ridden to lead over 7f out, ridden and headed 3f out, weakening when not much room on inside 2f out, soon behind
held up in mid-division, headway 3f out, chased leading pair 2f out, weakened over 1f out
slowly into stride, well in rear, never on terms
steadied and awkward leaving stalls, never travelled in rear, struggling over 4f out, driven and some headway on outside final furlong,
led early, chased leaders, pushed along over 3f out, ridden and weakened 2f out
slowly into stride, behind, headway under pressure over 1f out, never dangerous
soon led, headed over 7f out, led going well 3f out, clear 2f out, hung left over 1f out, edged right and headed final 110 yards, not run on
mid-division, edged right and bumped 2f out, weakened over 1f out
held up towards rear, headway 2f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, quickened to lead final 110 yards, won going away
behind, ridden and struggling 3f out, never on terms
chased leading trio, went 2nd and hung left over 2f out, no impression when weakened to 3rd inside final furlong
took keen hold, always rear division
Mystic Touch doesn't have to find much on these terms and after he travelled like the winner at Kempton before not seeing that trip out he can run a big race over the course and distance of his sole career success. The most likely winner though looks to be CHICHEN DAAWE, who despite looking a bit of a near miss merchant is one of the better treated in the race and is clearly running well. Alnaseem is rated the same as the pick but receives weight from him so has to be considered after a good run in defeat last time while All Moving Parts and Irish Jugger should have the beating of the field if they can bounce back to form. A tight race but Chichen Daawe looks in the best heart.
Bluegrass Lion (USA) 100-1 (8-10) Mid-division, ridden over 4f out, weakened over 3f out, last of 8, 44l behind Diggeratt (8-13) at Southwell 1m 3f clm stks (6) fbs.
Chichen Daawe 7-2 (9-1) Tracked leader, led over 3f out, ridden and headed 2f out, stayed on final furlong, 3rd of 10, 2 1/4l behind Join Up (8-8) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (6) pol in Oct.
Mary Spring Rice (IRE) 25-1 (8-11) Keen hold, led after 2f, ridden and headed 3f out, no extra in 5th 2f out, weakened, 7th of 10, 26l behind Final Flashback (9-5) at Tramore 1m 4f clm stks fm in Aug.
Mekong Miss 16-1 (9-2) Tracked leader, pushed along over 4f out, soon ridden, weakened over 3f out, last of 14, well behind Danvilla (9-4) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp 0-60 (6) pol.
Mullitovermaurice 8-1 (8-11) Tracked leaders, ridden and weakened over 2f out, 7th of 10, 11l behind Join Up (8-8) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (6) pol in Oct.
Mystic Touch 50-1 (9-0) Held up towards rear, headway 3f out, ridden and weakened 1f out, 7th of 14, 18l behind Danvilla (9-4) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp 0-60 (6) pol.
All Moving Parts (USA) 10-1 (9-5) Led 1f, chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, soon faded, 10th of 13, 7l behind D'urberville (9-7) at Kempton 1m 2f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Sep.
Alnaseem (USA) 20-1 (9-0) Soon led, ridden and headed over 1f out, one pace, 4th of 14, 3 1/2l behind Swansea Jack (9-0) at Kempton 7f stks 0-55 (6) pol in Oct.
Irish Jugger (USA) 20-1 (8-13) Chased leaders, outpaced 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 9th of 11, 12l behind Annes Rocket (9-4) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Oct.
Marteau 9-1 (8-9) Soon led, ridden and headed over 2f out, soon weakened, eased over 1f out, 10th of 14, 24l behind Tomintoul Star (9-0) at Southwell 1m mdn hcp 0-60 (6) fbs in Jul.
Raghdaan 150-1 (9-3) Held up towards rear, ridden over 2f out, never a danger, 14th of 16, 26l behind Pekan Star (9-3) at Nottingham 1m 2f 3yo mdn (5) gd in Oct.
Supatov (USA) 33-1 (8-12) Held up towards rear and keen, ridden over 1f out, soon some headway, no impression, 5th of 9, 10l behind Launchpad (9-3) at Windsor 1m mdn stks (5) gs in Oct.
Vertumnus 66-1 (9-0) Awkward start, always in rear, 12th of 14, 11l behind Swansea Jack (9-0) at Kempton 7f stks 0-55 (6) pol in Oct.
