over 2f out, 9th of 10, 25l behind Awatuki (9-6) at Great Leighs 1m 2f hcp 0-80 (4) pol in Nov.
Indian Diva (IRE) 20-1 (9-4) Led, ridden and headed 3f out, soon weakened, last of 6, 24l behind Tactful (8-10) at Great Leighs 1m fll hcp (4) pol in Oct.
Imprimis Tagula (IRE) 12-1 (8-6) Mid-division, ridden along and headway over 1f, kept on final furlong, 2nd of 11, 1 1/2l behind Irish Pearl (9-1) at Southwell 6f hcp 0-85 (4) fbs in Oct.
Titan Triumph 4-1fav (9-3) Behind, headway over 1f out, switched right, ran on to lead near finish, won at Lingfield 1m hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Nov beating Sam's Cross (9-2) by 1/2l, 11 ran.
Hucking Hero (IRE) 25-1 (8-12) Always behind, ridden and outpaced over 2f out, soon weakened, 12th of 14, 12l behind Press The Button (9-10) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Nov.
Twilight Star (IRE) 12-1 (8-13) Keen, held up in rear, headway on outer approaching final furlong, stayed on not pace to challenge, 5th of 10, 2l behind Internationaldebut (9-3) at Lingfield 7f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Nov.
Hallingdal (UAE) 13-2 (8-13) Always in rear, last of 10, 8l behind Internationaldebut (9-3) at Lingfield 7f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Nov.
Wavertree Warrior (IRE) 16-1 (9-6) Held up mid-division, ridden along 3f out, no impression from 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 7th of 11, 6l behind Pivka (9-3) at Lingfield 1m hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Nov.
