held up in rear, ridden over 2f out, stayed on final furlong
mid-division, headway over 3f out, ridden and one pace final 2f
mid-division, pushed along over 5f out, some late headway, never near to challenge
ridden and headed over 2f out, soon behind
held up, headway over 4f out, led over 2f out, driven and kept on final furlong
prominent, pushed long over 4f out, soon beaten
mid-division, pushed along over 5f out and lost ground, never dangerous
towards rear, effort over 3f out, no impression
Best Port, Mulligan's Pride and Mr Maxim are three against the field in this seller and the vote is given to Best Port. The selection was a fair sixth in a better race behind Mister Nimbus, this represents a massive drop in class and under conditions that suit he will be hard to beat. Mulligan';s Pride rates the main danger now he returns to this grade but he would not meant to much rain.Mr Maxim is another that could go well on his latest fifth behind Tedstale but he is hard to win with. Of the remainder Dimashq is from a small yard which is in form and should be noted in the market but in a trappy affair for the winner we return to Best Port to small stakes.
Mulligan's Pride (IRE) 25-1 (8-13) Mid-division, driven over 4f out, never on terms, 6th of 9, 9l behind Indonesia (10-0) at Newcastle 2m hcp 0-70 (5) gf.
Mr Maxim 12-1 (9-2) Held up, ridden over 4f out, soon lost place, 5th of 9, 10l behind Tedstale (9-9) at Catterick 1m 4f clm (6) gf.
Best Port (IRE) 6-1 (9-5) Mid-division, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong, 13th of 16, 3 1/2l behind Master Nimbus (9-3) at Redcar 1m 6f hcp 0-60 (6) gf.
Starmix 50-1 (9-5) Always behind, 9th of 11, 28l behind Sudden Impulse (8-11) at Musselburgh 1m 4f hcap (6) gd in Jul.
Dimashq 5-1jt-fav (9-3) Mid-division, headway on outer well over 1f out, stayed on to take 2nd post, 2nd of 13, 7l behind True (9-9) at Catterick 2m sll (6) gf.
Ivana Illyich (IRE) 28-1 (8-2) Always behind, last of 15, 48l behind Ming Vase (8-5) at Nottingham 1m 2f sll hcp (6) gf in Jul.
Protocol (IRE) 16-1 (8-12) Held up, pushed along over 4f out, weakened over 2f out, 4th of 5, 27l behind Court Of Appeal (8-12) at Catterick 1m 6f sll (6) gf in Jun.
Luferton Lane (IRE) 100-1 (8-4) Held up and keen, weakened over 3f out, tailed off from over 2f out, last of 9, 27l behind Tedstale (9-9) at Catterick 1m 4f clm (6) gf.