in touch, effort over 1f out, kept on one pace
keen in touch, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong
made most, ridden 2f out, driven all out
tracked leaders, pushed along over 2f out, ridden to chase winner over 1f out, driven and gaining towards finish
dwelt in touch in rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on towards finish
tracked winner until ridden over 1f out, weakened final furlong
Party Fears Too has been raised a further 4lb after completed a double with a recent success at Newcastle while Parys Mountain finished well ahead of Club Wexford when scoring at York recently. The latter should be in the mix once again and is also preferred to Mutarakez while Pudding Chare has posted a couple of poor efforts either side of winning a lower grade contest over a longer trip here. But Keith Dalgleish has trained three of the previous five winners of this and WHATSTHEMESSAGE has been threatening a return to winning ways having notched-up a four-timer last year. She gets the vote to come good again today.
Whatsthemessage (IRE) 8-1 (9-2) Led, headed over 2f out, no impression on winner final furlong, kept on, 3rd of 8, 2 1/2l behind Ventura Knight (9-0) at Hamilton 1m hcp (2) gf in Jul.
Mutarakez (IRE) 14-1 (8-10) Tracked leaders, effort 2f out, soon ridden, lost place inside final furlong, weakened final 100 yards, 9th of 11, 8 1/4l behind First Flight (8-2) at Ayr 1m hcp (2) gd in Jun.
Club Wexford (IRE) 7-1 (9-6) Slowly into stride, soon chasing leaders, every chance over 2f out, stayed on same pace final furlong, 4th of 11, 4 1/2l behind Parys Mountain (8-13) at York 1m hcp (3) gf in Jun.
Parys Mountain (IRE) 20-1 (8-13) Mid-division, headway 5f out, led 2f out, kept on well final furlong, ridden out, won at York 1m hcp (3) gf in Jun beating Kaeso (9-8) by 1l, 11 ran.
Party Fears Too (IRE) 5-1fav (9-2) Held up in rear, headway to chase leaders over 1f out, ran on to lead close home, won at Newcastle 1m hcp (4) pol in Jun beating Illusional (9-0) by 1/2l, 14 ran.
Pudding Chare (IRE) 16-1 (8-9) Chased leaders on outside, carried head high edged left and weakened inside final 2f, last of 7, 8l behind Exhort (9-1) at Ayr 1m 2f hcp (4) gd in Jun.