made all, set steady pace until quickened over 2f out, stayed on strongly
reared start, held up in rear, headway when hung left over 1f out, ran on closing stages, never reached winner
tracked leaders, lost place 2f out
held up in rear, headway over 1f out, chased leaders inside final furlong, never on terms
with leader, every chance well over 1f out, edged right inside final furlong, no extra
pulled hard in rear, never dangerous
midfield, ridden and weakened 2f out
chased leaders, effort on inside over 1f out, weakened final furlong
held up, never dangerous
It could pay to stick with SPINNING COBBLERS as he bids for a hat-trick. He's upped a further 4lb for his latest win at Wolverhampton but drops down a grade and is preferred to Major Muscari, who scored over 6f in September but has yet to prove he stays today's longer trip. Rocky's Pride has plenty to find with the selection on earlier running but finished a lot closer last time while Katie Taylor could go well now handicapping for the first time.
Spinning Cobblers 3-1 (8-0) Chased leaders, ridden to close and edged left over 1f out, led well inside final furlong, ran on, won at Wolverhampton 6f app hcp 0-70 (5) beating Majestic Song (9-5) by nk, 10 ran.
Major Muscari (IRE) 9-1 (9-3) Prominent, led inside final furlong, kept on and headed towards finish, 2nd of 13, 1 3/4l behind Random (9-4) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp 0-60 (6) in Oct.
Katie Taylor (IRE) 20-1 (9-1) Steadied start, always behind, 9th of 11, 5l behind Gharaaneej (9-0) at Wolverhampton 7f mdn stks (5).
Skidby Mill (IRE) 12-1 (9-7) Midfield, headway to chase leaders over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 4th of 12, 3 1/2l behind Habeshia (8-12) at Lingfield 1m hcp (6) pol.
Rocky's Pride (IRE) 7-2 (9-0) Slight lead, ridden well over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, lost 2nd close home, held on for 3rd, 3rd of 11, 3/4l behind Olivers Mount (9-6) at Kempton 1m hcp 0-60 (6) pol.
Black Truffle (FR) 10-1 (9-0) Took keen hold, with leader, led 6f out, headed over 2f out, weakened from over 1f out, 6th of 10, 13l behind Dream And Hope (8-11) at Kempton 7f hcp (6) pol in Oct.
Daneglow (IRE) 28-1 (8-12) Steadied after start, held up and always behind, last of 13, 14l behind Wedgewood Estates (9-0) at Wolverhampton 6f stks 0-55 (6) in Oct.
Olney Lass 12-1 (8-6) Towards rear, ridden over 2f out, never a factor, 8th of 12, 19l behind Eastern Dragon (9-1) at Brighton 7f hcp 0-75 (5) hvy in Oct.
Buxton 66-1 (9-1) Slowly into stride, behind, weakened over 2f out, 5th of 6, 15l behind My Son Max (9-7) at Wolverhampton 7f sell stks (6).
Tasaaboq 12-1 (8-6) Held up in last pair, wide entering straight, ridden and stayed on well under pressure on outside final furlong, went 3rd towards finish, not reach front pair, 3rd of 7, 1 1/2l behind Steventon Star (9-2) at Lingfield 1m 3yo clm stks (6) pol.