slowly into stride in rear, ridden and headway on inside over 1f out, kept on nearest finish
led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, stayed on to take 3rd close home
slowly into stride, always in rear
towards rear, ridden halfway, ran on towards finish, nearest finish
chased leaders, ridden and rider dropped reign 2f out, soon recovered, driven to lead narrowly over 1f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong
always in rear
mid-division, ridden and headway on inside over 1f out, driven to lead inside final furlong, ran on
in rear, never a factor
tracked leader, ridden and every chance inside final furlong, unable to quicken near finish
mid-division, never a factor
tracked leaders, ridden and weakened 2f out
We end with a wide open handicap and although Reg Hollinshead's hat-trick seeking Metal Guru makes plenty of appeal we are more drawn to DECIDER, who only just missed out off this mark last time while Darcey's Pride is also in our thoughts. A winner over course and distance on his penultimate start the selection raced really well under this burden last time when headed late. Given that performance he still looks well treated on his return to the minimum distance. Metal Guru has scrapped home over course and distance on his last two starts and his latest mark rise is negated by his pilot so he should be going close again. Darcey's Pride ran well in defeat under this load last time and should run a big race off bottom weight and Rosie Says No was a comfortable winner last time so should be competitive under a penalty. A head scratcher to finish the card and we are decided on Decider.
Rosie Says No 8-1 (9-2) Held up, ridden and headway 2f out, driven to lead towards finish, won at Yarmouth 5f hcp 0-60 (6) gd in Oct beating Rough Rock (8-9) by 1l, 15 ran.
Bluebok 7-1 (8-8) Raced wide in touch, ridden halfway, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 10, 5l behind Lithaam (9-1) at Wolverhampton 5f hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Oct.
Multahab 3-1fav (8-10) Prominent, chased winner 2f out until 1f out, faded inside final furlong, 4th of 10, 3l behind Simple Rhythm (9-0) at Brighton 5f hcp 0-65 (6) gf in Sep.
Style Award 11-1 (8-7) Hampered start, always behind, 8th of 14, 10l behind Fyelehk (8-11) at Windsor 6f hcp 0-70 (5) gs in Oct.
Metal Guru 11-4fav (8-11) Led over 1f, remained prominent, ridden over 1f out, led inside final furlong, driven out, won at Wolverhampton 5f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Oct beating Monsieur Reynard (8-9) by nk, 11 ran.
Monte Major (IRE) 7-1fav (8-4) In rear, never nearer, 9th of 15, 7l behind Rosie Says No (9-2) at Yarmouth 5f hcp 0-60 (6) gd in Oct.
Decider (USA) 3-1fav (9-1) Chased leader, led over 3f out, ridden well over 1f out, driven inside final furlong, headed towards finish, 3rd of 10, 1/2l behind Castano (9-1) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp (6) pol in Sep.
King's Sabre 25-1 (8-6) Chased leaders, ridden halfway, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 10, 9l behind Northern Bolt (9-0) at Catterick 5f clm stks (6) sft.
Forever's Girl 20-1 (8-13) Dwelt, mid-division, effort over 1f out, never near leaders, 6th of 11, 2 3/4l behind Metal Guru (8-11) at Wolverhampton 5f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Oct.
Know No Fear 33-1 (9-9) Mid-division, ridden halfway, edged left and weakened over 1f out, 13th of 14, 11l behind Solemn (9-3) at Beverley 5f hcp 0-65 (6) gf in Jul.
Micky Mac (IRE) 33-1 (7-13) Chased leaders to over 2f out, soon weakened, last of 13, 18l behind Ancient Cross (9-1) at Catterick 7f hcp 0-75 (5) gd in Oct.
Billy Beetroot (USA) 16-1 (9-3) Chased leaders, pushed along 2f out, ridden and every chance over 1f out, no quicken inside final furlong, 3rd of 11, 1 1/4l behind The History Man (9-1) at Bath 6f hcp 0-58 (6) gd in Oct.
Darcy's Pride (IRE) 11-1 (9-2) Led for 1f, ridden over 1f out, kept on, 3rd of 14, 3 1/2l behind Lost In Paris (9-2) at Ayr 5f hcp 0-58 (6) gf in Oct.
