in touch, headway entering final furlong, nearest finish
went left start, led, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong
hampered start, in touch, pushed along and headway over 1f out, kept on one pace
hampered start, in touch, pushed along over 1f out, not trouble leaders
raced wide prominent, led 2f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, edged left towards finish
prominent, switched right 2f out, soon chased leader, ridden to lead and edged left inside final furlong
close up, ridden 2f out, soon weakened
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Plenty with scope in this handicap, including My Poem and Warne's Army, but the latter’s stablemate BAVARDAGES didn’t do a lot wrong when second at Newcastle last week. He’s won twice on the all-weather and can see off the challenge of Kempton runner-up Amir Kabir. Come On My Son is probably too high in the weights but there are possibilities about Northern Hope and handicap debutant Zambezi Magic.
Warne's Army 14-1 (9-0) Mid-division, headway on outside over 5f out, 3rd and unable to quicken inside final furlong, 3rd of 11, 1 3/4l behind Moonlight In Paris (9-0) at Nottingham 1m mdn fll stks (5) hvy in Nov.
Come On My Son 8-1 (9-9) Mid-division, ridden over 2f out, kept on under pressure inside final furlong, never pace to challenge, 6th of 12, 5 1/2l behind Punting (8-11) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f stks (4) pol in Dec.
My Poem 5-1 (9-0) Close up, pushed along over 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 4th of 9, 7l behind Cabaletta (9-0) at Yarmouth 1m fll stks (4) hvy in Oct.
Zambezi Magic 25-1 (9-2) Mid-division, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace, 7th of 14, 3 3/4l behind First View (9-9) at Kempton 1m stks (5) pol in Nov.
Bavardages (IRE) 13-2 (9-2) Prominent, led 5f out, headed inside final furlong, stayed on, 2nd of 10, 1/2l behind Guipure (9-5) at Newcastle 1m hcp (5) pol in Jun.
Amir Kabir 10-3 (9-5) In rear, headway when not clear run 2f out, ridden and stayed on to go 2nd towards finish, 2nd of 8, 3 1/4l behind Note Bleu (9-4) at Kempton 1m stks (5) pol in Mar.
Bentley Wood 12-1 (9-7) Took keen hold on inside in mid-division, lost place and pushed along over 2f out, soon behind, 8th of 9, 15 1/4l behind Goddess Of Fire (9-4) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (5) pol in Feb.
Northern Hope 5-2 (9-9) Edged left start and steadied in rear, headway over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 9, 9 3/4l behind G For Gabrial (8-8) at Beverley 7f (5) gs in Aug.
Jack Ryan (IRE) 100-1 (9-0) Held up, headway 2f out, short of room and switched right over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 9th of 11, 9 1/4l behind King Leonidas (9-0) at Newmarket 7f stks (4) sft in Oct.
