led, ridden over 1f out, headed and no extra final 75 yards
mid-division, carried very wide on home turn, no chance after
chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, not quite pace to challenge
chasing leaders on wide outside when hung badly right on home turn, soon virtually pulled up
towards rear on inside, headway between horses inside final furlong, never nearer
steadied and switched left start, held up and behind, ridden on inside over 1f out, never nearer
chased leaders, ridden and ran on to lead final 75 yards
raced keenly, chased leaders on inside, no extra well inside final furlong
slowly into stride, towards rear, ridden over 1f out, never nearer
Anonymous John is penalised for last week’s course and distance success in a lower grade sprint and it could be the turn of HUMAN NATURE (NAP in this. Beaten less than a length despite being drawn wide, Stuart Williams’ charge looks set for a return to winning ways from today’s more favourable draw with Oisin Murphy’s presence another positive. Sword Exceed will be sharper for last month’s outing and is only 3lb higher than when scoring here at the start of the year while the consistent Bibbidibobbidiboo is usually thereabouts without winning. Go Far slips further down the weights and Highland Acclaim can race off a lower mark today given he’s yet to win in 18 attempts on the all-weather.
Human Nature (IRE) 9-1 (9-7) Mid-division, headway over 1f out, 3rd and ran on inside final furlong, pressing for 2nd towards finish, 3rd of 11, 1/2l behind Lightning Charlie (9-5) at Kempton 6f hcp (4) pol in Oct.
Sword Exceed (GER) 33-1 (9-7) Raced wide towards rear, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, nearest finish, 4th of 15, 4l behind Weellan (9-5) at Catterick 7f hcp (4) sft in Oct.
Drakefell (IRE) 33-1 (9-6) Mid-division, outpaced over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, never able to challenge, 9th of 10, 3 3/4l behind Indian Tygress (9-3) at Kempton 6f hcp (4) pol in Oct.
Go Far 33-1 (9-12) Mid-division in touch, driven and lost place over 2f out, soon outpaced, weakened final furlong, last of 13, 12l behind Lady Freyja (9-5) at Newmarket 6f hcp (4) gs in Aug.
Anonymous John (IRE) 15-2 (9-5) In touch, headway under pressure inside final furlong, driven and ran on to lead final strides, won at Lingfield 6f hcp (5) pol in Nov beating Kath's Lustre (9-0) by hd, 11 ran.
Bernie's Boy 50-1 (9-7) Rearing in stalls, led, headed over 2f out, soon weakened, eased, last of 14, 26 3/4l behind Parnassian (9-4) at Kempton 7f hcp (4) pol in Oct.
Silca Mistress 4-1 (9-7) Led until ridden over 2f out, chased leaders, weakened over 1f out, 7th of 11, at Windsor 6f hcp (5) gf in Sep.
Highland Acclaim (IRE) 11-1 (9-8) Close up, ridden halfway, weakened over 1f out, 11th of 12, 16 3/4l behind Airglow (9-1) at Catterick 6f hcp (4) gs in Oct.
Bibbidibobbidiboo (IRE) 25-1 (9-2) Chased leaders, went 2nd over 1f out, kept on same pace, no chance with winner, 2nd of 10, 2l behind Counter Spirit (9-4) at Newcastle 7f hcp fll (5) pol in Sep.