mid-divsion on outside, outpaced over 2f out, soon behind
held up in rear, smooth headway over 2f out, effort over 1f out, soon challenged, driven to lead narrowly inside final furlong, ridden and edged right towards finish, held on
led, driven and headed over 1f out, kept on same pace, no chance with front trio inside final furlong, lost 4th near finish
slowly into stride, held up behind, headway over 2f out, switched inside to challenge over 1f out, ridden and every chance inside final furlong, kept on, edged left towards finish, just held
mid-division, headway 2f out, led over 1f out, ridden and headed narrowly inside final furlong, kept on and every chance when short of room towards finish
mid-division, chased leaders over 3f out, ridden and one pace over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, lost place over 1f out, kept on same pace, took 4th near finish, no chance with front trio
tracked leader, outpaced over 2f out, ridden and lost place 1f out, no extra
Fire Fighting has found life tough in handicaps off his current mark and has done all of his winning on the Turf so far. Grendisar and Chiberta King are both good enough but the former hasn't raced since April and the latter has been off the track for nearly a year. Wolverhampton winner Real Jazz has a tough task on these terms so the vote goes to RYDAN, who beat Carnevale six lengths in a handicap over 1m3f here last time.
Chiberta King 20-1 (9-3) In touch, ridden and effort inside final 2f, kept on under pressure, no extra inside final furlong, 4th of 33, 4 1/2l behind Scatter Dice (8-8) at Newmarket 2m 2f hcp (2) gs in Oct '13.
Grendisar (IRE) 7-2fav (9-10) Held up, headway 2f out, ridden to press winner just inside final furlong, ran on, but always looked held, 2nd of 11, nk behind Viewpoint (9-3) at Lingfield 1m 4f app hcp 0-105 (2) pol in Apr.
Flemish School 7-1 (9-10) Raced far side, held up in rear, headway over 3f out, soon weakened, 8th of 11, 36l behind Inspector Norse (8-5) at Newmarket 1m 2f hcp (6) gd in Sep.
Fire Fighting (IRE) 20-1 (9-8) Behind, headway 3f out, ridden inside final 2f, kept on under pressure final furlong, never reached leaders, 10th of 24, 7l behind Farquhar (8-5) at Newmarket 1m 4f her hcp 0-105 (2) gd in Oct.
Rydan (IRE) 7-1 (8-12) In rear, headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, soon quickened clear, won at Kempton 1m 3f 3yo hcp 0-95 (3) pol in Sep beating Carnevale (8-13) by 6l, 6 ran.
Vivat Rex (IRE) 25-1 (9-0) Soon tracked leaders in 3rd, challenged straight, weakened from over 1f out, last of 15, 16l behind Second Step (9-0) at Curragh 1m 4f Listed stks (1) in Oct.
Carnevale 10-1 (8-13) Tracked leader, ridden and every chance over 2f out, kept on to take 2nd close home, no chance with winner, 2nd of 6, 6l behind Rydan (8-12) at Kempton 1m 3f 3yo hcp 0-95 (3) pol in Sep.
Real Jazz (IRE) 10-3fav (9-1) Led 1f, tracked leader, led over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on well, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f fll hcp (0-75) (3yo+) (5) in Oct beating Tayma (8-9) by 2 1/4l, 11 ran.
