chased leaders, driven to challenge over 2f out, soon every chance, weakened over 1f out
behind, headway over 2f out, every chance over 1f out, stayed on strongly to lead post
in touch, headway over 3f out, led over 2f out, hard pressed approaching final furlong, just failed
held up in rear, headway over 2f out, every chance inside final furlong, kept on
tracked leaders, under pressure over 4f out, rallied and every chance over 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong
led, hard ridden when headed over 2f out, soon weakened
Bondi Mist hinted at a return to form over 1m5f here last time and is well treated nowadays. Richard Hughes' booking is an obvious plus. Noor Al Haya was knocking on the door in the spring while Fuzzy Logic has a chance of reversing Ffos Las running in June with Lucky Diva on much more favourable terms. Graylyn Ruby won under Kieran Shoemark at Lingfield in June but has been well beaten twice since on Turf. EASTERN MAGIC gave weight and a beating to Lucky Diva here two years ago and is the one to beat on his win in a higher grade at Doncaster in June, though needs forgiving a modest effort on the Polytrack last time.
Lucky Diva 7-1 (8-8) Chased leaders, led over 2f out, headed over 1f out, rallied and every chance inside final furlong, no extra close home, 2nd of 7, 1/2l behind Ninfea (8-12) at Yarmouth 2m hcp 0-65 (6) gf in Jul.
Noor Al Haya (IRE) 6-1 (8-8) Held up towards rear, headway on outside 5f out, chased leaders over 3f out, went 2nd 3f out, shaken up to lead final 135 yards, headed final strides, 2nd of 13, hd behind Taste The Wine (9-6) at Chepstow 2m hcp 0-60 (6) sft in May.
Eastern Magic 6-1 (8-13) Mid-division on outside, headway tracking leaders 9f out, challenged in 2nd travelling well approaching final 3f, lost 2nd inside final 3f, chased leading pair, driven along and one pace over 1f out, lost modest 4th in closing stages, 5th of 11, 14l behind Underwritten (8-12) at Lingfield 2m hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Jul.
Graylyn Ruby (FR) 11-1 (11-0) Held up in mid-division, headway 7f out, ridden over 2f out, stayed on one pace final furlong, 4th of 12, 14l behind Dan Emmett (11-5) at Thirsk 2m am hcp 0-65 (6) sft.
Fuzzy Logic (IRE) 11-4 (9-0) Tracked leader, led 7f out, pushed along over 3f out, ridden inside final 3f, headed over 2f out, ridden and stayed on same pace over 1f out, 2nd of 5, 4l behind Medburn Cutler (9-0) at Chepstow 2m 2f mdn hcap 0-65 (6) sft.
Safe Investment (USA) 33-1 (9-10) Led, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 5, 15l behind Nebula Storm (9-3) at Windsor 1m 4f sell stks (6) gs.
Passion Play 16-1 (8-4) Led, ridden and headed 3f out, kept on same pace, 4th of 5, 9l behind Rosslyn Castle (9-2) at Yarmouth 2m hcp 0-75 (5) gd.
Bondi Mist (IRE) 20-1 (8-3) Led and soon clear, reduced lead 6f out, ridden over 2f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on one pace, 3rd of 6, 3 1/2l behind Freddy Q (8-9) at Bath 1m 5f hcp 0-65 (6) fm in Jul.