switched right start, held up, always behind
mid-division, outpaced over 2f out, soon weakened
with leader, ridden and outpaced 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong
towards rear, headway over 1f out, ridden and ran on well inside final furlong, 2nd towards finish, not reach winner
in touch, effort over 2f out, ridden to chase winner over 1f out, lost 2nd and no extra towards finish
never better than mid-division
chased leaders, outpaced over 2f out, soon weakened
in touch, outpaced 3f out, soon ridden, stayed on same pace final 2f
tracked leaders, led over 3f out, ridden and headed 1f out, weakened final furlong
held up mid-division, headway on outside over 2f out, led 1f out, ridden and kept on
chased leaders, lost place over 2f out, soon weakened
led, headed over 3f out, soon ridden and outpaced, weakened over 1f out
behind, headway when not clear run well over 1f out, ridden and kept on final furlong, never nearer
mid-division, driven and headway over 2f out, ridden and stayed on final furlong
always behind
behind, ridden over 3f out, never dangerous
This is one of the most open races on the card and Enjoy The Magic gets a narrow vote ahead of the consistent Able Mind and Newcorp Lad. Enjoy The Magic caused a bit of a shock when winning at Leicester last time when easily beating Beau Marche. There appeared to be no fluke about that victory and off what looks a fair handicap mark a follow up success looks on the cards. Newcorp Lad improved on his debut effort to chase home Diamond Dan at Wolverhampton. If he continues his progression he will be hard to beat. Able Mind rarely runs a bad race and put in another sterling effort when runner up to Uhuru Peak at Carlisle, a similar effort today should see him involved in the finish. The best of the rest could be Band, but Enjoy The Magic could have got in here quite lightly and a just edges the decision.
Barry The Brave 66-1 (8-12) Tracked leader, ridden to lead over 2f out, headed inside last, one pace, 2nd of 11, 3 1/2l behind Hypnotic (9-11) at Carlisle 7f hcp 0-65 (6) gf in Aug.
Newcorp Lad 20-1 (9-5) Led, ridden over 1f out, headed last strides, 2nd of 13, hd behind Diamond Dan (9-5) at W'hampton 1m 1f hcap (6) pol in Aug.
Flaxby 14-1 (9-4) Held up mid-division, ridden and headway over 2f out, stayed on final furlong, 2nd of 16, 1/2l behind Apache Point (9-8) at Beverley 1m clm (5) gd in Aug.
Band 3-1fav (8-13) Held up mid-division, headway over 3f out, soon chasing leaders, kept on well, 2nd of 14, 1/2l behind Im Ova Ere Dad (8-12) at Southwell 1m hcap (6) fbs in Jul.
Jewel of India 33-1 (11-2) Prominent, ridden over 2f out, led over 1f out, kept on final furlong, won at Beverley 1m amt hcp (6) gd in Aug beating Wizard of Us (11-2) by a nk, 15 ran.
Big Bradford 15-2 (8-4) Soon towards rear, never dangerous, 8th of 14, 7l behind Pay Time (8-7) at Redcar 7f app hcp (5) gf in Aug.
Able Mind 4-1jt-fav (9-0) Held up, headway over 3f out, ridden to chase winner over 1f out, one pace and no impression, 2nd of 10, 2l behind Uhuru Peak (9-5) at Carlisle 1m ldy rds hcp (5) gf in Aug.
Enjoy The Magic 20-1 (8-11) Held up in touch, ridden to lead over 1f out, ran on, won at Leicester 7f 3yo & 4yo sll (5) gd in Aug beating Beau Marche (9-7) by 3l, 13 ran.
