steadied start, held up in rear, rapied headway on wide outside chasing leaders 5f out, 2nd over 4f out, led over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, headed final 100 yards, no extra in 3rd towards finish
chased leader until 10f out, chased leaders, outpaced 2f out, rallied over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, went 4th final 100 yards
slowly into stride, held up towards rear, headway on outside over 2f out, went 2nd over 1f out, stayed on under pressure inside final furlong, led final 100 yards, caught final strides
slowly into stride, held up in rear, struggling when hung left over 2f out, plugged on under pressure, no threat
took keen hold in mid-division on outside, headway on outer over 3f out, 2nd over 2f out until ridden over 1f out, chased leading pair until inside final furlong, weakened well inside final furlong
took keen hold, chased leaders on outside, went 2nd 10f out until over 4f out, outpaced when hung left from over 2f out, rallied under pressure over 1f out, 3rd inside final furlong, stayed on towards finish, led final strides
mid-division, pushed along over 2f out, soon outpaced and no danger after
took keen hold, led early, chased leaders, ridden and weakened over 2f out
in touch, headway chasing leaders 10f out until pushed along over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
took keen hold, soon led, headed over 3f out, chased leader until ridden over 2f out, chased leaders, weakened well over 1f out
always towards rear, never involved
With Lugano going back up the weights for winning over track and trip recently and Taopix failing to cope with a 3lb rise for an earlier success over 1m2f here, it could pay to take a chance on KIRTLING. The latter makes a belated seasonal and handicap debut having shown little over shorter trips last year but it’s no secret Sir Mark Prescott’s charges can improve dramatically for the step up to middle-distances. Ajman Prince and Loose Ends are other lightly-raced sorts open to improvement and Voice From Above posted a better effort when placed over today’s distance at Hamilton last time.
Kirtling 20-1 (9-8) Slowly away, held up in rear, headway on outside 4f out, led over 2f out, edged right over 1f out, edged left inside final furlong, held on well, won at Newcastle 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Sep beating The Resdev Way (8-12) by nk, 10 ran.
Up Ten Down Two (IRE) 11-1 (9-6) Slowly into stride, pushed along towards rear, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 8, 19l behind Berlusca (9-7) at Musselburgh 1m 1f hcp (5) gf in Sep.
Ajman Prince (IRE) 16-1 (9-4) Took keen hold, held up towards rear, headway 2f out, ridden and kept on same pace final furlong, 5th of 13, 6l behind Bollihope (9-3) at Newcastle 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Sep.
Gabrial's Hope (FR) 50-1 (9-7) Dwelt, in rear, outpaced 3f out, hampered inside final 2f, ridden and kept on under pressure inside final furlong, went 4th near finish, never nearer, 4th of 13, 11l behind The Resdev Way (9-0) at Newcastle 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Sep.
Taopix 4-1 (9-6) Held up behind, headway under pressure on outer over 2f out, soon ridden, went 2nd over 1f out, kept on, no chance with easy winner, 2nd of 13, 2l behind The Resdev Way (9-0) at Newcastle 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Sep.
Lugano 66-1 (9-5) Towards rear, pushed along halfway, ridden 3f out, weakened 2f out, 7th of 9, 12 1/4l behind Next Stage (9-5) at Lingfield 1m mdn stks (5) pol in Nov.
Loose Ends 5-1 (8-10) Steadied start, held up in touch in last trio, headway into 3rd 3f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 5th of 7, 10 1/4l behind Matidia (9-0) at Windsor 1m 4f hcp fll (5) gs in Jun.
Bilko's Back (IRE) 50-1 (8-12) In rear, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 6, 12 3/4l behind Darrington (8-12) at Hamilton 1m 1f stks (4) gs in Sep.
Voice From Above (IRE) 5-1 (8-13) With leader, led over 7f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra and lost 2nd place towards finish, 3rd of 10, 2 1/2l behind Judith Gardenier (8-8) at Hamilton 1m 4f hcp (6) gs in Sep.
Sebastian's Wish (IRE) 11-1 (9-3) Always behind, 6th of 10, 15l behind Canny Style (8-9) at Carlisle 1m 3f hcp (6) gs in Aug.
Fledermaus (IRE) 18-1 (10-9) Slowly away, held up in rear, headway on wide outside over 5f out, chased leaders over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 7, 13 1/2l behind Graceful Act (10-9) at Ripon 1m 3f hcp (6) gs in Aug.
