tracked winner, ridden before 2 out, kept on and held run-in
towards rear, weakened after 3 out
in rear, headway after 3 out, ridden before 2 out, one pace in 3rd before last
tracked leaders in 3rd place, blundered 2 out, soon weakened
made all, ridden before and mistake last, held on well towards finish
BRAAVOS is without a win so far this year but has slipped down the weights as a consequence and looks set to take advantage over this longer trip after finishing runner-up at Catterick - Sam England's charge gets the vote racing off the same mark today. Socksy drops in class and can figure with a repeat of an earlier second at Haydock while Lac Sacre ran well at Perth when last in action though that was back in April. Travertine has yet to figure over fences while Late Date failed to complete on his chasing bow.
Socksy (IRE) 12-1 (11-4) Mid-division, headway when mistake 5th, lost place and not fluent next, closed 8th, led before 4 out, soon headed, no extra next, 9th of 14, dist behind Django Django (11-8) at Chepstow 3m hcp (3) gs in Nov.
Braavos 9-1 (11-2) Held up mainly in 4th, driven to chase leaders before 2 out, ridden to take 2nd flat, kept on, not reach winner, 2nd of 6, 3 1/4l behind Reverant Cust (11-2) at Catterick 2m 3f (4) gd in Nov.
Travertine (IRE) 7-1 (12-2) Held up behind, some headway when hampered 3 out, went modest 4th next, no chance with leaders, 4th of 9, 31l behind Gardiners Hill (10-13) at Warwick 3m 1f hcp (4) gd in Nov.
Lac Sacre (FR) 25-1 (10-5) In touch, headway 4 out, chased leaders 2 out, kept on under pressure to go 2nd towards finish, 2nd of 12, 1 1/4l behind Chic Name (11-10) at Perth 3m 7f hcp (3) sft in Apr.
Late Date (IRE) 12-1 (10-8) Always behind, tailed off when pulled up before 15th, at Hexham 3m hcp (4) gd in Nov.
