in rear, ridden 2f out, headway entering final furlong, stayed on to go 3rd near finish
made most, ridden over 2f out, clear over 1f out, held on gamely
tracked leaders, lost place halfway, keeping on when not much room inside final furlong
raced wide close up, chased winner 4f out, ridden to challenge inside final furlong, ran on, just held
in rear, not trouble leaders
tracked winner until 4f out, ridden over 2f out, kept on one pace
held up, headway on outer over 2f out, ridden and kept on one pace final furlong
close up, weakened over 1f out
The Ron Hodges-trained MASTER MAHOGANY has slipped to a fair mark and ran much better when a close third of 15 runners behind Belle Park at Chepstow recently, form on which he looks the one to beat. Gary Moore's Prince Valentine is a regular visitor here having had is last eight starts at the track and he has claims having performed better here last time. Jim Boyle's Markhesa faces no easy task under the burden of top-weight and of more interest may be Eve Johnson Houghton's Phluke, who has run a couple of decent races of late and any market support for him would be of interest. Jamie Poulton's Dubai Gem is another to consider in a poor quality finale but it is Master Mahogany that gets the vote.
Markhesa 14-1 (8-13) In touch on outside, ridden along and weakened over 2f out, last of 10, 26l behind Bramalea (9-3) at Salisbury 1m 2f hcp 0-70 (5) gd in Aug.
Phluke 15-2 (9-1) Chased leaders, switched to race stands side from halfway, effort well over 1f out, stayed on same pace, 3rd of 6, 2 1/2l behind Lady Florence (9-9) at Brighton 7f hcp 0-70 (5) gf in Aug.
Justcallmehandsome 10-1 (9-7) In rear, ridden 3f out, 11th of 12, 16l behind Yankee Storm (9-6) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Jul.
Isabella Romee (IRE) 25-1 (9-2) In touch in 5th, pushed along on outside 3f out, struggling and behind soon after, 9th of 11, 11l behind Maslak (10-4) at Windsor 1m 4f am hcp 0-75 (5) gf in Aug.
Dubai Gem 9-2 (8-11) Chased leaders, 2nd 3f out, ridden and no impression and weakened to 4th over 1f out, 4th of 6, 17l behind Croeso Cusan (9-0) at Chepstow 1m flls hcp 0-75 (5) gd in Aug.
Master Mahogany 8-1 (9-5) Chased leader, effort to 3rd travelling ok 3f out, weakened from 2f out, 8th of 12, 9l behind Oriental Girl (10-0) at Bath 1m 2f hcp 0-65 (6) gd in Aug.
Prince Valentine 8-1 (8-9) Tracked leading pair, good headway on inside inside final 3f, led inside final 2f, ridden over 1f out, headed and no extra towards finish, 2nd of 6, 1/2l behind Fire King (9-5) at Brighton 1m hcp 0-60 (6) gf in Aug.
Easy Wonder (GER) 7-1 (8-8) Dwelt, soon pushed along to chase leaders, driven over 2f out, weakening when hampered entering final 2f, last of 10, 17l behind Foxtrot Alpha (9-4) at Folkestone 7f hcp 0-60 (6) sft in Aug.
