slowly into stride and pushed along early, headway on inside chasing leaders 3f out, ridden and went 2nd over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, always held
well away, led over 1f, chased leaders, weakened quickly over 2f out
prominent on outside, hung right on bend over 3f out, went 2nd over 2f out over 1f out, hung right and weakened inside final furlong
dwelt, headway on outside to lead over 3f out, ridden edging right over 1f out, stayed on and always doing enough
chased leaders on outside, stayed on towards finish
A tricky opener with most looking to bounce back after disappointing to some degree last time. TOPTIME is the exception as he finished third at Chepstow on his debut and may well take a step forward today. Benin and Sidi Mansour went close over 6f before recent poor efforts and both drop down to the minimum trip for this as does Accrington Stanley, who finished ahead of Benin at Leicester and is fitted with headgear today. One Day showed no progress at Newbury last time while Plum Run went backwards at Wolverhampton.
Accrington Stanley 13-2 (9-5) Close up, ridden and one pace over 3f out, no extra final furlong, 6th of 11, 8 1/2l behind Sadiqaa (9-5) at Leicester 6f mdn stks (5) gf in Jul.
Benin 9-4fav (9-5) With leader, ridden and lost place over 3f out, no impression from over 2f out, 7th of 11, 11 1/2l behind Sadiqaa (9-5) at Leicester 6f mdn stks (5) gf in Jul.
Toptime 16-1 (9-5) Towards rear, pushed along over 3f out, edged right over 2f out, headway, went 3rd and edged left inside final furlong, no impression, 3rd of 6, 5l behind Rania (8-10) at Chepstow 5f stks (5) gd in Jul.
One Day 9-2 (8-13) Held up towards rear, some headway in centre after halfway, never reached leaders and weakened final furlong, 9th of 15, 4 3/4l behind Isabella Giles (9-7) at Newbury 6f fll stks (5) gs in Jul.
Plum Run (IRE) 12-1 (9-0) Led, pushed along halfway, ridden and headed approaching final furlong, no extra, 4th of 6, 7 1/4l behind Gussy Mac (9-5) at Wolverhampton 5f stks (5) pol in Jun.
Cliffcake (IRE) 4-1 (9-5) In touch, effort over 1f out, kept on same pace, 5th of 8, 3 1/4l behind Different Face (9-0) at Lingfield 5f stks (5) pol in Jun.
Sidi Mansour 6-1 (9-2) With leaders on outside, ridden and unable to quicken inside final 2f, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 11, 12 1/4l behind Zamaani (9-2) at Windsor 6f stks (5) gd in Jul.