held up, headway 7f out, ridden and every chance over 2f out, stayed on one pace from over 1f out, well held by winner inside final furlong
slowly into stride, soon prominent, lost place 4f out, well beaten over 2f out, virtually pulled up
led, edged left and headed over 2f out, lost 2nd 1f out, plugged on
tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, soon beaten, plugged on inside final furlong
tracked leaders, lost place 7f out, well held final 3f
pressed leader early, held up in touch, closed over 4f out, led over 2f out, stayed on well to draw clear inside final furlong
Nonrunner
This may be too much too soon for the three-year-old Tioga Pass, who won a Kempton maiden earlier this month. Kalispell is interesting, however, with a run at Bath under her belt. She won at Newbury last summer, as did Phaenomena who also landed a handicap at Newmarket in September. Sula Two has an excellent strike rate and handles all types of ground. She also runs well fresh so can't be ignored but RUNNING DEER is already in good form and the Windsor scorer can resume winning ways only a pound higher than when a good second at Chester two weeks ago.
Sula Two 14-1 (9-10) Close up, ridden 3f out, kept on same pace, 5th of 13, 4 1/2l behind Ballinderry Boy (8-3) at Ascot 2m hcp (3) sft in Oct.
Kalispell (IRE) 3-1 (9-7) Keen, tracked leaders, led narrowly over 5f out, ridden and headed approaching final 2f, kept on one pace, 3rd of 4, 11l behind Debdebdeb (9-6) at Bath 1m 4f fls hcp 0-90 (3) gd.
Running Deer (IRE) 7-2fav (9-5) In touch, went 2nd over 2f out, ridden to challenge and every chance over 1f out, one pace inside final furlong, 2nd of 9, 2 3/4l behind Gabrial's Star (9-5) at Chester 1m 4f app hcp (0-85) (4yo+) (4) sft.
Tantalising (IRE) 40-1 (8-5) Tracked leaders when jinked right and unseated rider after 2f, in a race won by Sir Ector (9-7) at Leopardstown 1m 6f hcp sft in Nov, 18 ran.
Rosaceous 8-1 (9-7) Dwelt headway to track winner over 5f out until 3f out, weakened 2f out, last of 7, 17l behind Trixie Malone (8-5) at Doncaster 1m flls hcp 0-80 (4) sft in Apr.
Tioga Pass 8-1 (9-0) Tracked leaders, pushed along 8f out, ridden over 2f out, driven and ran on to lead towards finish, won at Kempton 1m 4f 3yo mdn fll (5) pol beating Sweeping Up (9-0) by 1 3/4l, 6 ran.
Phaenomena (IRE) 11-4fav (8-8) Held up towards rear, pushed along 5f out, moderate progress under pressure inside final furlong, 7th of 13, 4 1/2l behind Speckled (8-8) at Lingfield 1m 5f flls lst stks (1) pol in Oct.