chased leader and keen, weakened inside final furlong
led and keen, headed over 2f out, led again and edged right over 1f out, soon driven, ran on well
dwelt, towards rear, ridden and headway well over 1f out, not much room inside final furlong, switched left, kept on
held up mid-division, ridden over 2f out, kept on final furlong
chased leaders over 4f out, every chance final furlong until just held close home
held up in touch, reminders early, headway to chase leader over 6f out, ridden to lead over 2f out, headed and bumped twice over 1f out, one pace after
slowly into stride, behind and keen, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened
held up in touch, weakened well over 1f out
held up, ridden and headway over 2f out, stayed on well to take 3rd close home
SVINDAL is given the vote to get his head in front after a string of seconds while both Nicky Nutjob and Helpmeronda are both worthy of mention. The selection has become a little frustrating after finishing second on no less that five different occasions. To be fair to him though he has only ever been a beaten favourite on one of those races and has been unlucky to have come across a well treated horse in each case. He looks to have a fair chance of breaking his maiden tag here and is the one horse in the race to stay on the right side of. Nicky Nutjob ran a personal best when finishing second to Canmoss at Great Leighs last month. He is only lightly raced and is still on the up grade so any market moves should be noted. Helpmeronda is another that still looks on the up grade and ran a decent race at a big price last time out. She looks well enough treated so any moves in the marked should be monitored. However for the winner we return to Svindal.
Co Dependent (USA) 20-1 (8-11) Held up in rear, stayed on inside final furlong, never going pace to trouble leaders, 6th of 9, 5l behind Officer In Command (8-11) at Kempton 1m 2yo mdn auc (4) pol in Oct.
Svindal (IRE) 5-1fav (9-4) Soon led, ridden over 2f out, headed just over 1f out, no chance with winner afterwards, kept on well for 2nd, 2nd of 10, 5l behind Innactualfact (8-10) at Lingfield 1m 2f 3yo hcp (6) pol.
Crazy Colours 25-1 (8-8) Slowly into stride, soon detached, ridden and stayed on to take 4th well inside final furlong, 4th of 9, 3l behind Cool Hand Jake (8-8) at Kempton 1m mdn stk (5) pol.
Nicky Nutjob (GER) 50-1 (8-12) Slowly into stride, held up in last place, wide ridden and headway from over 2f out, stayed on under pressure to take 2nd near finish, 2nd of 10, 1 1/2l behind Canmoss (8-11) at Great Leighs 1m 2f 2yo hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Dec.
Mullitovermaurice 17-2 (8-7) Always prominent, led 1f out, edged slightly right, soon edged slightly left, headed last strides, 2nd of 7, shd behind Double Act (9-9) at W'hampton 1m 1f 3yo clm (6) pol.
Shaker Style (USA) 16-1 (8-12) Held up, ridden 5f out, weakened over 2f out, 8th of 10, 14l behind Canmoss (8-11) at Great Leighs 1m 2f 2yo hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Dec.
Flashgun (USA) 50-1 (9-2) Slowly into stride, always in rear, never a factor, last of 12, 14l behind Brooksby (9-4) at Kempton 1m 2yo hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Nov.
Helpmeronda 33-1 (8-5) Chased leader until 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 3rd of 4, 9l behind Petrovsky (9-4) at W'hampton 1m 1f 3yo hcp (5) pol.
Strikemaster (IRE) 9-1 (8-8) Towards rear, ridden 3f out, no impression, 8th of 13, 9l behind Amazing Blue Sky (8-5) at W'hampton 1m 1f 2yo clm (5) pol in Dec.
