prominent, chased winner over 2f out, strong challenge final furlong, just held
held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, chasing leaders when switched right off far rail over 1f out, ran on final furlong
made all, hard driven final furlong, held on gamely, all out
slowly into stride, held up in last pair, never in contention
in touch, ridden 3f out, soon weakened
steadied rear, pushed along 3f out, never a danger
took keen hold, chased winner until weakened over 2f out, no chance when stumbled and lost action entering final furlong
slowly into stride, held up in last pair, never in contention
chased leaders, pushed along to dispute 2nd over 2f out, stayed on same pace final furlong
Congressional would have claims if fit enough but lack of a recent run for the Michael Jarvis-trained filly has to be of concern and a better bet looks to be Rakata, who is preferred to All Quiet. The selection comes from the in-form yard of Paul Cole, is proven over both trip and ground and seems to be well enough treated at the weights. John Dunlop's Pleasing is less exposed than most and also handles cut in the ground so makes more appeal than Commitment Lecture, who is probably a shade high in the weights now. Richard Hannon's All Quiet has solid claims at the weights but is unproven on ground this soft, although her pedigree suggests that she should handle it, but there are no doubts concerning Rakata who gets the vote.
All Quiet 7-2 (10-0) Held up in touch, switched left and headway over 3f out, challenged and every chance over 2f out, not pace of winner from 1f out, 3rd of 8, 1 1/2l behind Meditation (9-7) at Salisbury 7f fll hcp (4) gf in Jul.
Rakata (USA) 4-1 (10-0) Made all, ridden 2f out, kept on well, won at Chepstow 1m fll hcp (5) gf beating Tuscarora (9-5) by 2 1/2l, 9 ran.
Lisathedaddy 5-1 (9-2) Held up, never near leaders, 9th of 10, 11l behind Secretary General (9-6) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp 0-60 (5) gf in Jun.
Congressional (IRE) 13-2 (8-8) Chased leading pair until weakened inside final 2f, 8th of 15, 8l behind Archerfield Links (8-10) at Salisbury 1m 2yo hcp (5) gd in Oct.
Commitment Lecture 16-1 (8-9) Started slowly and behind, pushed along halfway, headway over 1f out, stayed on final furlong, 4th of 10, 3 1/2l behind Granston (9-12) at Thirsk 1m hcp 0-90 (3) gd.
October Ben 10-1 (9-0) Steadied start, behind, headway over 2f out, chased leaders 1f out, no impression final furlong, 3rd of 11, 3l behind Captain Darling (9-6) at Kempton 1m app hcp (5) pol.
Evening 9-2 (9-3) Held up, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened, 8th of 11, 11l behind Dream of Paradise (8-1) at Chester 1m 2f 3yo hcp (5) gf.
Pleasing 7-2 (9-4) Behind, stayed on from over 1f out, never going pace to reach leaders, 6th of 14, 5l behind Dancing Guest (9-5) at Kempton 7f 3yo fll hcp (5) pol in Jun.
