held up, mid-division, headway 2f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, kept on
held up, in touch, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened
always towards rear
prominent, weakened over 2f out
prominent, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, lost 2nd pace when no extra towards finish
held up, mid-division, headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong
held up, mid-division, headway over 1f out, kept on towards finish
held up, towards rear, headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong
led, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
held up, mid-division, weakened over 1f out
slowly away, in rear, effort over 1f out, never dangerous
tracked leaders, ridden to lead over 1f out, soon headed and soon weakened
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, no extra towards finish
held up, towards rear, ridden over 1f out, never dangerous
Galilee Chapel remains in good form and won over 1m4f at Wolverhampton earlier this month. He’d earlier finished third to Taopix here and the latter went close again last time. Thello was ahead of Swiss Lait and Devious Spirit when scoring over track and trip a fortnight ago and is only upped 4lb while Hydrant and Rubis are not out of this off their current marks. But this is no tougher than the claimer at Wolverhampton that GLORIOUS ASSET finished third in on his belated comeback and Ivan Furtado’s charge is taken to make up for lost time by landing this.
Galilee Chapel (IRE) 9-2 (9-7) Held up towards rear, headway over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, led and not much room close home, won at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Dec beating Burnside (9-1) by nk, 11 ran.
Glorious Asset 12-1 (8-10) With leader, ridden and outpaced over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 3rd of 10, 2 1/2l behind Jumbo Prado (8-10) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f stks (5) pol in Dec.
Royal Flag 25-1 (8-11) Slowly away, in rear, ridden and headway over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 9th of 13, 9l behind Ajman Prince (8-10) at Newcastle 1m 4f hcp (4) pol in Nov.
Balducci 11-2 (8-11) Tracked leaders, driven and lost place over 1f out, soon weakened, 9th of 14, 15 1/4l behind Testa Rossa (9-2) at Newcastle 1m hcp (5) pol in Dec.
Taopix 3-1 (8-12) Keen tracked leader, led over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, caught post, 2nd of 9, shd behind Bollihope (9-5) at Newcastle 1m 2f hcp (5) pol in Nov.
Thello 2-1fav (9-6) Keen close up, led on bit approaching 2f out, ridden entering final furlong, eased close home, readily, won at Newcastle 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Dec beating Bridey's Lettuce (9-7) by 1l, 13 ran.
Pickett's Charge 10-1 (8-5) Tracked leader until ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 11th of 12, 14 3/4l behind Amazement (9-5) at Newcastle 1m hcp (4) pol in Nov.
Genres 10-1 (9-2) Raced wide, outpaced, 10th of 11, dist behind Big Storm Coming (9-5) at Southwell 1m hcp (5) pol in Dec.
Hydrant 33-1 (9-10) Led, ridden over 1f out, kept on and headed towards finish, 2nd of 12, 1/2l behind Kay Sera (9-4) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Beaumont's Party (IRE) 50-1 (9-5) Led early, soon tracking leader, effort over 2f out, lost place well over 1f out, last of 9, 21 1/4l behind Airton (9-5) at Newcastle 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Dec.
Devious Spirit (IRE) 7-2 (9-7) Slowly away held up, ridden over 2f out, never a factor, 8th of 13, 4 1/2l behind Thello (9-6) at Newcastle 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Los Cerritos (SWI) 9-1 (9-5) Mid-division, headway over 1f out, soon weakened, 10th of 11, 9 1/4l behind My Mistress (8-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Rubis 13-2 (9-5) Held up towards rear, headway and switched right over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 3rd of 12, 4 1/2l behind General Hazard (9-6) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Swiss Lait 100-1 (9-0) Towards rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on towards finish, 3rd of 13, 2 1/4l behind Thello (9-6) at Newcastle 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Dec.