slowly into stride, held up last, headway over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong
made virtually all, strongly pressed approaching final furlong, ran on well
behind, pushed along halfway, no headway
slowly into stride, soon chased leaders, weakened over 1f out
settled in rear, headway on outside over 1f out, ran on final furlong
pressed winner, upsides and every chance approaching final furlong, not quicken
held up, ridden 2f out, headway over 1f out, ran on final furlong
took keen hold, tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened over 1f out
held up, not clear run over 1f out and again inside final furlong, squeezed through and ran on towards finish
chased leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened over 1f out
Dance To The Blues lines up in good form and can pay to follow ahead of Summer Recluse, Patternmaker and Kennington. Dance To The Blues is still looking for her first win on the all-weather in four attempts, but has been in great form on Turf of late, scoring twice and finishing a close second on two other occasions. She is still not badly treated, and can open her Polytrack account. Summer Recluse gained a couple of wins here in 2003, but his only subsequent victory came on Turf at Bath this summer. He has been consistent but needs things to fall right for him. Patternmaker had to carry topweight on his all-weather debut and did well to finish fourth, so he can improve to figure, while Kennington is closely matched with Summer Recluse on their Redcar running earlier in the season. All can play a part, but Dance to The Blues has the best credentials and can come out on top.
Summer Recluse (USA) 10-1 (9-3) Held up in rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, edged left inside final furlong, ran on to go 2nd close home, 2nd of 12, 1l behind Nephetriti Way (9-3) at W'hampton 7f hcp 0-70 (5) pol.
Monashee Prince (IRE) 28-1 (8-11) Raced alone on stands rail, no chance final 2f, 10th of 18, 13l behind High Bray (9-7) at Salisbury 7f hcp 0-75 (5) gd in Oct.
Patternmaker (USA) 18-1 (9-1) Bumped start, tracked leaders, ridden and kept on same pace final 2f, 4th of 12, 6l behind Golband (8-8) at Lingfield 6f 3yo app hcp (5) pol in Sept.
Attorney 7-1 (8-12) Chased leaders, ridden 2f out, one pace final furlong, 7th of 13, 4l behind After The Show (8-13) at Southwell 5f hcp 0-70 (5) fbs in Oct.
Sweetest Revenge (IRE) 4-1 (8-11) Held up last, effort when switched to outer 2f out, switched sharply left just inside final furlong, stayed on, 6th of 8, 4l behind Kallista's Pride (7-11) at Folkestone 5f fll hcp (5) gd in Aug.
Dance To The Blues (IRE) 11-2fav (8-3) Raced stand side, chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, overall leader inside final furlong, ran on, won at Leicester 6f fll hcp (5) gd in Oct beating Cyfrwys (8-8) by 3/4l, 18 ran.
Constructor 13-2 (9-3) Tracked leaders, ridden and weakened 2f out, 5th of 13, 12l behind Oh Danny Boy (9-3) at W'hampton 1m 1f mdn stk (5) pol.
Kennington 5-1 (8-12) With leader to 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong, 6th of 16, 5l behind Semenovskii (8-11) at Brighton 5f hcp 0-70 (5) gs in Oct.
