held up, outpaced over 3f out, headway over 2f out, stayed on final furlong
held up mid-division, headway over 3f out, chased winner over 2f out, kept on final furlong
chased leaders until ridden over 3f out,
in touch, led 5f out, ridden over 2f out, driven out,
In rear, headway over 3f out, stayed on to take 2nd towards finish
held up in touch, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f
held up towards rear, headway over 5f out, weakened over 2f out
slowly into stride, held up in touch, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened
held up towards rear, headway over 5f out, chased leaders over 2f out, no extra inside final furlong
led, headed 5f out soon ridden and weakened
Chookie Hamilton is bound to be popular with backers following his second to Benedict Spirit at Southwell last time as he can race off the same mark today but Ian Semple's gelding is far from certain to reproduce that form back on the Polytrack and preference is for ANTILLIA, who gets the vote with Bridgewater Boys rated the pick of the remainder. The selection was good value for success on her handicap debut at Lingfield last month and Chris Wall's filly looks to have a very good chance of defying the 5lb rise for that win here. Little Richard has been running consistently well of late and has solid place claims but he may be a shade high in the weights at present, while Hugh Morrison's Euroceleb is less exposed than most of the rest but needs to improve on recent showings. Ian Semple's Nero West ran better last time and has to be considered but more solid claims are probably held by Bridgewater Boys, who has been running consistently well of late. Antillia is open to plenty of improvement though and she is preferred.
Bridgewater Boys 9-2 (8-11) Held up in 4th, headway over 3f out, chased winner over 1f out, kept on same pace, 2nd of 4, 1/2l behind La Estrella (9-13) at Great Leighs 1m 5f clm (6) pol.
Chookie Hamilton 6-1 (9-9) Held up, ridden over 2f, driven and kept on final furlong, 2nd of 6, 1 1/2l behind Benedict Spirit (9-2) at Southwell 1m 4f app hcp (5) fbs.
Nero West (FR) 9-1 (9-4) Led, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 4th of 9, 5l behind Puy d'Arnac (9-8) at Ayr 1m 7f hcp 0-85 (4) hvy in Nov.
Riguez Dancer 20-1 (9-4) Towards rear, ridden over 4f out, never troubled leaders, 9th of 15, 12l behind Kiribati King (9-0) at Pontefract 2m 1f hcap (5) gs in Sept.
They All Laughed 8-1 (9-12) Held up, ridden well over 2f out, soon weakened, eased over 1f out, 7th of 8, 31l behind My Friend Fritz (9-8) at Southwell 1m 6f hcp 0-75 (5) fbs.
Captain Hook 7-1 (11-0) Mid-division, no impression under pressure in 6th and kept on same pace from before straight, 6th of 16, 8l behind Career Move (10-6) at Galway 1m 6f stk hvy in Oct.
Dramatic Solo 9-2 (9-8) Close up, closed on leaders to lead 3f out, driven clear over 1f out, stayed on well, won at Lingfield 2m hcp 0-65 (6) pol beating Pseudonym (10-0) by 4l, 9 ran.
Swords 5-1 (9-6) Tracked leaders, weakened final furlong, 4th of 8, 9l behind My Friend Fritz (9-8) at Southwell 1m 6f hcp 0-75 (5) fbs.
Sheer Fantastic 14-1 (8-12) Held up in touch, effort approaching 1f out, soon no impression, 4th of 10, 3l behind Clear Sailing (9-6) at Great Leighs 1m 2f sll (5) pol.
Antillia 4-1 (8-13) Held up in touch, ridden to chase leader over 1f out, stayed on to lead close home, won at Lingfield 1m 4f 3yo hcp (5) pol in Dec beating Epsom Salts (8-9) by 1/2l, 6 ran.
Euroceleb (IRE) 11-4 (8-12) Tracked leaders, ridden along over 4f, driven and one pace final 2f, 3rd of 9, 11l behind El Diego (9-7) at Southwell 1m 4f mdn stk (5) fbs.
Hill Billy Rock (IRE) 9-1 (9-12) In touch, weakened over 2f out, 5th of 8, 14l behind My Friend Fritz (9-8) at Southwell 1m 6f hcp 0-75 (5) fbs.
Little Richard (IRE) 18-1 (8-13) Mid-division, headway on outer over 1f out, finished well inside final furlong, closed on leaders near finish, 4th of 12, 1l behind Sunset Boulevard (8-13) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp 0-70 (5) std.
