mid-division, ridden over 3f out, gradually faded, eased 1f out
chased leaders, pushed along and pressed front pair from 3f out, ridden over 2f out, kept on one pace
towards rear, ridden well over 2f out, no impression
towards rear, pushed along 3f out, soon beaten and eased 2f out
front mid-division, headway to press leader 4f out, ridden over 3f out, led over 2f out, stayed on strongly, always doing enough
led, pushed along 3f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, kept on until no extra last 110 yards
in rear, pushed along 3f out, plugged on one pace thereafter
slowly into stride in rear, pushed along 3f out, ridden and minor headway 2f out, stayed on steadily from over 1f out, not pace to challenge
dwelt, pushed along early in rear, ridden 4f out, hung left and faded 2f out
prominent, ridden over 3f out, stayed on one pace
tracked leaders, ridden and outpaced 3f out, rallied and stayed on again from 1f out to take second close home, no chance with winner
Lopes Dancer hasn’t raced since scoring at Wolverhampton in April and is best on Tapeta. Cornerstone Lad will be warming up from a campaign jumping but does have his ground. Embolden has been in decent form over this sort of trip but Arch Moon has more than four lengths to find with BOLLIN NEIL on Musselburgh running and Tim Easterby’s five-year-old, ahead of Tindrum when just beaten last month at Catterick, can pick up the winning thread again here under Ella McCain.
Arch Moon 5-1 (10-0) Soon led, pushed along over 3f out, headed 2f out, lost place over 1f out, last of 5, 11 1/2l behind Let Me Be (10-5) at Ayr 1m 7f hcp (4) gs in Sep.
Cornerstone Lad 40-1 (11-9) Held up behind leader, ridden 3 out, weakened quickly before 2 out, soon tailed off, pulled up before last, at Fontwell 2m 3f (1) gs in Feb.
Lopes Dancer (IRE) 9-2 (9-7) Close up in 4th, ridden and headway entering final furlong, led inside final furlong, ran on, won at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Apr beating Termonator (8-7) by 3/4l, 4 ran.
Carausius 5-1 (8-11) 2nd until 10f out, chased leaders, pushed along over 4f out, soon weakened, last of 6, 31l behind Furzig (9-3) at Ripon 1m 4f hcp (4) sft in May.
Bollin Neil 11-4fav (9-11) Mid-division, headway to chase leaders over 5f out, pushed along and led over 2f out, pressed and bumped by winner inside last, kept on but headed on line, 2nd of 12, nk behind Lord Torranaga (9-6) at Catterick 1m 6f hcp (5) gs in Oct.
Tindrum 10-1 (9-10) Jockey lost iron and went right after start, soon led, headed and ridden over 2f out, remained in front rank and every chance 1f out, stayed on well, no extra final 110 yards, 3rd of 12, 2 1/4l behind Lord Torranaga (9-6) at Catterick 1m 6f hcp (5) gs in Oct.
Embolden (IRE) 25-1 (10-0) Raced mid-division, ridden 4f out, headway 2f out, stayed on strongly final furlong but never getting to first two, 3rd of 14, 2l behind One Night In Milan (9-3) at Ayr 1m 5f hcp (6) sft in Oct.
Socially Shady 14-1 (8-11) Led to post, tracked leading pair, stayed centre in home straight, pushed along 2f out, stayed on same pace, no chance with winner, weakened into 4th towards finish, 4th of 6, 8 1/2l behind Whitehaven (9-13) at Haydock 2m hcp (4) sft in Oct.
Colonial Love 20-1 (8-12) Held up in touch, lost place over 2f out, 8th of 11, 5 3/4l behind Iconique (8-5) at Yarmouth 1m 3f hcp (4) gs in Oct.
Berry Edge (IRE) 8-1 (9-7) Tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, one pace, 5th of 6, 7 1/4l behind Haveyoumissedme (10-2) at Hamilton 1m 4f hcp (5) sft in Sep.
Red Derek 14-1 (10-12) Chased leaders on outer, pushed along 4f out, no impression until kept on from over 1f out, ran on into 3rd inside final furlong, 3rd of 18, 6 1/2l behind Nikolayeva (10-12) at Leicester 1m 4f hcp (6) sft in Oct.
The Twisler 66-1 (8-12) In touch, pushed along 4f out, weakened 2f out, 12th of 13, 32 1/4l behind Cloud Thunder (9-10) at Newbury 2m hcp (5) hvy in Oct.
