held up, headway on inside over 1f out, ridden and every chance entering final furlong, stayed on same pace
held up behind leaders, led approaching final furlong, headed inside final furlong, no extra close home
prominent, ridden over 1f out, ran on to lead inside final furlong, kept on gamely
led, ridden over 1f out, headed approaching final furlong, no extra inside final furlong
towards rear, soon chased along, never on terms
held up towards rear, pushed along halfway, ran on final furlong, nearest at finish
chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
dwelt, towards rear, never dangerous
slow into stride, always behind
tracked leader, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
Corridor Creeper is well treated judged by official BHB ratings and gets the vote to resume winning ways at the main expense of Baltic King and Chookie Heiton. The last mentioned represents the yard of Ian Semple that has his runners in good form at present and he seemed to step up on recent form when placed in a decent Group 3 contest at the Curragh last time. Richard Fahey's Fonthill Road put up a career best effort at Goodwood last month but needs to improve again to trouble the judge, while Tournedos may struggle under his penalty for last month's Chester success. Mecca's Mate is preferred to Sierra Vista among David Barker's two runners, although of more interest may be the consistent Baltic King. Hugh Morrison's gelding has to give plenty of weight away all round though including 4lbs to Corridor Creeper and Milton Bradley's gelding is preferred. The selection has the clear beating of another of today's rivals Bond City on running at Newbury last month and has a nice pull in the weights with Tournedos on their form at Chester. He is taken to make the most of the weights here.
Baltic King 4-1 (9-7) Held up, headway well over 1f out, not quicken inside final furlong, 6th of 11, 2l behind Beckermet (8-12) at Newbury 6f lst stk (1) gf in Jul.
Tournedos (IRE) 20-1 (8-10) Raced centre, headway far side 2f out, weakened final furlong, 7th of 12, 4l behind Fire Up The Band (9-0) at Goodwood 5f Grp 3 (1) sft in Jul.
Chookie Heiton (IRE) 20-1 (9-4) Towards rear on stands' rail, ran on well from 1 1/2f out to go 3rd inside final furlong, 3rd of 15, 2l behind Osterhase (9-4) at Curragh 6f Grp 3 (1) gd.
Corridor Creeper (FR) (9-0) Prominent, effort over 1f out, no impression, 4th of 9, 2 1/2l behind Nipping (8-11) at Deauville 5f sft.
Fonthill Road (IRE) 10-1 (9-5) Towards rear on far side, good headway 2f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, no extra and headed on line, 2nd of 27, nk behind Gift Horse (9-7) at Goodwood 6f hcp (2) gs in Jul.
Mecca's Mate 14-1 (9-2) Held up towards rear stands' side, headway and not clear run over 1f out, soon hung right, no impression after, 14th of 27, 6l behind Gift Horse (9-7) at Goodwood 6f hcp (2) gs in Jul.
Bond City (IRE) 18-1 (8-11) Slowly into stride, soon chasing leaders, ridden 2f out, no extra well inside final furlong, 5th of 7, 3l behind Mystical Land (8-8) at Nottingham 5f stk (4) gs.
Dance Night (IRE) 6-1 (9-2) With leaders, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 3rd of 12, 3l behind Prince Charming (8-11) at Ayr 5f 2yo lst stk (A1) sft in Sept.
Queen of Night 7-1 (9-3) Slowly into stride, towards rear, soon chased along, headway over 1f out, stayed on final furlong, 5th of 16, 2l behind Taboor (9-2) at Catterick 5f hcp (6) gf.
Sierra Vista 14-1 (9-0) Prominent, ridden 2f out and weakened final furlong, 13th of 17, 10l behind Fruit of Glory (9-0) at Pontefract 6f lst fll stk (1) gf.
