took keen hold and held up in rear, ridden and outpaced over 2f out, stayed on final furlong
led, set steady pace, quickened over 3f out, headed and hampered over 1f out, stayed on towards finish
held up behind leaders, ridden to lead and edged right over 1f out, ran on final furlong
steadied at start and soon in touch, ridden over 2f out, one pace until weakened inside final furlong
Withdrawn
Dark Charm is confidently recommended ahead of Royal Flynn and Augustine. The jockey and trainer combination of Paul Hanagan and Richard Fahey are always to be feared at lowly levels, and having narrowly failed to score at Hamilton, compensation awaits the front-runner. Royal Flynn is in receipt of weight, and cheekpieces are applied for the first time. The gelding has only found the winner's enclosure once from 21 attempts and could be unfortunate enough to find one too good again. Augustine visits the well often but with little return. Unfortunately his runs have not come without penalty from the handicapper and he may need to come down again before his turn looks likely. Suivez Moi is difficult to fancy on his reappearance while Terminator looks to have completely lost his way of late. This is an obvious chance for Dark Charm to strike gold and we will nominate accordingly.
Augustine 7-1 (9-5) Towards rear, pushed along over 3f out, headway over 1f out, stayed on towards finish, 4th of 8, 4 1/2l behind Nelsons Column (8-9) at Ripon 1m 2f hcp 0-85 (4) gf.
Dark Charm (FR) 10-3 (9-2) Tracked leader, ridden over 2f out, kept on final furlong, 2nd of 5, hd behind Mistress Twister (9-5) at Hamilton 1m hcp 0-80 (4) gf.
Terminate (GER) 14-1 (10-5) Slowly away, mid-division, ridden 3f out, soon weakened, 13th of 15, 12l behind Great View (10-0) at Newbury 1m 2f ldy rds hcp (5) gf in Jun.
Royal Flynn 6-1 (8-13) Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, every chance inside final furlong, not quicken, 2nd of 12, 3/4l behind Donna's Double (8-6) at Ayr 1m 2f hcp 0-65 (6) gd.
Suivez Moi (IRE) 7-1 (9-0) Chased leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 16, 10l behind Mineko (8-9) at Nottingham 1m 2f 3yo mdn (5) sft in Oct.