in touch, pushed along and headway over 1f out, stayed on to chase winner close home
towards rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on one pace
in rear, pushed along 2f out, not clear run inside final furlong, never a factor
in rear, ridden over 1f out, not trouble leaders
made all, ridden over 1f out, ran on
tracked leaders, effort over 1f out, soon chased winner, unable to quicken towards finish and lost two places
raced wide pressed winner after 2f, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong
raced wide close up, clipped heels and stumbled 2f out, rallied inside final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, no extra and edged left inside final furlong
raced wide towards rear, pushed along 2f out, never a factor
All of these have won with five successful on their latest starts. Raaeb landed the odds in good style at Kempton in October and shares the same official mark as the newly-gelded Maystar though Auchterarder is not out of this at the weights either having won easily over 5f here last time. But William Haggas won this prize last year and a chance is taken DANCIN INTHESTREET (NAP) shows further progress having scored over today’s trip at Lingfield a fortnight ago when giving the impression there was plenty more left in the tank. There is little between Stone Soldier, Kondratiev Wave and Lexington Rebel on these terms but this a big step up in class for the maiden winners Be Ahead and Zim Baby.
Get Boosting 11-2 (9-0) Mid-division, headway on outside and hung left over 1f out, kept on, 5th of 13, 2 1/2l behind Dark Regard (9-1) at Wolverhampton 6f (4) pol in Nov.
Kondratiev Wave (IRE) 14-1 (9-3) Soon narrow lead on far side, joined halfway, headed over 2f out, ridden in 4th and no impression 1 1/2f out, kept on one pace, 4th of 8, 9 1/4l behind Tango (8-12) at Curragh 6f lst stks (1) Soft - Heavy in Oct.
Lexington Rebel (FR) 6-4fav (9-9) Close up, headway to chase winner 2f out, ridden and no impression, 2nd of 8, 5l behind King Of Athens (9-2) at Lingfield 7f stks (5) pol in Oct.
Lincoln Blue 50-1 (9-9) Slowly away, always behind, 7th of 11, 11 1/4l behind Story Of Light (9-2) at Chelmsford City 6f stks (5) pol in Nov.
Maystar (IRE) (8-12) 6th of 8, 5 3/4l behind Abama (8-9) at Deauville 6f lst stks pol in Oct.
Raaeb (IRE) 2-5fav (9-9) Made all, shaken up over 1f out, clear inside final furlong, comfortably, won at Kempton 6f stks (5) pol in Oct beating Colouring (8-11) by 2 1/2l, 11 ran.
Stone Soldier 10-1 (9-4) Chased leaders until halfway, soon behind, 13th of 14, 27 1/4l behind Ainsdale (8-8) at York 5f (3) sft in Oct.
Auchterarder (IRE) 5-2 (9-5) Made all, ridden and ran on, unchallenged, won at Wolverhampton 5f stks (5) pol in Nov beating Rocking Reg (9-3) by 4l, 11 ran.
Dancin Inthestreet 3-1 (9-0) Made all, shaken up and clear 1f out, pushed out, won at Lingfield 6f stks (5) pol in Nov beating Lexington Dash (9-5) by 1 1/4l, 11 ran.
Zim Baby 3-1fav (8-7) Tracked leaders, headway over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on, won at Leicester 6f mdn stks (5) gs in Jun beating Flash Henry (9-2) by hd, 15 ran.
Be Ahead 11-10fav (8-13) Prominent, led 2f out, edged left and clear over 1f out, ran on, won at Wolverhampton 5f mdn stks (5) pol in Oct beating Lilkian (9-2) by 2 3/4l, 9 ran.
