held up, outpaced when raced widest off home turn, gradually weakened
raced wide and keen early, soon prominent, led after 1st furlong, set steady tempo, quickened before 2f out, ridden when faced challenge inside final furlong, all out to hold on at finish
led, headed after 1st furlong but remained close up, pushed along to chase leader before 2f out, gradually weakened, dropped to last inside final furlong
prominent, pushed along to chase leader before 2f out, every chance when pressed leader inside final furlong, ran on, just failed
held up last, still a lot to do when making headway from 2f out, stayed on well to go third inside final 110 yards, never nearer
midfield, went fifth and chased leaders from 2f out ridden inside final furlong, outpaced inside final furlong, kept on
prominent, pushed along before 2f out, soon struggling, weakened and dropped towards rear before 1f out, kept on
midfield, went third and chased leaders on inner rail from 2f out, no extra when dropped to fourth inside final 110 yards, weakened near finish
Seahorse Syd won a lower grade contest at Newcastle last month while Free Speech made a winning handicap debut at Chelmsford and is only 4lb higher. VOLCANOLOGY is another recent winner having landed a maiden over a mile at Brighton and she gets the vote over this extra distance handicapping for the first time. Courageous Strike also steps up in trip for a new yard having failed to win in Ireland.
Beauty Generation (IRE) 5-1 (9-8) Held up in last pair, never involved, 5th of 6, 6 1/2l behind High Point (9-10) at Windsor 1m 2f (5) gd in Oct.
Courageous Strike 10-1 (9-9) Rear of mid-division early, headway on outer to track leaders after 2f, 3rd halfway, pushed along under 2f out, 2nd and ridden over 1f out, every chance final 100 yards, headed by winner close home, 2nd of 14, nk behind King Of Gosford (9-12) at Dundalk 7f hcp pol in Oct.
Volcanology (IRE) 11-2 (9-2) Raced keenly early, made virtually all, ridden and pressed over 1f out, stayed on strongly and in command inside final furlong, unchallenged, won at Brighton 1m mdn stks (5) gf in Oct beating Prometeo (9-7) by 2l, 7 ran.
Free Speech (IRE) 9-1 (9-7) Held up in touch, driven over 1f out, stayed on strongly inside final furlong, led towards finish, won at Chelmsford City 1m 2f (6) pol in Oct beating Tasmanian Legend (9-9) by 1/2l, 7 ran.
Bay Of Australia (IRE) 18-1 (9-3) Towards rear, ridden and no impression from 2f out, 7th of 9, 10l behind Prepschool (9-5) at Ripon 1m stks (2) gs in Aug.
Storm Alice 13-8fav (9-10) Led, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 4th of 6, 10 3/4l behind Phoenix Passion (9-11) at Yarmouth 1m (6) gs in Sep.
Seahorse Syd (IRE) 9-2 (9-8) Held up towards rear, went third before halfway, ridden inside 2f out, still a lot to do 1f out, ran on strongly inside final 110 yards, led closing stages, just prevailed, won at Newcastle 1m 2f (6) pol in Sep beating Due Consideration (9-10) by hd, 5 ran.
Go Your Own Way 9-1 (9-8) In rear, pushed along off pace 2f out, headway on inside final furlong, stayed on strongly close home, just denied, 2nd of 12, hd behind Irrelevant (9-10) at Kempton 1m (6) pol in Oct.
