pulled hard in touch, headway 2f out, led inside final furlong, driven out
in touch, ridden and slightly outpaced over 2f out, ridden and headway inside final furlong, no impression towards finish
raced wide tracked leaders, outpaced entering final 2f, kept on inside final furlong, not trouble leaders
keen held up, wide into straight 2f out, never a factor
keen tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong
led, ridden 2f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra close home
slowly away always in rear
dwelt keen held up, headway on inner entering final furlong, went 2nd near finish
keen tracked leader, ridden 2f out, every chance inside final furlong, stayed on
awkwardly away and went left start, pulled hard towards rear, headway on outer approaching 2f out, weakened final furlong
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RENOUNCE has plenty of scope for further improvement having made a winning return over course and distance last month. The Noseda colt beat a couple of subsequent winners on that occasion so the form looks rock-solid. Nortron and Luis Vaz De Torres need to dig a bit deeper off their current marks and Jimmy's Hall was beaten in lesser company over 7f a week ago. State Of The Union won a seller here in October but the less-exposed Balliol makes more appeal.
Luis Vaz De Torres (IRE) 6-1 (9-1) Chased leaders, ridden and outpaced over 1f out, no impression, 7th of 11, 4 1/4l behind Seve (9-6) at Wolverhampton 5f hcp (4) pol in Dec.
Dominium (USA) 20-1 (9-6) Towards rear, ridden over 2f out, never on terms, 9th of 13, 6 3/4l behind Kingscroft (9-5) at Chelmsford City 6f hcp (4) pol in Dec.
Renounce (IRE) 3-1cfav (9-5) Tracked leaders, effort on inner over 1f out, led inside final furlong, pushed out, won at Lingfield 6f mdn stks (5) pol in Nov beating Picket Line (9-5) by 1 1/4l, 7 ran.
Multitask 25-1 (9-8) In rear, headway over 2f out, pushed along over 1f out, faded inside final furlong, 7th of 11, 7 1/2l behind Acolyte (9-3) at Kempton 6f hcp (4) pol in Jul.
Uptight (FR) 14-1 (8-11) Led, hard driven when headed over 1f out, faded final furlong, 6th of 12, 4 1/4l behind Spring Loaded (9-3) at Windsor 6f hcp (4) gd in Oct.
Dilgura 16-1 (9-0) Mid-division, pushed along and weakened over 1f out, last of 10, 9 1/2l behind Burning Thread (9-1) at Kempton 5f hcp (4) pol in Dec.
Jimmy's Hall 22-1 (9-5) Chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 3rd of 12, at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (5) pol in Dec.
State Of The Union (IRE) 7-2fav (9-4) Led, ridden and headed narrowly 2f out, still every chance inside final furlong, no extra and lost two places close home, 4th of 9, 1 3/4l behind Diamond Lady (9-7) at Lingfield 6f hcp (5) pol in Nov.
Elusivity (IRE) 16-1 (8-13) Raced wide tracked leaders, ridden to join leader and every chance over 1f out, no extra towards finish, 4th of 8, 1 3/4l behind Boomerang Bob (9-3) at Southwell 6f stks (6) pol in Dec.
Spellmaker 50-1 (9-2) Led after 1f, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened, last of 12, 11 1/4l behind Corporal Maddox (9-4) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (5) pol in Dec.
Nortron (IRE) 6-1 (9-1) Tracked leader, ridden over 1f out, faded inside final furlong, 7th of 13, 6 1/4l behind Steal The Scene (9-1) at Kempton 7f hcp (4) pol in Nov.
Balliol 10-1 (9-7) Tracked leader, ridden 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 9, 3 1/4l behind Justice First (9-5) at Chelmsford City 7f hcp (5) pol in Dec.
