led, ridden 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
held up, not much room when closing and switched right over 1f out, challenged inside final furlong, led 100 yards out, driven out
held up in rear, closed on outside 2f out, bumped over 1f out, soon beaten
tracked leaders on inside, not clear run from over 1f out until inside final furlong, soon switched right, finished well but unable to challenge after earlier troubled passage
pulled hard, held up on outside, closed 5f out, challenged over 1f out, led entering final furlong, headed 100 yards out, held towards finish
tracked leader, took keen hold, led over 1f out, headed entering final furlong, no extra towards finish
Our Charlie Brown only won a Class 5 contest at Musselburgh last time and will find this tougher off a 6lb higher mark. Navarone won a maiden at Beverley recently but was beaten in a couple of handicaps earlier while Aardwolf has struggled since winning at Doncaster last month, albeit in a higher grade. ATTEQ also drops in class having failed to figure at Epsom but went close at Musselburgh before that and Richard Fahey’s colt should be bang there at the finish in this.
Aardwolf (USA) 20-1 (9-5) Chased leaders, ridden inside final 2f, weakened soon after, 11th of 12, 13 3/4l behind Juanito Chico (8-6) at Epsom 7f hcp (2) gd in Jun.
Lomu (IRE) 6-1 (9-3) Led, headed over 1f out, no extra towards finish, 4th of 9, 2 1/4l behind Spin Doctor (8-6) at Newcastle 5f (2) pol in Oct.
Something Brewing (FR) 18-1 (9-7) Steadied start, in touch in rear, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, eased, last of 6, 24 1/4l behind Shymkent (9-9) at Carlisle 1m 3f hcp (4) sft in Jun.
Atteq 16-1 (8-7) Mid-division on inside, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and no impression inside final 2f, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 12, 7 1/4l behind Juanito Chico (8-6) at Epsom 7f hcp (2) gd in Jun.
Navarone (IRE) 11-8fav (9-5) Tracked leaders, headway on inside 2f out, soon challenged, led entering final furlong, ridden clear final 110 yards, kept on, won at Beverley 7f mdn stks (5) sft in Jun beating Valentino Boy (9-5) by 4 1/2l, 8 ran.
Our Charlie Brown 6-4fav (9-6) Keen, tracked leaders, switched left 2f out, led over 1f out, clear inside final furlong, eased towards finish, won at Musselburgh 7f hcp (5) gf in May beating Vaulted (9-7) by 2l, 8 ran.