chased leaders over 4f out
slowly into stride, held up, headway over 1f out, never trouble leaders
tracked leaders, every chance over 1f out, soon edged left, no extra final furlong
soon outpaced, always behind
always behind
in touch, ridden over 2f out, stayed on final furlong
prominent, effort over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
made virtually all, strongly challenged from over 1f out, stayed on well
held up, never dangerous
La Colline is set to continue in his winning sequence at the expense of Ochre Bay and Certain Justice. The selection has won his last four races. One at Warwick and three on the all weather at Southwell. He started his winning run off a mark of fifty two and is now rated seventy. That is a big hike in the weights but by the way he won last time out this ten pound higher mark may not be enough to stop him. Ochre Bay is now nine pounds higher since his last run which looks harsh. He was in winning action at Wolverhampton over the same trip but will now find life much tougher. Certain Justice has been a model of consistencey of late and since winning at Leicester back in June he has not been out of the first three. Having said that he is having his first run since August so he may be in need of the outing. So for the winner we return to La Colline to continue in his winning ways.
Purus (IRE) 13-2 (9-1) Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 3rd of 9, 5l behind Mandarin Spirit (8-13) at W'hampton 7f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Dec.
Certain Justice (USA) 6-1 (9-1) Held up, hampered over 2f out, headway soon after, ridden, ran on final furlong, 3rd of 15, 1 1/2l behind Barons Spy (8-6) at Leicester 7f hcp 0-80 (4) gs in Aug.
Dudley Docker (IRE) 10-1 (8-5) Tracked leaders, pulled hard, led over 2f out, soon hung left, held on well, won at Southwell 1m hcp 0-70 (5) fbs beating Rebellious Spirit (9-4) by a hd, 13 ran.
Ochre Bay 7-2 (9-0) Always prominent, ridden to lead 1f out, edged slightly left, ran on, won at W'hampton 7f hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Dec beating Dixieland Boy (8-9) by 3/4l, 11 ran.
Winning Pleasure (IRE) 8-1 (7-13) Held up in touch, improved, wide into straight 2f out, ridden, soon no impression, 5th of 10, 10l behind California Laws (8-6) at Southwell 6f hcp 0-85 (4) fbs in Dec.
La Colline (GER) 4-6fav (8-6) Chased leaders, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on to lead near finish, won at Southwell 6f hcp 0-70 (5) fbs in Dec beating Tag Team (8-13) by a nk, 13 ran.
Conrad 50-1 (9-1) Held up in touch, driven to challenge over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 9th of 20, 7l behind Pleasing (8-4) at Newmarket 1m 3yo app hcp (5) gs in Oct.
Danetime Lord (IRE) 15-2 (10-11) Mid-division, stumbled over 3f out, not clear run and switched right over 2f out, hung left and headway over 1f out, ran on, 4th of 12, 3l behind dhtrs Gilded Cove (10-3) & Marko Jadeo (11-2) at W'hampton 6f amt hcp (5) pol in Dec.
