slowly into stride, held up in rear, some late headway, never dangerous
held up towards rear, headway on outside final bend, no impression, weakened from over 1f out
led, headed over 5f out, stayed handy, led again inside final furlong, ran on well
bumped start, held up in rear, took keen hold, kept on inside final furlong, not trouble leaders
chased leaders, effort on inside over 1f out, close up inside final furlong, 3rd and no impression on winner towards finish
prominent, took keen hold, led over 1f out, edged right and headed inside final furlong, no impression on winner towards finish
held up towards rear, pulled hard, never dangerous
slowly away, headway to lead over 5f out, headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
bumped start, held up rear of mid-division on outside, took keen hold, weakened over 2f out
chased leaders, ridden 2f out, stayed on same pace from over 1f out
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Diamondsinthesand won here on his penultimate start while King Of Speed placed over track and trip last time. Intoxicata and Swinging Eddie placed at the same Southwell fixture last week while both Blue Collar Lad and College Wizard made the frame on the Polytrack. AUSSI MANDATE started a big price at Kempton for her handicap debut but ran well for third despite having to be switched for a clear run and may prove the one to side.
Aussi Mandate 33-1 (9-2) Towards rear, switched right and headway over 1f out, went 3rd well inside final furlong, stayed on, 3rd of 13, 1 3/4l behind Elladonna (9-11) at Kempton 1m hcp fll (5) pol in Dec.
Diamondsinthesand (IRE) 13-2 (9-7) Not much room start, held up in rear, switched right over 2f out, ran on inside final 100 yards, never dangerous, 5th of 10, 3 3/4l behind Global Warning (9-6) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Swinging Eddie 16-1 (9-8) Keen tracked leader, ridden and every chance over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, 3rd of 12, 1l behind Camacho Star (9-4) at Southwell 7f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
King Of Speed (IRE) 11-1 (9-7) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, kept on on inside final furlong, 3rd of 10, 3l behind Global Warning (9-6) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Intoxicata (FR) 9-4fav (9-8) Raced wide towards rear, pushed along and headway near side over 1f out, stayed on to chase winner inside final furlong, 2nd of 10, 1 1/2l behind Turbo Command (9-7) at Southwell 7f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Blue Collar Lad 9-4fav (9-10) Towards rear, headway from 3f out, raced widest off home turn, still a lot to do when ridden to chase leaders 1f out, ran on strongly inside final 110 yards, took third post, never nearer, 3rd of 8, 2l behind Edmund Ironside (9-9) at Lingfield 1m hcp (6) pol in Nov.
Independent Beauty 125-1 (9-0) Chased leaders, took keen hold, lost place over 6f out, ridden over 1f out, no impression, 7th of 12, 3 3/4l behind Equiami (9-0) at Southwell 1m hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Musaytir (IRE) 100-1 (9-0) Held up off the pace towards rear, no headway when hung left over 1f out, last of 11, 8 1/4l behind Kitbag (9-10) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
College Wizard 16-1 (9-0) Towards rear, ridden and headway entering final furlong, switched right inside final furlong, stayed on close home, 3rd of 10, 3 1/2l behind Adace (9-7) at Chelmsford City 7f hcp (6) pol in Nov.
Say Grace (IRE) 100-1 (8-9) Keen close up, pushed along 3f out, ridden and weakened final furlong, 7th of 12, 5 1/2l behind Laura's Breeze (9-7) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (6) pol in Nov.
Back From Dubai (IRE) 25-1 (9-10) Tracked leaders, ridden well over 1f out and dropped away, 12th of 13, 6 3/4l behind Homer Stokes (9-9) at Southwell 7f hcp (6) pol in Sep.
Shorts On 80-1 (9-5) Keen tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, soon weakened, 8th of 10, 11 1/2l behind Poetic Jack (9-9) at Chelmsford City 7f hcp (6) pol in Nov.
