soon led, headed over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
mid-division, not much room over 4f out, lost place over 3f out
prominent, ridden and lost place over 3f out, soon well beaten
held up and behind, headway over 3f out, went 3rd 2f out, no impression on winner, kept on
prominent, driven and outpaced 3f out, 4th and plugging on final furlong, no impression
held up in rear, switched left 4f out, good headway on outside to lead 3f out, clear and edged right final furlong, stayed on
chased leaders, closed 4f out, led over 3f out, soon headed, weakened from over 1f out
in rear, headway 4f out, no impression from over 2f out
towards rear, some headway over 3f out, no impression, well beaten final 2f
chased leaders, pushed along over 4f out, soon weakened
broke sharply, taken back and held up towards rear, well beaten over 2f out
tracked leaders on outside, ridden 5f out, lost place over 4f out
slowly away, headway over 8f out, ridden over 3f out, no impression final 2f
rear of mid-division, well beaten final 3f
mid-division on outside, switched left over 4f out, soon closed, every chance 3f out, no impression on winner from over 1f out, kept on
Olympic Honour won over hurdles back in December and hasn’t raced since but Vampish went close at Beverley recently. Manzil also placed in soft ground at the latter track last week while Brodie Hampson was on board Menin Gate when the latter won at Kempton earlier. But MAC AILEY was beaten only a neck at Doncaster last time and is taken to go one better with the ground in his favour. Stablemate Dance King was well beaten in soft a fortnight ago while N Over J is partnered by a leading amateur back on the Turf.
Olympic Honour (FR) 7-2 (11-7) Tracked leaders, chased leader 4 out, led next, ridden out, won at Fakenham 2m hcp (4) gs in Dec beating Highway To Success (11-7) by 1 1/2l, 11 ran.
Vampish 7-1 (10-0) Held up towards rear, headway on inside 2f out, went 2nd approaching final furlong, stayed on pressing winner all the way to the line, always just held, 2nd of 9, nk behind Jupiter Road (9-7) at Beverley 1m 2f hcp (6) gf in Aug.
Manzil (IRE) 80-1 (9-5) Went right start, soon recovered to chase leader, led over 7f out, clear leader when ridden 2f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on, 2nd of 10, 2l behind Prince Alex (8-13) at Beverley 1m 4f hcp (5) sft in Aug.
Thorntoun Care 12-1 (10-10) Slightly slowly away, in rear, headway on outside over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, kept on without troubling leaders final furlong, 5th of 14, 6 1/2l behind Snookered (10-13) at Catterick 1m 4f hcp (5) sft in Aug.
Menin Gate (IRE) 13-8fav (11-5) Tracked leader, led 6f out, headed over 4f out, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 11, 8 3/4l behind Russian Rumour (10-2) at Bath 1m 6f hcp (6) sft in Aug.
Dance King 9-1 (10-10) Held up towards rear, ridden over 2f out, modest headway over 1f out, kept on one pace, 6th of 14, 8l behind Snookered (10-13) at Catterick 1m 4f hcp (5) sft in Aug.
Mac Ailey 9-1 (8-9) Held-up, took keen hold in midfield, headway from over 1f out, every chance 110 yards out, just denied, 2nd of 13, nk behind Polyphony (9-7) at Doncaster 1m 2f hcp (5) gf in Aug.
Quoteline Direct 15-2 (10-1) Held up towards rear, headway between horses 2f out, one pace in 3rd over 1f out, 3rd of 13, 11l behind Caribeno (9-4) at Catterick 1m 4f hcp (6) gd in Jul.
Duke Of Yorkshire 14-1 (9-12) Chased leaders, pushed along 4f out, soon ridden and weakened 3f out, last of 10, dist behind Millie The Minx (9-5) at Hamilton 1m 4f hcp (6) gs in Aug.
Olympic Legend (IRE) 40-1 (9-4) Keen tracked leader, ridden to lead briefly over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 9th of 12, 13 3/4l behind Capricorn Prince (9-7) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Jul.
N Over J 9-4jfav (9-0) Led 1f, prominent, led again over 1f out, ridden over 1f out, headed close home, 2nd of 8, nk behind Telekinetic (9-0) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f stks (6) pol in Mar.
Graceful Act 33-1 (9-0) Mid-division, effort over 2f out, not much room and well beaten over 1f out, 14th of 16, 20l behind Point Of Honour (9-0) at Beverley 1m 2f hcp (6) gd in Aug.
Havana Bay 66-1 (8-11) Slightly slow to stride, always towards rear, 15th of 16, 15 1/2l behind Queen's Course (9-5) at Doncaster 7f hcp (6) gf in Aug.
You Little Beauty 100-1 (10-5) Took keen hold towards rear, behind 4 out, tailed off, last of 11, dist behind Goobinator (10-12) at Wetherby 2m mdn (4) sft in Nov.
Bigbadboy (IRE) 50-1 (9-1) Midfield, pushed along and headway 3f out, ridden over 2f out, kept on final furlong to take 3rd on line, 3rd of 10, 5l behind Phoenix Approach (9-10) at Beverley 1m 2f hcp (6) gd in Aug.
