held up in rear, headway over 1f out, ran on to lead inside final furlong, comfortably
steadied start, behind, headway on wide outside over 2f out, every chance entering final furlong, kept on well
slowly into stride, tracked leaders, effort over 1f out, faded final furlong
prominent, led over 4f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra
tracked leaders, outpaced over 2f out, stayed on closing stages
led until over 4f out, remained prominent, stayed on same pace approaching final furlong
tracked leaders, lost place well over 2f out
Nonrunner
A couple of maiden winners make their handicap debuts. But Dr Julius No has not raced since winning at Leicester in May and Red Gunner is preferred on his recent victory over 7f here. LETMESTOPYOUTHERE is more exposed but stayed on well over 6f to go close in a higher grade at Newbury in October and David Evans’s charge gets another chance on that form. Portledge also drops in class but stablemates Kiribati and Tailor's Row don’t look particularly well handicapped on recent efforts.
Dr Julius No 5-2 (9-2) Made all, ridden and ran on, won at Leicester 6f mdn stks (5) gf in May beating Dolokhov (8-9) by 2 1/2l, 11 ran.
Letmestopyouthere (IRE) 7-1 (9-0) Chased leaders, every chance entering final furlong, kept on well, 2nd of 15, nk behind Fields Of Song (8-10) at Newbury 6f (3) gs in Oct.
Red Gunner 2-1 (9-5) Tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, kept on to lead towards finish, won at Wolverhampton 7f mdn stks (4) pol in Nov beating Doctor Bartolo (9-5) by 3/4l, 8 ran.
Tailor's Row (USA) 4-1 (8-10) Stumbled start soon outpaced, 8th of 10, 10 1/4l behind Spin Doctor (8-9) at Southwell 6f (2) pol in Nov.
Portledge (IRE) 25-1 (8-10) In touch, ridden 2f out, no impression, 7th of 11, 3 3/4l behind Masham Star (9-6) at Doncaster 7f (3) gd in Oct.
Heaven's Rock (IRE) 9-1 (9-1) Led, ridden over 2f out, soon headed, no extra inside final furlong, 3rd of 12, 2 1/4l behind Emenem (8-13) at Kempton 7f (5) pol in Dec.
Miss Sheridan (IRE) 7-1 (8-5) Led, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, kept on one pace, 4th of 8, 3 1/2l behind Textured (9-1) at Newcastle 7f (4) pol in Nov.
Kiribati 11-4fav (9-5) Raced wide, tracked leaders, ridden and weakened 2f out, 9th of 10, 3 1/2l behind Little Miss Daisy (9-0) at Lingfield 5f mdn stks (4) pol in Dec.