held up in rear, pushed along and headway between horses approaching final furlong, led inside final furlong, pushed out, eased close home, comfortable
led early, tracked leaders, ridden and every chance entering final furlong, weakened towards finish
tracked leader, ridden to lead approaching final furlong, headed inside final furlong
soon led, ridden and headed approaching final furlong, weakened inside final furlong
raced wide towards rear, weakened 2f out
towards rear, ridden and headway inside final furlong, nearest finish
close up, pushed along 2f out, not clear run approaching final furlong, not recover
raced wide close up, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and kept on same pace inside final furlong
in touch, pushed along 2f out, ridden sand ran on inside final furlong, nearest finish
Tyger Bay found one too good at Kempton having earlier beaten both Silky Wilkie and Tadreeb when landing a course and distance double. Annaf has something to prove off his current mark returning to handicap company while Street Kid has been thereabouts over 7f in similar grade contests since winning at Wolverhampton and has his first outing over today’s shorter trip. River Pride is another front-runner dropping down in distance but the likely fast pace will suit TOLSTOY (NAP), who is 5lb lower than when scoring at Chelmsford last summer and posted his best effort so far since joining Stuart Williams’ yard when third at Southwell last time.
Annaf (IRE) 28-1 (9-3) Led, pushed along halfway, ridden and headed inside final furlong, weakened towards finish, 5th of 10, 1 1/4l behind Manaccan (9-6) at Ascot 5f lst stks (1) gs in Oct.
Street Kid (IRE) 5-2fav (9-7) Raced freely, led, pushed along over 1f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, no extra final 110yds, 4th of 11, 2 1/4l behind Witch Hunter (9-11) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (3) pol in Dec.
Silky Wilkie (IRE) 11-1 (9-10) Towards rear, ridden and ran on strongly final furlong, not quite reach winner, 2nd of 12, shd behind Tyger Bay (8-12) at Lingfield 6f hcp (3) pol in Dec.
Ventura Tormenta (IRE) 50-1 (9-9) Mid-division out wide, pushed along and weakened inside final 3f, last of 11, 16l behind Kiwano (9-1) at Kempton 6f hcp (3) pol in Jan.
Tolstoy (IRE) 12-1 (8-10) In rear, ridden over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, nearest finish, 3rd of 7, 1 3/4l behind Alligator Alley (9-6) at Southwell 5f hcp (2) pol in Jan.
Tadreeb (IRE) 12-1 (9-8) Towards rear, ridden and headway entering final furlong, kept on one pace, 4th of 12, 3/4l behind Tyger Bay (8-12) at Lingfield 6f hcp (3) pol in Dec.
Lequinto (IRE) 18-1 (9-7) Pulled hard, mid-division, ridden over 1f out, kept on without troubling leaders, 7th of 10, 3 1/4l behind Meishar (9-5) at Lingfield 7f hcp (3) pol in Nov.
River Pride 16-1 (9-0) Soon led, pushed along and quickened pace 2f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, no extra, 3rd of 5, 2 1/2l behind Manaafith (9-0) at Southwell 7f fll stks (2) pol in Jan.
Tyger Bay 3-1 (8-9) Held up in mid-division on inside, good headway on inside over 2f out, 2nd and every chance 1f out until winner quickened on inside final furlong, no extra and held towards finish, 2nd of 11, 1/2l behind Kiwano (9-1) at Kempton 6f hcp (3) pol in Jan.
