tracked leaders, hard ridden to challenge over 2f out, soon lost place
held up towards rear, headway over 5f out, chased leaders over 4f out, every chance over 1f out, kept on under pressure to lead close home
driven forward to join leader, weakened quickly over 5f out, soon eased, pulled up over 3f out
mid-division, weakened over 4f out, eased over 2f out
chased leaders, driven to challenge over 2f out, no extra approaching final furlong
chased leaders, led over 3f out,strongly challenged from over 1f out, headed and no extra last strides
held up in rear, headway over 4f out, weakened over 3f out
led until over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
mid-division, under pressure over 5f out, stayed on to chase leaders over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
outpaced in rear, headway over 2f out, never on terms
mid-division, headway to chase leaders over 5f out, effort over 2f out, stayed on same pace final furlong
Nonrunner
FROSTY THE SNOWMAN, runner-up in this a year ago, invariably runs well here and gained a deserved success last month for which a 4lb rise doesn't look enough to prevent a double. Quadriga's latest course success came over 7f for which he's penalised 6lb but he'd finished runner-up over 1m6f on his previous start and is still quite well treated despite the extra. Dual hurdles winner Deep Resolve has generally performed at a slightly higher level and is on the same mark as when scoring at Haydock in September but Toboggan's Gift is 7lb higher than when landing a seller here in February. Star Ascending scored at Wolverhampton in February and has been placed on both starts on this track though he'll need to find a bit more.
Hussar Ballad (USA) 10-1 (8-13) Tracked leader, lost place over 3f out, last of 9, dist behind Swift Cedar (9-7) at Southwell 1m 3f hcp (5) pol in Mar.
Deep Resolve (IRE) 9-2 (11-2) Tracked leaders and keen, ridden and weakened inside final furlong, 4th of 10, 3l behind Alphabetical Order (11-8) at Doncaster 1m 4f hcp (5) sft in Apr.
Christmas Hamper (IRE) 4-1 (9-2) Led, pushed along over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra, 4th of 8, 4 1/4l behind Shifting Moon (8-2) at Chelmsford City 1m 6f hcp (6) pol in Aug.
Ullswater (IRE) 66-1 (9-1) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened, last of 10, 23l behind Quality Song (8-9) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Nov.
Solarmaite 12-1 (8-8) Soon led, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 4th of 9, 4l behind Breathless (8-8) at Southwell 1m stks (6) pol in Mar.
Star Ascending (IRE) 9-2 (9-2) Soon tracking leaders on outside, 3rd and one pace over 2f out, no impression when switched left inside final 2f, 3rd of 8, 5 3/4l behind Tatting (9-13) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Mar.
Powderonthebonnet (IRE) 66-1 (8-9) Raced wide, towards rear, pushed along halfway, soon outpaced, never a factor, 5th of 7, 12l behind Prayer Time (8-8) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Mar.
Ghostly Arc (IRE) 6-1 (8-7) Led, headed narrowly over 7f out, with leader, driven over 2f out, soon lost place, one pace final furlong, 5th of 10, 6 1/2l behind Titus Bolt (9-6) at Musselburgh 1m 4f hcp (6) gd in Oct.
Poetic Lord 22-1 (9-7) Led, ridden and headed over 2f out, soon outpaced, weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 9, 4 1/2l behind Toymaker (9-5) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (6) pol in Mar.
Frosty The Snowman (IRE) 7-2 (9-1) Towards rear, pushed along and headway over 3f out, not much room over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, won at Southwell 1m 3f hcp (6) pol in Mar beating Mcvicar (9-4) by 1l, 10 ran.
Toboggan's Gift 13-8fav (8-10) Led early, tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, effort and every chance over 1f out, not quicken inside final furlong, 2nd of 8, 2 1/2l behind Henry Smith (8-9) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Mar.
Quadriga (IRE) 3-1fav (9-4) Raced wide close up, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and every chance over 1f out, led inside final furlong, won at Southwell 7f hcp (6) pol in Apr beating Little Choosey (9-0) by 3/4l, 10 ran.
