chased leaders, effort to chase winner over 1f out, kept on one pace
held up in rear, ridden 2f out, never a factor
made all, ridden over 1f out, ran on
slowly into stride in touch after 1f, ridden and unable to quicken 2f out, kept on same pace
held up, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong
towards rear, ridden halfway, never a factor
tracked leaders, effort over 1f out, kept on one pace
with winner, ridden halfway, kept on same pace from over 1f out
soon pushed in rear, never on terms
Musical Bridge scored over the course and distance in June 2011 but hasn't been seen since the following month. Methaaly is the other track and trip winner and he gained the 16th victory of his long career at Windsor three weeks ago though that was over 6f. Swendab has been in action on Polytrack but has never won on that surface and is poorly handicap in comparison on Turf. GENERALYSE is rarely far away and looked a certain future winner at Goodwood last time so with Paul Hanagan booked he looks the one to be on as the consistent Bussa is now on his highest mark for two years.
Wicked Wench 7-1 (8-11) Close up, effort over 1f out, one pace final furlong, 4th of 10, 5l behind Silken Express (9-5) at Southwell 5f fll hcp (4) fbs.
Bussa 4-1 (9-1) Held up in touch, headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra towards finish, 3rd of 7, 1 1/4l behind Pick A Little (9-7) at Kempton 6f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Mar.
Bronze Beau 14-1 (9-3) Chased leader, led over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on towards finish, 3rd of 13, 1 1/2l behind Tango Sky (9-5) at Hamilton 5f hcp 0-75 (5) gs.
Generalyse 5-1fav (9-2) Chased leaders, every chance over 1f out, kept on same pace, 3rd of 13, 3/4l behind Aye Aye Digby (9-6) at Goodwood 6f hcp 0-75 (5) gd.
Shawkantango 9-1 (9-3) Raced centre, outpaced, hung left to near side from 3f out, never a factor, 10th of 13, 6l behind Monsieur Jamie (8-13) at Nottingham 5f hcp 0-75 (5) gs.
Musical Bridge 11-2 (9-10) Led 1f, chased leader, ridden and hung left over 1f out, dropped to 3rd and one pace inside final furlong, 3rd of 6, 2l behind Triple Dream (9-3) at Bath 5f hcp 0-75 (5) fm in Jul '11.
Indian Tinker 22-1 (8-7) Chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, weakened entering final furlong, 9th of 12, 10l behind Demora (8-4) at Nottingham 5f 3yo hcp 0-85 (4) sft in Oct.
Swendab (IRE) 9-2fav (9-3) With leader, led and hung badly left 2f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, no extra, 3rd of 11, 2 1/2l behind Dark Lane (8-10) at Chepstow 5f hcp 0-70 (5) gd.
Griffin Point (IRE) 6-1 (9-5) Tracked leaders, switched right over 1f out, effort and every chance inside final furlong, ran on, 2nd of 11, nk behind Angelo Poliziano (9-4) at Wolverhampton 5f hcp (0-65) (6) pol in Dec.
Methaaly (IRE) 9-1 (8-8) Held up towards rear, headway on near side rail 2f out, ran on inside final furlong, led near finish, won at Windsor 6f app hcp (6) gf beating First Rebellion (8-4) by nk, 12 ran.
