held up in rear, effort and headway going well 3f out, led over 1f out, ridden and went clear inside last, eased closing stages
soon led, ridden well over 1f out, soon headed and weakened quickly
towards rear, ridden over 1f out, stayed on, not pace to challenge
mid-division, headway to press leaders over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on but well held by winner final furlong
towards rear, ridden over 2f out, well held and weakened inside last
prominent, waiting for gap on rail well over 2f out, in clear well over 1f out, ridden and stayed on closing stages
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Royal Regent has won three of his 20 starts around here but was well behind Flying Moon in June. The latter is also a course specialist but was beaten a long way in the race won by Bruno’s Gold here last month when HIGHWAYGREY (NAP) finished a close-up third. The top weight is on a long losing run but usually takes on much better opposition than this and just gets into this race having dropped to a mark of 75. Ayr Poet is upped in grade under a penalty after winning here on Monday and Havana Party may be a bigger danger. Bringitonboris looks best of the rest.
Highwaygrey 10-3 (10-2) Slowly into stride, held up in rear, headway over 2f out, pressing winner towards finish, 3rd and held close home, 3rd of 8, 1/4l behind Bruno's Gold (9-9) at Ayr 1m 2f hcp (5) gd in Jul.
Zuraig 18-1 (10-0) Towards rear of mid-division, ridden and weakened from 3f out, 9th of 11, 13 3/4l behind Molinari (9-13) at York 1m 4f hcp (4) gf in Jul.
Goodwood Glen 18-1 (9-9) Mid-division, chased along over 2f out, no telling impression, 7th of 11, 12 3/4l behind Molinari (9-13) at York 1m 4f hcp (4) gf in Jul.
Golden Valour 33-1 (9-3) Held up in mid-division, ridden over 2f out, no impression, 5th of 7, 13 1/4l behind Spirit Mixer (9-10) at Chelmsford City 1m 5f hcp (4) pol in May.
Havana Party 10-1 (8-9) Held up in touch, raced freely, shaken up over 2f out, ridden under 2f out, some headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 3rd of 7, 1 3/4l behind Jean Baptiste (9-9) at Hamilton 1m 1f hcp (4) gf in Jul.
Flying Moon (GER) 6-1 (9-4) Midfield, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 8, 14 1/2l behind Shaladar (9-6) at Hamilton 1m hcp (5) gd in Jul.
Ayr Poet 5-2 (9-11) Tracked leaders, pushed along 2f out, ridden inside final furlong, led final strides, won at Ayr 1m 2f hcp (6) gd in Aug beating Russian Virtue (10-2) by 1/2l, 8 ran.
Royal Regent 40-1 (9-9) Soon led, switched right and headed over 2f out, weakened quickly, last of 8, 20 1/2l behind Bruno's Gold (9-9) at Ayr 1m 2f hcp (5) gd in Jul.
Bringitonboris (USA) 7-1 (9-12) Mid-division, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and hung right 1f out, not get on terms, 4th of 10, 4 1/2l behind Forgivable (9-7) at Redcar 1m 2f hcp (5) gf in Jul.