held up in 6th, headway on outside 3f out, went 3rd 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong
held up in 4th, closed from over 5f out, chased winner over 1f out, no impression, kept on
led, ridden and headed 2f out, no extra inside final furlong
steadied start, soon tracking leader, led 2f out, clear inside final furlong, comfortably
held up in 5th, pushed along over 4f out, ridden over 3f out, soon well beaten
chased leaders, pushed along over 4f out, ridden and lost place over 3f out, soon behind
NonRunner
Helian ended last year with a victory over 1m2f here and is 4lb higher on his reappearance. SHIFTING GOLD finished behind the latter on that occasion but won over today’s longer trip either side of that and Bill Knight’s filly is taken to reverse running despite the worse terms. Noble Fox notched-up a frustrating run of placed efforts early in the year and will likely be in the mix once again while Nafaayes was placed over 1m5f earlier in the month but was due to run on the Turf track here yesterday.
Shifting Gold (IRE) 22-1 (9-2) Slowly into stride, behind, switched left over 2f out, progress from over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, led towards finish, won at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Jun beating Sandy Steve (9-3) by 3/4l, 12 ran.
Helian (IRE) 13-2 (9-4) Held up mid-division, pushed along and headway over 2f out, ridden and edged left just over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on, won at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Nov beating Noble Fox (9-4) by nk, 14 ran.
Noble Fox 10-1 (9-2) Raced keenly towards rear, pushed along over 2f out, never on terms, 9th of 10, 15 1/4l behind Mouriyani (9-7) at Goodwood 1m 4f hcp (5) gd in Jun.
Torbellino 14-1 (9-7) Keen led, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 5th of 8, 16l behind Peace Prevails (9-6) at Newmarket 1m 4f hcp (5) gs in Jun.
No Dress Rehearsal 14-1 (8-10) Fly leapt start, keen in rear, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, tailed off, last of 10, dist behind Tigerskin (9-4) at Newmarket 1m 4f hcp (4) gd in Jun.
Para Queen (IRE) 4-1 (9-7) Very slowly away, in rear, ridden 4f out, never nearer, 7th of 10, 14 1/4l behind Motahassen (9-4) at Leicester 1m 2f hcp (6) gd in Jun.
Nafaayes (IRE) 5-1 (9-4) Tracked leaders, led 3f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, 2nd of 12, 1 1/4l behind Elhafei (9-3) at Lingfield 1m 5f hcp (6) pol in Jun.