prominent until lost place 3f out
chased leaders, ridden to lead well over 1f out, stayed on well
led, ridden and headed well over 1f out, kept on
in touch, ridden and hung left over 1f out, one pace
always behind
hampered start, pushed along and outpaced towards rear, kept on final 2f
went right at start, with leader, weakened over 2f out
in touch, ridden over 2f out, kept on final furlong
towards rear, stayed on final 2f, never on terms
always towards rear
Nonrunner
Spirit Of Coniston is a confident choice, with El Potro, Monte Major and Rowanberry taken to chase him home. Spirit Of Coniston has bounced back to form with a vengeance of late, winning each of his last two starts at Southwell. He does go just as well on the Polytrack though, having scored at Kempton in June, and off what is a favourable mark still, he will take all the beating. El Potro is a past course-and-distance winner, but he let his supporters down nine days ago,while Monte Major has been placed a couple of times of late but is generally not in the best of form. Rowanberry is another that left the money in the bookies' satchels last time, and for the winner we return to Spirit Of Coniston.
Boanerges (IRE) 50-1 (8-13) Chased leaders, hard ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 11th of 12, 10l behind Beneking (8-12) at Kempton 6f hcp 0-60 (6) pol.
Monte Major (IRE) 6-1 (8-8) Towards rear, headway and not clear run over 1f out, kept on, 7th of 12, 2 1/2l behind Kempsey (8-9) at Kempton 5f hcp 0-60 (6) pol.
Spirit of Coniston 11-2 (8-9) Tracked leader, led over 1f out, soon ridden, just held on, won at Southwell 5f app clm (6) fbs beating Canadian Danehill (9-6) by a shd, 8 ran.
Rowanberry 4-1fav (8-12) Held up in rear, some headway 2f out, ridden and no further headway, 7th of 12, 4l behind Shava (8-12) at Lingfield 6f banded stk (7) pol in Dec.
Ela Figura 25-1 (9-8) Held up in touch, lost place 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 10, 6l behind Pride of Joy (9-8) at W'hampton 5f mdn stk (5) pol.
El Potro 11-4fav (9-0) Raced wide towards rear, never a factor, 8th of 12, 4l behind Primarily (9-0) at Kempton 5f Stks (41-45) (7) pol.
Obe Bold (IRE) 50-1 (8-5) Raced wide, held up, ridden and not much room halfway, soon weakened, last of 14, 22l behind Larky's Lob (9-1) at Southwell 6f hcap (6) fbs in Dec.
Ames Souer (IRE) 9-1 (8-5) Dwelt, headway half way, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 13, 21l behind Stoneacre Fred (8-12) at Southwell 7f banded stk (7) fbs in Dec.
Torrent 80-1 (8-5) Soon outpaced, never a factor, 9th of 11, 9l behind Orchestration (8-12) at Southwell 5f banded stk (7) fbs in Dec.
Telepathic (IRE) 40-1 (8-8) Led, ridden and headed over 2f out, soon weakened, 8th of 9, 15l behind Blue Maeve (10-0) at Ayr 6f hcp 0-70 (5) gf in Aug.
Blakeshall Boy 66-1 (8-3) Slowly into stride, held up and behind, well over 3f out when brought down in race won by Shava (8-9) at W'hampton 7f hcp 0-50 (6) std, 11 ran.