held up in rear of mid-division, shaken up over 2f out, ridden and headway over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
chased leaders on outer, pushed along over 2f out, soon ridden along, faded gradually from over 1f out
prominent, lost position over 5f out, outpaced over 3f out, ridden and rallied over 1f out, ran on same pace
held up in rear, never on terms
led, headed over 5f out, ridden and lost ground 3f out, soon no extra, weakened
held up off the pace in rear, shaken up going well over 1f out, soon short of room, stayed on strongly when in clear inside final furlong, led final 110yds, comfortably
dwelt start and always towards rear
in touch, ridden along over 2f out, ran on from over 1f out, never going pace to challenge
keen in mid-division, pushed along over 2f out, soon ridden, kept on until no extra inside final furlong
front rank, pushed along over 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed final 110yds, ran on
took keen hold, close up, led over 5f out, shaken up and faced challenge over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, kept on
Dance Time made a winning handicap debut when scoring at Southwell while Graces Quest was demoted to second after passing the post first in an amateurs’ race here last week. Evening Story has been sold and switched yards since winning at Yarmouth last month and LUNA EFFECT was caught on the line at the same meeting. That was the latter’s first start since April and he looks capable of opening his account with plenty of scope for further progress.
Pub Crawl (IRE) 33-1 (9-12) Held up in touch, headway over 2f out, driven over 1f out, kept on one pace, 4th of 11, 9 1/2l behind Franberri (9-2) at Newcastle 1m 4f mdn stks (5) pol in Nov.
Glasses Up (USA) 33-1 (9-1) Tracked leaders, pushed along 3f out, weakened 1f out, 7th of 11, 8 1/4l behind Final Check (9-1) at Newcastle 1m 2f hcp (4) pol in Nov.
Down To The Kid (IRE) 25-1 (9-9) Off the pace in mid-division, headway on inside chasing leaders 2f out,, 5th of 11, 8l behind Robusto (9-10) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Oct.
Franco Grasso 12-1 (9-3) Keen tracked leaders, pushed along 3f out, weakened 2f out, last of 6, 24 3/4l behind Robert Johnson (8-11) at Thirsk 1m 4f hcp (5) gf in Jun.
Ring Fenced 250-1 (9-4) Midfield, ridden over 3f out, no impression 2f out, kept on one pace entering final furlong, 10th of 12, 11 1/4l behind Oh So Grand (9-9) at Newcastle 1m 2f hcp (4) pol in Oct.
Evening Story 9-1 (9-7) Held up off the pace towards rear, good headway out wide over 2f out, led over 1f out, stayed on, won at Kempton 1m 3f hcp fll (5) pol in Oct beating Typical Woman (10-1) by 3/4l, 14 ran.
Mrs Meader 16-1 (9-12) Held up in rear, not clear run and switched right to near side rail 2f out, hung left and stayed on inside final furlong, just missed 3rd but never going pace to get involved, 4th of 10, 5 3/4l behind Western Stars (10-2) at Windsor 1m 3f hcp (5) gd in Oct.
Bustaam (FR) 17-2 (9-6) Led, ridden 3f out, soon ridden and headed, weakened over 1f out, 10th of 12, 11 1/4l behind Governor Of India (9-4) at Newcastle 1m 2f hcp (5) pol in Oct.
Luna Effect (IRE) 10-1 (9-0) Slowly into stride and switched left start, held up in rear, headway far side of group chasing leaders over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, headed final strides, 2nd of 9, hd behind Coco Royale (9-6) at Yarmouth 1m 3f hcp (5) sft in Oct.
Dance Time 33-1 (9-3) Tracked leaders out wide, ridden to challenge 2f out, led inside final furlong, pushed along and stayed on well, eased towards finish, won at Southwell 1m 4f hcp fll (5) pol in Sep beating Turner Girl (10-2) by 3/4l, 6 ran.
Graces Quest 13-2 (11-2) Tracked leaders, ridden to challenge 2f out, led over 1f out, kept on and hampered rival inside final furlong, held on (finished 1st, placed 2nd), won at Newcastle 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Nov beating Ghostly (10-4) by nk, 10 ran.
