steadied start, in rear, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened, tailed off
in touch, ridden and headway entering final furlong, no impression towards finish
tracked leaders, ridden to chase winner over 1f out, no impression and lost 2nd near finish
tracked leader, led over 1f out, ridden and ran on
held up, effort over 1f out, no impression inside final furlong
close home, ridden and headway over 1f out, ran on to go 2nd near finish
keen, led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
keen, held up towards rear, headway and not clear run over 1f out, kept on
Nonrunner
HARWOODS VOLANTE had dropped to a fair mark by the time he joined David O'Meara so it's no surprise the North Yorkshire-based handler has done so well with him. He's only been raised 3lb for his victory at Wetherby and can complete a hat-trick. The veteran Rasaman gained the 13th victory of his career at Musselburgh a week ago, for which he's penalised, but he's running so well that he should be involved while Personal Touch is on a lower mark on the Turf as his latest victories have come on the all-weather. Best Tamayuz has become a specialist on Fibresand at Southwell where all three of his career victories have come so the main threat may come from Almuheet, who hasn't won since his debut almost two years ago but who has been running in higher grade handicaps.
Kommander Kirkup 7-1 (10-0) Mid-division, effort over 1f out, soon weakened, 12th of 14, 8l behind Ace Master (8-9) at Thirsk 6f hcp 0-85 (4) gf in Jun.
Tellovoi (IRE) 5-1 (9-6) Keen, tracked leader, led 4f out, headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 7, 14l behind Mime Dance (9-0) at Chepstow 7f hcp 0-85 (4) gd in May.
Harwoods Volante (IRE) 5-2fav (9-7) Tracked leaders, ridden to lead over 1f out, held on well, won at Wetherby 7f hcp 0-80 (4) gf in Jun beating Twin Point (8-13) by 1/2l, 9 ran.
Personal Touch 9-2 (9-1) Stumbled start made all, ridden over 1f out, ran on, won at Wolverhampton 7f app clm stks (6) in Jun beating Tarooq (9-7) by nk, 7 ran.
Silver Rime (FR) 20-1 (9-4) Slowly away in rear, headway over 1f out, stayed on to go 3rd inside final furlong, nearest finish, 3rd of 8, 4l behind Rasaman (8-12) at Musselburgh 7f hcp 0-80 (4) gd in Jun.
Rasaman (IRE) 15-2 (8-12) Close up, effort over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ridden and ran on, won at Musselburgh 7f hcp 0-80 (4) gd in Jun beating Just Paul (8-8) by 2l, 8 ran.
Best Tamayuz 9-4 (8-12) Led early, tracked leaders, ridden and effort 2f out, stayed on to press winner and every chance inside final furlong, just held, 2nd of 8, nk behind Kung Hei Fat Choy (9-5) at Southwell 7f hcp 0-75 (5) fbs in Jan.
Slemy (IRE) 6-1 (9-0) Held up behind and keen, ridden over 1f out, kept on and never dangerous, 4th of 9, 1 1/4l behind Harwoods Volante (9-7) at Wetherby 7f hcp 0-80 (4) gf in Jun.
Almuheet 14-1 (9-2) Held up mid-division, weakened over 1f out, 12th of 15, 6l behind Bushcraft (9-9) at Newcastle 6f hcp 0-100 (2) gd in Jun.
Another For Joe 10-1 (9-6) Soon led, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, no extra final 150 yards, 7th of 12, 7l behind Go Dan Go (9-7) at Carlisle 1m hcp (4) gd in Jun.
