in rear, struggling from 4 out, pulled up before 3 out
made virtually all, ridden when not fluent 3 out, narrowly clear last, pressed run-in, on top close home
handy on inside, pushed along and made no impression 3 out, mistake 2 out when behind
prominent, ridden 3 out, almost upsides last, every chance flat, no extra close home
chased leader out wide, pushed along and weakened rapidly home turn
held up, ridden and outpaced home turn, kept on approaching last, stayed on strongly flat, not reach winner
held up, pushed along and outpaced 3 out, no extra from last
Lunar Power (IRE) 25-1 (12-0) Tracked leaders, mistake 3 out, soon weakened, 8th of 10, 25l behind Park Annonciade (10-3) at Haydock 2m 3f hcp (2) gs in Nov.
Benson 15-2 (12-0) In touch, outpaced 4 out, ridden and headway approaching last, kept on same pace, 4th of 10, 17 1/2l behind Sonigino (12-0) at Aintree 2m 4f hcp (2) hvy in Dec.
Clear White Light 13-2 (10-4) Off the pace towards rear, pushed along in mid-division bypassing omitted 3 out, headway chasing leaders omitted next, went modest 4th soon after, 4th of 11, 17 3/4l behind Geromino (10-2) at Doncaster 2m 1f hcp (2) gs in Dec.
Afadil (FR) 3-1cfav (12-0) Tracked leaders in 5th on inside, not fluent 4th, pushed along before 3 out, headway before 2 out, ridden and no impression in 2nd between last two, dropped to 3rd towards finish, 3rd of 6, 8 3/4l behind Will Carver (12-0) at Taunton 2m 3f hcp (3) gd in Nov.
Matchless (IRE) 15-8fav (11-6) Tracked leader, ridden to lead approaching omitted last, soon joined, headed final strides, 2nd of 6, shd behind Peking Rose (12-0) at Doncaster 2m 3f hcp (3) gd in Dec.
Holmes St Georges (FR) 9-1 (11-2) Raced wide, bumped 4 out, ridden and weakened approaching 2 out, tailed off, 8th of 10, dist behind Sonigino (12-0) at Aintree 2m 4f hcp (2) hvy in Dec.
In This World (FR) 40-1 (11-0) In rear, ridden and headway approaching last, nearest finish, 5th of 12, 2 1/4l behind Go Dante (11-5) at Cheltenham 2m 1f hcp (3) sft in Dec.