held up towards rear, headway entering final 2f, no impression final furlong
in rear, ridden and headway approaching final furlong, soon edged left, kept on
towards rear, ridden over 1f out, not trouble leaders
tracked leaders, headway to lead over 1f out, ridden and ran on
pressed leader, led 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
keen close up, pushed along and weakened 2f out
in touch, headway to join leaders halfway, ridden edged left and every chance over 1f out, stayed on one pace
tracked leaders, joined leaders halfway, ridden and weakened over 1f out
led, joined halfway, ridden and headed 2f out, soon weakened
keen in touch, weakened 2f out
Second in both starts so far and gelded since last seen, the superbly-bred MAYDANNY gets another chance to come good on his handicap debut as an opening mark of 80 could be extremely generous. City Wanderer won three of his last four starts last year and Silvester De Sousa partners on his reappearance. Rum Baba remains unexposed but is having a first run in almost a year while Two Bids failed to deliver on several occasions last season and is now tried in a hood. First Response has won three times on the all-weather but is 0-9 on Turf.
Buckingham (IRE) 12-1 (9-3) Slowly into stride, switched left start, behind until ridden and kept on inside final furlong, never nearer, 8th of 11, 4 1/2l behind Sea Fox (8-13) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (4) pol in Nov.
Balgair 20-1 (9-5) Always towards rear, never a factor, 16th of 19, 17 1/2l behind Hafeet Alain (9-0) at York 7f hcp (4) sft in Oct.
Wind In My Sails 33-1 (9-8) Held up mid-division, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on same pace, 5th of 10, 3 1/2l behind Give It Some Teddy (9-3) at Redcar 1m hcp (4) gf in Sep.
Maydanny (IRE) 11-10 (9-3) Chased leaders, went 2nd over 6f out, ridden over 2f out, held final 100 yards, 2nd of 5, 3/4l behind Ocean Paradise (8-12) at Nottingham 1m mdn stks (5) hvy in Jun.
Casement (IRE) 9-1 (9-4) Taken to post early, tracked leader until pushed along 3f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 8, 13 3/4l behind Zip (8-7) at Catterick 7f hcp (4) hvy in Oct.
First Response 4-1 (9-2) In touch, outpaced over 2f out, never on terms, 7th of 8, 1 3/4l behind Trevithick (9-7) at Newcastle 1m hcp (4) pol in Feb.
Arigato 10-1 (9-7) Raced keenly, chased leader until hung left over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 14, 3 1/2l behind Jabalaly (9-5) at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (4) pol in Oct.
City Wanderer (IRE) 10-1 (8-12) Chased leader, pushed along 3f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, strongly pressed inside final furlong, battled on gamely and well in command towards finish, won at Windsor 1m hcp (4) gf in Aug beating Rock The Cradle (9-1) by 1 1/4l, 6 ran.
Rum Baba 6-5fav (9-5) Slight stumble start, led for 2f, tracked leader, led again and hung right over 1f out, battled on, won at Windsor 1m mdn stks (5) gf in Jul beating Frontman (9-5) by nk, 14 ran.
Two Bids 11-10 (9-2) Keen, led 2f, tracked winner, hung left from over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, not go through with effort, 2nd of 5, 1 1/4l behind Tonyx (9-4) at Newcastle 1m 2f stks (5) pol in Nov.