slowly away, in rear, headway and hung left over 1f out, kept on final furlong, never nearer
raced wide, held up, ridden and weakened over 3f out
raced wide, in touch, ridden to chase winner 3f out, no impression from over 1f out
pulled hard, held up, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, eased over 1f out
held up towards rear, ridden over 3f out, never nearer
soon pushed along in rear, headway on outside over 3f out, kept on to take 2nd inside final furlong
in touch, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
with winner, outpaced halfway, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on one pace
close up, ridden and weakened over 4f out
mid-division, ridden halfway, never dangerous
always towards rear
made virtually all, clear over 1f out, ridden out
keen, chased winner over 4f out, weakened over 1f out
Amorist looked like he'd need a mile last time and we take him to score here from Stevedore, Thornaby Green and Latin Express. The selection has already finished runner-up over the trip on turf at Brighton in the summer. That was on good to soft ground, and his run here last time over 7f showed that he handled this slowish surface too. He was staying on that day and can make the extra furlong count here. Stevedore is in great heart at present and has the assistance of Eddie Ahern from the plate here. All going comes alike to this likeable colt, won over course and distance last time and has gone up 6lb as a result. He will certainly be thereabouts again and can go very close. Thornaby Green will have supporters with his feather weight after winning a poor race here last time, but this is tougher, while Latin Express is plummeting through the ranks and needs some confidence. Of the others, Suffolk House looks interesting back on this surface after a pipe opener, and market confidence would be significant, but without that knowledge we'll take Amorist for Sir Mark Prescott.
Stevedore (IRE) 4-1fav (9-1) Tracked leaders, led 3f out, ridden over 1f out, clear entering final furlong, eased close home, won at Southwell 1m hcp 0-60 (6) fbs in Nov beating Simply St Lucia (9-2) by 2l, 14 ran.
Blueberry Tart (IRE) 33-1 (8-13) Raced centre, outpaced, 15th of 18, 9l behind Dance To The Blues (8-3) at Leicester 6f fll hcp (5) gd in Oct.
Sol Rojo 10-1 (9-2) Always in touch, ridden over 3f out, soon one pace, 4th of 12, 8l behind Aswan (9-2) at W'hampton 1m 1f sll (6) pol in Nov.
Guadaloup 20-1 (9-0) Chased leaders, ridden halfway, soon weakened, 4th of 14, 7l behind Look of Eagles (9-0) at Southwell 7f hcp 0-60 (6) fbs in Nov.
Latin Express (IRE) 14-1 (9-0) Towards rear, ridden halfway, headway over 2f out, one pace, 4th of 11, 11l behind Actuality (9-0) at W'hampton 7f 3yo mdn (5) pol in Nov.
Amorist (IRE) 7-1 (8-11) Started slowly, behind, headway over 3f out, soon chasing leaders, stayed on well final furlong, 3rd of 14, 2l behind Look of Eagles (9-0) at Southwell 7f hcp 0-60 (6) fbs in Nov.
Thornaby Green 3-1jt-fav (8-12) Tracked leader, ridden over 1f out, stayed on under pressure to lead well inside final furlong, won at Southwell 1m stk (7) fbs in Nov beating Captain Darling (8-13) by 1/2l, 8 ran.
Lockstock (IRE) 9-2co-fav (9-2) Led, ridden over 3f out, headed 1f out, no extra well inside final furlong, 3rd of 12, 2 1/2l behind Easy Laughter (9-1) at W'hampton 1m 1f hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Nov.
