last quartet, pushed along halfway, outpaced over 3f out
slowly into stride, soon recovered chasing leaders on outside, hung badly left and reminders 4f out, soon lost place and in rear, tailed off
raced keenly, led until ridden 2f out, no chance with easy winner when lost 2nd over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
took keen hold, held up in rear, pushed along and no progress final 2f, never a factor
raced keenly, tracked leader until over 2f out, went 2nd again over 1f out, no chance with easy winner, kept on for 2nd
slowly into stride, held up in last trio, pushed along and struggling over 3f out, never a factor
tracked leaders, pushed along 3f out, outpaced and edging left over 2f out, driven along and one pace in 3rd over 1f out, plugged on
held up in last pair, headway on outside over 3f out, one pace and no impression over 1f out
tracked leading pair, 2nd over 2f out, led going well 2f out, soon pushed clear, very easily
Wild Storm's breeding gives mixed signals when it comes to staying middle-distances but she ran well over 7f at Kempton on her debut. Archilles showed some progress without looking like winning when sixth here last week while Haydock fourth Scarlet Minstrel could go well on his return. Christmas Hamper was tailed off at Wolverhampton on his debut in November but a better showing is expected from stablemate AREIOPAGOS. The latter can include Group 3 winners among seven winning relatives and may be up to making a winning start for Sir Michael Stoute.
Everywish 33-1 (8-9) Went right start, raced wide, headway to track leaders after 2f, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 8, 24l behind Yes Daddy (9-8) at Lingfield 1m 4f mdn stks (5) pol in Feb.
Izzy Too 100-1 (9-9) Slowly into stride, held up 5th, weakened over 2f out, last of 7, 12l behind Soul Searcher (8-2) at Kempton 1m 4f mdn auc stks (6) pol in Mar.
Archilles (USA) 25-1 (9-5) Led until ridden 2f out, chased leader until over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 11, 6l behind Isamol (9-5) at Windsor 1m 2f 3yo mdn (5) gd.
Areiopagos (IRE) Lawman gelding out of Athene.
Bank Of Gibraltar 40-1 (9-5) Close up, pushed along over 2f out, faded inside final furlong, 6th of 17, 14l behind Nebulla (9-5) at Nottingham 1m 2yo mdn (5) gs in Nov.
Christmas Hamper (IRE) 7-2 (9-5) Slowly into stride, green in rear, pushed along 5f out, behind and eased final 2f, tailed off, last of 10, well behind Wolf Albarari (9-5) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f 2yo mdn stks (5) in Nov.
Scarlet Minstrel 8-1 (9-5) Held up towards rear, headway over 3f out, chasing leaders when slightly hampered inside final 2f, soon ridden and one pace, plugged on into 4th close home, 4th of 9, 4l behind Framley Garth (9-5) at Haydock 1m 2f 2yo mdn (5) sft in Oct.
Inke (IRE) 10-1 (9-4) Held up in mid-division, headway on outside 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, took 3rd final 75 yards, 3rd of 14, 1 1/2l behind Prince Of Paris (9-7) at Kempton 1m 2yo hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Oct.
Wild Storm 4-1 (9-0) Chased leaders, 2nd well over 1f out, ridden and closed final 100 yards, always just held, 2nd of 13, nk behind Music And Dance (9-0) at Kempton 7f 2yo mdn fll (5) pol in Oct.
Declan Dylan Thomas colt out of Fleurissimo.