raced wide tracked winner, ridden 2f out, weakened entering final furlong, eased
slow into stride, in touch in rear, pushed along halfway, ridden over 2f out, headway under pressure approaching final furlong, driven to challenge winner towards finish, held close home
set steady pace, ridden over 1f out, pressed on both side towards finish, held on gamely
in touch in rear, wide into straight 2f out, ridden and headway entering final furlong, driven to challenge winner towards finish, held close home
close up, ridden 2f out, effort entering final furlong, kept on one pace
keen tracked winner, ridden over 1f out, one pace final furlong
Sweet Pearl won in novice company at Kempton before struggling in the Group 2 May Hill at Doncaster while Sophosc bids for a hat-trick raised a further 6lb having already defied a 10lb hike when scoring at Bath last time. So Hi Class won a lower grade handicap at Kempton last month and Isle of Wolves landed a novices' race back in July but FOX FEARLESS finished clear of the rest when narrowly beaten at Ffos Las recently and he may come good now handicapping for the first time.
Sweet Pearl 40-1 (9-0) Towards rear, pushed along over 4f out, well beaten final 2f, last of 11, 37 1/2l behind Fleeting (9-0) at Doncaster 1m Grp 2 fll stks (1) gd in Sep.
Fox Fearless 5-4fav (9-2) Led, pushed along 3f out, headed and not pace of winner final 150 yards, kept on, 2nd of 8, 1/2l behind Thorn (9-2) at Ffos Las 7f stks (5) gd in Sep.
Sophosc (IRE) 11-4 (9-3) Made all, hard ridden when strongly challenged over 1f out, stayed on gamely, won at Bath 1m (5) fm in Sep beating Rollicking (9-9) by 1 3/4l, 6 ran.
Itizzit 25-1 (9-0) Tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, lost place over 2f out, last of 13, 20 3/4l behind Stay Classy (8-7) at Doncaster 7f fll (2) gd in Sep.
So Hi Class (IRE) 16-1 (9-3) Chased leaders, edging left when slightly hampered over 1f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, kept on same pace, no chance with winner, 2nd of 11, 2 3/4l behind Hard Taskmaster (9-5) at Chelmsford City 1m (5) pol in Sep.
Cromwell 12-1 (9-0) Chased leaders to over 3f out, soon outpaced and behind, ridden over 1f out, stayed on to take narrow 3rd near finish, no impression, 3rd of 8, 4 1/4l behind Sufficient (9-4) at Salisbury 7f (5) gf in Sep.
Isle of Wolves 16-1 (9-9) Took keen hold, with leader, ridden over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, 4th of 13, 3 1/4l behind Spencers Son (9-2) at Kempton 7f stks (6) pol in Oct.