pulled hard in rear, ran on inside final furlong, never nearer
mid-division on outside, headway chasing leaders 3f out, ridden and weakened 2f out
held up mid-division, headway under pressure over 1f out, ran on towards finish
stumbled start, chased leaders, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and weakened soon after
slowly into stride, soon mid-division on inside, headway went 2nd 1f out, ran on to lead towards finish
chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, kept on towards finish
always towards rear
chased leader, led inside final 2f, ridden over 1f out, headed and no extra towards finish
led until inside final 2f, chased leader until 1f out, chased leaders, weakened and lost 2 places towards finish
slowly into stride, held up towards rear and keen, headway on inside over 1f out, not trouble leaders
slowly into stride, towards rear, headway on inside over 1f out, not trouble leaders
NonRunner
Sir Jamie won a division of this last year but is 6lb higher today while Hidden Dream has been raised the same amount for winning over a longer trip at Chelmsford last time. Voice of A Leader has yet to take advantage of a slide down the weights and the same comment applies to Multitask, who hasn’t won since 2016. Three C's scored over track and trip in November when Herm was beaten only a neck in second and the latter re-opposes on better terms but FARL is the least exposed and having finished closer over 6f at Lingfield a fortnight ago. He gets a speculative vote now handicapping with improvement expected over this longer trip.
Multitask 11-4fav (9-8) Always in rear, wide over 2f out, 7th of 9, 9 1/2l behind Imbucato (9-3) at Brighton 7f hcp (6) gf in Aug.
Stosur (IRE) 25-1 (9-5) Tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, every chance over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 7th of 12, 7 1/4l behind Baasha (9-7) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Jan.
Herm (IRE) 10-1 (9-2) Held up, ridden over 2f out, not trouble leaders, 9th of 12, 10l behind Baasha (9-7) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Jan.
Farl (IRE) 20-1 (8-11) In rear, pushed along 2f out, not trouble leaders, 6th of 8, 5 1/4l behind Ballyquin (9-2) at Lingfield 6f stks (5) pol in Jan.
Collate 8-1 (8-11) Raced wide track leaders, ridden over 1f out, edged left inside final furlong, no extra, 6th of 11, 2 3/4l behind Chica De La Noche (9-4) at Lingfield 7f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Three C's (IRE) 11-4 (9-4) Slowly away and bumped start, keen towards rear, ridden and headway entering final furlong, never nearer, 5th of 11, 5l behind Cape Greco (9-7) at Lingfield 7f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Voice of A Leader (IRE) 6-1 (9-5) Slowly into stride, held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, went 3rd over 1f out, kept on, lost 3rd close home, 4th of 13, 2 1/4l behind With Approval (9-7) at Kempton 1m hcp (6) pol in Jan.
Diamond Reflection (IRE) 6-1 (9-5) Soon led, ridden and headed 2f out, still every chance entering final furlong, no extra towards finish, 6th of 14, 5 3/4l behind Cold Harbour (9-3) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Jan.
Hidden Dream (IRE) 14-1 (8-9) Held up mid-division, in 4th over 2f out, soon ridden, led over 1f out, kept on well, won at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Nov beating River Cafe (9-2) by 2l, 15 ran.
No Approval (IRE) 25-1 (9-7) Tracked leaders, keen, weakened over 1f out, 11th of 12, 10 1/4l behind Magical Molly Joe (9-4) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Sir Jamie 12-1 (9-4) Held up in rear, ridden and effort 2f out, weakened from over 1f out, 9th of 13, 19 3/4l behind With Approval (9-7) at Kempton 1m hcp (6) pol in Jan.
Mochalov 20-1 (8-13) Keen tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 6th of 9, 5 1/2l behind Mr Mac (9-4) at Lingfield 1m hcp (6) pol in Jan.
