made most until ridden final bend, kept on flat, 3rd and held towards finish
chased leaders, several slow jumps, lost place 3rd, well behind from 5th, tailed off
chased leaders, ridden after 2 out, closed into dispute of 2nd last, stayed on, led and rider dropped whip towards finish
slowly away, took keen hold and well behind, headway 2 out, soon ridden, 4th final bend, no impression when blundered last, lost 4th flat
behind, headway 3 out, ridden and no impression after 2 out, went 4th flat
mid-division and off the pace, headway before 5th, ridden after 2 out, soon weakened
led briefly 1st, chased leader, led final bend, ridden before last, headed towards finish
My Poem takes a keen hold and is probably worth opposing again while Zamond ran a shocker following wind surgery at Sedgefield. Genuflex also finished tailed off in that contest and has become disappointing. GAVIN placed on the all-weather over the summer and wasn’t disgraced back over hurdles at Newton Abbot. He could be the value in this as Man Of The Sea has been doing his winning on Jersey and Vin Rouge may not have beaten much at Fontwell.
Zamond (FR) 5-1 (11-5) Held up, pushed along 3 out, never on terms, 13th of 14, dist behind Kajaki (11-11) at Sedgefield 2m 4f hcp (4) gs in Sep.
Genuflex 16-1 (11-5) Raced wide towards rear, headway 3 out, weakened next, 12th of 14, dist behind Kajaki (11-11) at Sedgefield 2m 4f hcp (4) gs in Sep.
Man Of The Sea (IRE) (11-12) 2nd of 5, at Les Landes 2m 2f hcp in Aug.
Gavin 14-1 (11-8) In rear, headway home turn, soon outpaced, plugged on from 2 out, 5th of 9, 8 1/4l behind Appreciate (11-11) at Newton Abbot 2m 1f hcp (5) gs in Sep.
Ashton Court (IRE) 14-1 (10-10) Held up and behind, took keen hold, headway after 2 out, ridden and no impression flat, 5th of 7, 6 1/4l behind Geometrical (12-0) at Huntingdon 2m hcp (4) gd in Oct.
Vin Rouge (IRE) 7-2 (10-2) Held up in rear, headway and switched left after 2 out (actual last),led final 150yds, ran on strongly, won at Fontwell 2m 2f hcp (5) gd in Aug beating Pittsburg (10-7) by 3l, 8 ran.
My Poem 9-2 (10-11) Led until pushed along and headed before 2 out, weakened between last two,, 6th of 7, 21 1/4l behind Leopolds Rock (11-10) at Sedgefield 2m 1f hcp (5) gf in Sep.
