in touch, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong
made all, ridden and edged left from over 1f out, pressed inside final furlong, just held on
went right start, in touch in rear, ridden and headway entering final furlong, not quicken towards finish
tracked winner, ridden 2f out, no extra inside final furlong
hampered start, close up, headway over 1f out, ridden to press winner inside final furlong, gaining near finish, just held
tracked leaders, ridden and weakened over 1f out
hampered start, in rear, headway and in touch halfway, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong
in touch in rear, pushed along 3f out, weakened 2f out, eased
Berkshire Boy is upped in class off a 5lb higher mark having won at Chepstow last time while Bengal Lancer was a well beaten second at Doncaster having suffered a 14lb hike in the weights for recording an earlier double at Salisbury. Something was amiss with Tribute Act at Goodwood when attempting to complete a hat-trick but Graphite Storm won nicely at Leicester last month and should go well again despite a 5lb rise. MUKALAL faced a tough task in a valuable Class 2 handicap at Goodwood last time and could only manage fourth. But he’s worth another chance back in this grade and gets the nod.
Graphite Storm 9-4fav (9-1) Held up, pushed along and headway over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on, won at Leicester 7f hcp (3) gs in Sep beating Easy Tiger (8-13) by 1 1/4l, 6 ran.
Mukalal 9-1 (8-4) Led, hard driven over 2f out, hung left under pressure over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra, 4th of 19, 3 3/4l behind Johnny Barnes (9-3) at Goodwood 7f hcp (2) gd in Aug.
Sea Fox (IRE) 40-1 (9-4) In touch in mid-division, weakened 2f out, 8th of 12, 12 1/2l behind Daphne (9-3) at Newbury 1m 4f hcp (3) gd in Sep.
Medici Banchiere 11-2 (8-10) With leaders, lost place when ridden inside final furlong, no impression final furlong, 6th of 7, 4 1/2l behind Amazour (9-7) at Doncaster 7f hcp (2) gs in Sep.
Tribute Act 7-2fav (9-0) Raced widest towards rear, hung left and ran wide on home turn, continued to hang left, soon struggling in rear, tailed off and eased final furlong, last of 13, 28 1/2l behind Shenanigans (8-11) at Goodwood 1m hcp fll (3) gd in Aug.
Berkshire Boy (IRE) 9-2 (9-2) Prominent, led over 3f out, edged right over 2f out, stayed on well, comfortably, won at Chepstow 7f hcp (4) gs in Sep beating Mohsen (8-7) by 1 3/4l, 8 ran.
Bengal Lancer 9-2 (8-8) Tracked leaders, led over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, soon headed, kept on, 2nd of 8, 4l behind Lahore (8-9) at Doncaster 7f hcp (2) sft in Sep.
Maths Prize 20-1 (8-12) Tracked leader, challenged over 2f out, ridden and lost place 1f out, no impression in 4th final furlong, 4th of 7, 7 3/4l behind Cape Byron (8-12) at Ascot 1m stks (3) sft in Sep.
