tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, effort inside final furlong, kept on one pace
tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong
dwelt soon switched to outer, in rear, pushed along halfway, weakened over 1f out
led, pushed along and headed 2f out, no extra inside final furlong
raced wide prominent, led 2f out, ran on
None have experience of the Fibresand but the Haggas yard has a fine strike rate here so BAADIRR may prove good enough. Rated 82, the latter’s best effort so far came when second in soft ground at Newbury and he edges Born To Destroy at the weights. Richard Spencer’s charge has placed on numerous occasions and was beaten only a head over 7f at Kempton last month. He should have the measure of both Escalade and Fear Naught but the newcomer Bulldozer is related to several winners.
Baadirr 5-4fav (9-5) Led, shaken up inside final 2f, headed when ridden over 1f out, outpaced and behind inside final furlong, last of 4, 6 1/2l behind Royal Commando (9-5) at Doncaster 7f mdn stks (5) gf in Jul.
Born To Destroy 7-1 (9-3) Led 1f, pressed leader, pushed along over 2f out, ridden to lead again over 1f out, headed final 100 yards, rallied (placed 3rd), 2nd of 8, hd behind Cheat (9-1) at Kempton 7f (4) pol in Sep.
Bulldozer (IRE) Hallowed Crown colt out of Phi Phi.
Fear Naught 33-1 (9-2) Steadied start, held up and keen, headway on inside chasing leaders 5f out, weakened 2f out, last of 6, 24 3/4l behind Oleksander (9-6) at Brighton 1m stks (5) gs in Oct.
Escalade (IRE) 50-1 (9-0) Mid-division, wide and weakened on home turn, 8th of 11, 10 1/2l behind Tadreej (9-0) at Chelmsford City 7f fll stks (4) pol in Oct.