chased leading pair, ridden 5f out, weakened over 3f out
held up towards rear, pushed along 6f out, ridden and headway on outer 3f out, chased winner over 1f out, stayed on
always in rear
held up, ridden and headway over 2f out, stayed on to take 3rd and edged right final furlong
slowly into stride, towards rear, headway on outer over 3f out, one pace final 2f
dwelt, soon in touch, ridden 3f out, one pace
led until ridden and headed over 2f out
in rear, outpaced over 4f out, never dangerous
in touch, headway to chase leader 3f out, ridden to lead over 2f out, edged right and ridden out final furlong
slowly into stride, headway to chase leaders 7f out, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
held up, mid-division, pushed along and outpaced 5f out, stayed on approaching final furlong, never nearer
chased leader until 3f out
Nonrunner
The hat-trick chasing Sudoue is hard to oppose in his current frame of mind and he is selected ahead of Bill Bennett and To Be Fare. It would also be dangerous to completely rule out Liquid Lover, who goes well at this course and there will be many who will fancy that his turn has to come around at some point. Still, he is running out of chances and his claims may be best limited to each-way options. To Be Fare is 2lb better off with the selection for a neck beating from the last time they met. And has to be considered as a big threat today. He is arguably still open to improvement at this level and should go well. However, Sudoue has the elusive ability to know what it takes to actually win a race in this grade and he is marginally preferred to make his hat-trick bid a successful one.
Surdoue 11-8fav (8-13) Chased leader, led over 4f out, ridden out, won at Southwell 1m 3f banded stk (7) fbs beating To Be Fare (8-13) by a nk, 11 ran.
To Be Fare (IRE) 8-1 (8-13) Held up, headway and hung left from over 1f out, no extra near finish, 2nd of 11, nk behind Surdoue (8-13) at Southwell 1m 3f banded stk (7) fbs.
Bill Bennett (FR) 4-1 (8-12) Held up in rear, headway over 3f out, ridden to lead 1f out, ran on, won at Southwell 1m 4f banded stk (7) fbs beating Liquid Lover (8-9) by a shd, 12 ran.
College Rebel 16-1 (8-13) Held up, short of room and lost place 3f out, kept on final furlong, 5th of 11, 8l behind Surdoue (8-13) at Southwell 1m 3f banded stk (7) fbs.
Kalishka (IRE) 66-1 (8-9) Slowly into stride, always behind, 9th of 11, 25l behind Quiet Reading (8-12) at Southwell 1m hcp 0-60 (6) fbs in Jan.
Pearl Fisher (IRE) 33-1 (8-3) Led, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, soon weakened, 6th of 10, 6l behind Risk Free (8-5) at W'hampton 1m 1f clm (6) pol.
Dishdasha (IRE) 10-1 (8-11) Slowly into stride, always in rear, 11th of 12, 13l behind Sonntag Blue (9-2) at Yarmouth 1m 3yo sll hcp (6) gf in Aug.
Liquid Lover (IRE) 15-8 (8-11) Chased leaders, ridden to chase winner 3f out, kept on one pace, 4th of 11, 3l behind Surdoue (8-13) at Southwell 1m 3f banded stk (7) fbs.
