in touch, lost place over 5f out, weakened over 2f out
dwelt in rear, ridden over 3f out, never on terms
held up, headway over 5f out, ridden and no impression final 2f
tracked leader, led approaching 3f out, ridden 2f out, headed narrowly inside final furlong, rallied to lead again towards finish
led, headed approaching 3f out, ridden and every chance inside final furlong, unable to quicken towards finish
close up, headway to challenge over 1f out, ridden to lead narrowly inside final furlong, soon driven and headed towards finish
tracked leader, ridden over 3f out, weakened approaching final furlong
Bahamian Desert is still improving judged on his recent success at Musselburgh and Testa Rossa returned to winning ways over track and trip last time. But HAYMARKET (NAP) went close in a higher grade handicap here on his latest start and he gets the vote to go one better with Garry Whillans' allowance further helping his cause. Tectonic looks to be treading water off his current mark and both off Archipeligo's wins came on the all-weather at Wolverhampton.
Archipeligo 14-1 (10-12) Towards rear, outpaced 3 out, weakened and pulled up before next, at Perth 2m mdn (4) gd in Jul.
Clear Spell (IRE) 33-1 (9-3) Very slowly away soon recovered towards rear, ridden 2f out, never a factor, last of 8, 13 3/4l behind More Mischief (8-9) at Carlisle 1m 3f hcp (4) gd in Jul.
Tectonic (IRE) 13-2 (9-9) Steadied start, held up in rear, switched left and headway over 2f out, never on terms, 5th of 6, 7 1/2l behind Lord Franklin (9-12) at Hamilton 1m hcp (5) sft in Aug.
Haymarket 7-2fav (9-0) Tracked leaders, ridden and every chance over 1f out, kept on towards finish, 2nd of 11, nk behind Corton Lad (9-10) at Ayr 1m 2f hcp (4) gd in Jul.
Mash Potato (IRE) 7-1 (9-8) In touch, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong, 8th of 9, 3 1/4l behind Advance (9-8) at Ayr 1m 1f hcp (5) gs in Jul.
Bahamian Desert 9-4fav (9-4) Tracked leaders, headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, clear inside final furlong, ridden out, won at Musselburgh 1m 1f hcp (5) gd in Jul beating Argaki (9-13) by 2 1/4l, 8 ran.
Testa Rossa (IRE) 9-2 (8-9) Tracked leaders on outside, ridden into 2nd well over 1f out, upsides inside final furlong, stayed on to lead 100 yards out, just held on, won at Ayr 1m 2f hcp (5) sft in Jul beating Remember Rocky (9-3) by hd, 6 ran.