chased leaders, lost place after 2f, ridden over 2f out, good late headway
soon led, ridden 2f out, fading when headed well inside
in touch, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
held up towards rear, ridden, headway over 3f out, kept on, just held
chased leaders, weakened final furlong
slowly into stride, towards rear, headway on outside 3f out, edged left approaching final furlong, ran on inside
with leader, ridden over 1f out, led well inside final furlong, ridden out
always in rear
towards rear, ridden 3f out, kept on
in touch, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out
chased leaders, ridden 3f out, effort, switched right approaching 1f out, one pace
always towards rear
Tag Team has solid claims on form but Jamie Spencer's mount has been done few favours with a draw in stall 10 and a safer bet looks to be the veteran Further Outlook with Hillbilly Cat rated the best of the rest. The selection has not had a great deal of racing on the sand in the past but there is no reason why he should not handle it and son of Zilzal could not be better drawn for a front-runner than in stall one round here. Still capable of decent form at the age of 12, Gay Kelleway's gelding is taken to resume winning ways. Caustic Wit was good value for his win here two starts ago and cannot be discounted but is another that has a difficult draw to over come so a bigger threat may come from the consistent Hillbilly Cat, although there is a suspicion that he may now be a shade high in the weights. That should not be a problem for Further Outlook though and he is taken to resume winning ways.
The Crooked Ring 8-1 (9-3) Towards rear, ridden over 2f out, stayed on final furlong, not reach leaders, 5th of 12, 2 1/2l behind Polish Index (9-5) at Warwick 6f hcp 0-70 (5) gd in Aug.
Further Outlook (USA) 8-1 (9-0) Chased leader, ridden halfway, weakened quickly over 1f out, 7th of 10, 7l behind Cerulean Rose (8-8) at Sandown 5f hcp 0-75 (5) gd in Aug.
Wainwright (IRE) 33-1 (8-9) Held up, ridden over 2f out, no impression on leaders, 13th of 14, 13l behind Piper's Song (9-2) at Sandown 7f hcp 0-65 (6) gf in Sept.
Tag Team (IRE) 33-1 (9-3) Prominent, led over 2f out, headed close home, 2nd of 13, nk behind Only If I Laugh (8-13) at W'hampton 6f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Sept.
Global Guardian 15-2 (8-13) Led, ridden and edged right over 1f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong, 4th of 11, 4 1/2l behind Flylowflylong (9-2) at W'hampton 7f 2yo hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Nov.
Hillbilly Cat (USA) 20-1 (8-8) Chased leaders, ridden halfway, soon beaten, 9th of 10, 13l behind Peter Island (9-4) at Kempton 6f 3yo hcp (4) pol in Aug.
Caustic Wit (IRE) 20-1 (8-0) Prominent, ridden and weakened final furlong, 6th of 16, 7l behind Greek Renaissance (9-1) at Goodwood 6f hcp 0-85 (4) gd in Sept.
Cordelia 11-4fav (8-12) Always behind, 14th of 16, 20l behind Tilsworth Charlie (8-12) at Bath 6f mdn stk (5) gf in Sept.
