held up mid-division, headway over 2f out, ridden and kept on inside final furlong
held up towards rear, pushed along 3f out, never dangerous
led, ridden over 2f out, kept on and caught post
tracked leader and keen, ridden over 1f out, kept on to lead post
held up in touch, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
soon tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
in rear, ridden over 3f out, never dangerous
held up towards rear, headway over 4f out, ridden wide well over 2f out, soon weakened
mid-division, ridden and headway over 1f out, one pace
held up mid-division, ridden 3f out, headway over 1f out, one pace
Nonrunner
Gold Return was well beaten last time having won over track and trip before that with Russian Ranger back in sixth. The latter went on to score easily over a mile here and is upped 6lb. SCRIBNER CREEK also won over a mile at the track on his recent handicap debut when returning a shock 50/1 winner. Further improvement is expected from Daniel Loughnane’s charge over this longer trip and he gets the nod. The remainder are harder to fancy though Kingthistle steps up in distance and Just For Show makes her handicap bow and both may finish closer as a consequence.
Qortaaj 10-1 (9-0) Tracked leaders, outpaced 2f out, ridden over 1 out, weakened inside final furlong, 8th of 11, 8 1/2l behind Inaam (9-5) at Newcastle 7f hcp (5) pol in Dec.
Mr Globetrotter (USA) 4-1fav (9-4) Broke well, soon outpaced towards rear, beaten halfway, 9th of 10, 20l behind Island Flame (9-2) at Thirsk 1m hcp (5) gd in Apr.
Heads You Win 40-1 (9-2) Led early, tracked leaders, weakened 2f out, 11th of 14, 9 3/4l behind General Hazard (9-3) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Kingthistle 5-1 (9-4) Slowly into stride, towards rear, driven and headway over 1f out, kept on, not trouble leaders, 5th of 13, 2 3/4l behind Summersault (9-5) at Kempton 7f hcp (6) pol in Nov.
Gold Return (IRE) 7-2fav (9-3) Mid-division, driven to chase leaders on outer over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, no impression, 5th of 14, 5 3/4l behind Art Of Swing (9-7) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (6) pol in Nov.
Scribner Creek (IRE) 50-1 (9-2) Awkwardly away, held up in rear, headway on outside and edged left over 1f out, hung left and went 2nd inside final furlong, ran on to lead towards finish, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (6) pol in Dec beating La Havrese (9-7) by 1 1/4l, 11 ran.
Just For Show (IRE) 50-1 (9-0) Tracked leaders, driven over 2f out, one pace, 7th of 10, 7 1/2l behind Honorina (9-0) at Kempton 1m mdn fll stks (5) pol in Aug.
Coillte Mach 50-1 (9-5) Dwelt, held up towards rear, ridden over 1f out, never dangerous, 8th of 10, 7 1/4l behind Cliff (9-3) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Yasood (IRE) 25-1 (9-7) Slowly away, held up last, ridden over 1f out, never involved, 10th of 11, 7 3/4l behind Threediamondrings (9-5) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Nov.
Pivotal Dream (IRE) 14-1 (8-7) In touch, ridden and headway over 1f out, no extra, 6th of 12, 9 1/2l behind General Hazard (9-6) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Chelabella 14-1 (9-0) Led to post, keen tracked winner until 4f out, ridden over 2f out, close up when saddle slipped over 1f out, eased inside final furlong, last of 4, 4 1/2l behind Sunshineandbubbles (9-0) at Lingfield 1m 2f mdn stks (6) pol in Dec.
Russian Ranger (IRE) 7-4fav (9-0) Tracked leaders, went 2nd 3f out, ridden to lead well over 1f out, soon clear, ran on, comfortably, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (6) pol in Nov beating Kubeba (9-7) by 4 1/2l, 9 ran.
