led, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra well inside final furlong
chased leader, driven and not quicken over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
held up, pushed along 4f out, soon beaten, well held final 2f
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, every chance when rider dropped rein briefly over 1f out, held towards finish
last to break, held up, switched left and headway 2f out, led over 1f out, stayed on well
withdrawn
One To Go narrowly beat Northern Lyte over track and trip last time and that pair are hard to separate. Most of the remainder are looking to put below par efforts behind them including Ride The Monkey, Balladeer, who gets a change of headgear, and Joe The Beau. The latter won at Thirsk earlier but Invasion Day failed to figure here on his debut for new connections. JOMROK was no match for a John Gosden hotpot at Doncaster last time but her earlier second to Last Look, who has subsequently won again looks decent form and Owen Burrows’ filly gets the vote on her handicap debut.
Invasion Day (IRE) 5-1 (9-3) Led, driven and headed inside final 2f, soon ridden, lost place inside final furlong, weakened final 110 yards, 8th of 9, 6 1/2l behind Gossip Column (10-0) at Beverley 1m 2f hcp (4) gs in Aug.
Jomrok 3-1 (8-9) Chased winner until pushed along over 1f out, one pace, 3rd of 13, 9 1/2l behind First In Line (9-7) at Doncaster 1m 2f stks (5) gs in Aug.
Balladeer 13-2 (9-5) In touch on inside, ridden over 2f out, never on terms, weakened 1f out, 8th of 9, 17 1/2l behind The Corporal (9-0) at Yarmouth 1m 2f hcp (4) gf in Aug.
One To Go 9-2 (9-4) In touch, driven to lead over 1f out, hard ridden, all out, won at Beverley 1m hcp (5) gs in Aug beating Alfa Dawn (9-4) by 1/2l, 14 ran.
Northern Lyte 4-1fav (9-6) Dwelt, mid-division, headway over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, nearest finish, 3rd of 14, 1/2l behind One To Go (9-4) at Beverley 1m hcp (5) gs in Aug.
Joe The Beau 6-1 (9-3) Mid-division, outpaced over 3f out, never near leaders, weakened over 1f out, tailed off, last of 12, dist behind Fields Of Athenry (9-10) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (4) pol in May.
Ride The Monkey (IRE) 18-1 (9-6) In touch in mid-division, not much room over 7f out, pushed along 5f out, weakened over 3f out, last of 8, 21l behind Dreamweaver (9-1) at Haydock 1m 2f hcp (5) gd in Jul.