chased leaders, never travelling well, pushed along halfway and soon lost place, never dangerous
held up in rear, headway 3f out, soon chasing leader, led over 1f out, driven out
tracked leaders, effort over 1f out, soon every chance, kept on same pace
held up towards rear, driven and headway over 3f out, every chance inside final furlong, kept on same pace close home
tracked leader, under pressure 2f out, gradually weakened
led until over 1f out, soon weakened
Caster Sugar has shown a consistent level of form in recent starts since winning back-to-back races at Salisbury and Epsom in July and Richard Hannon's filly has to be respected but a 2lb rise following her latest effort may prevent her from resuming winning ways and preference is for ARCOLA, with Sunceleb rated the best of the remainder. The selection was good value for her course and distance success in July, did not seemingly quite get home over a furlong extra at Kempton last time and she looks worth chancing racing off a 1lb lower mark today. Mick Quinlan's Evening Sunset is likely to struggle racing off a 7lb higher mark than when successful at Hamilton in July and of more interest may be Lunar River. David Pinder's mare ran much better when a head second to Some Sunny Day at Lingfield on the Polytrack last time and she has solid claims off a 4lb lower mark today but she is not as good on turf so may be best watched. Hugh Morrison's Sunceleb is lightly raced after just five career starts and has to be considered but she will need to run better than on her handicap debut at Bath recently and a safer option looks to be Arcola.
Sunceleb (IRE) 14-1 (9-0) Held up, pushed along 4f out, struggling and behind final 2f, last of 9, 6l behind Perfect Class (8-8) at Bath 1m flls hcp 0-80 (4) gd in Jul.
Caster Sugar (USA) 8-1 (9-1) Held up, not clear run inside final 2f, switched left over 1f out, kept on to take 2nd last stride, never near winner, 2nd of 8, 1 1/4l behind Hawk's Eye (9-4) at Windsor 1m 2f 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) gf in Aug.
Arcola (IRE) 5-1 (8-11) Held up in rear, headway from 2f out, soon not clearest of runs, driven and stayed on inside final furlong, not pace to challenge, 3rd of 10, 5l behind Sweet Hollow (8-8) at Kempton 1m 3f 3yo fll hcp 0-80 (4) pol in Aug.
Evening Sunset (GER) 25-1 (8-13) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, stayed on same pace final furlong, 4th of 9, 6l behind Surprise Party (9-1) at Yarmouth 1m 3yo fll hcp 0-75 (5) gd in Aug.
Oronsay 16-1 (8-9) Went left start, held up, headway to mid division 5f out, pressed leaders over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, 5th of 13, 12l behind Picot de Say (8-12) at Chepstow 1m 4f hcp 0-60 (6) hvy in Aug.
Bicksta 12-1 (9-2) Mid-division, outpaced over 2f out, soon weakened, 10th of 13, 7l behind Inquisitress (8-9) at Lingfield 1m 2f app hcp 0-62 (6) pol in Aug.
Lunar River (FR) 11-2 (9-10) Slowly into stride, held up in rear, good headway on inside from 2f out, led well inside final furlong, headed post, 2nd of 13, nk behind Some Sunny Day (9-5) at Lingfield 1m 2f flls hcp (0-70) (3yo+) (5) pol in Aug.
Aphrodite's Rock 9-2 (9-7) Held up towards rear, headway well over 1f out, soon ridden and one pace, 7th of 11, 2 1/2l behind Addison De Witt (8-11) at Newcastle 1m 2f 3yo hcp 0-65 (6) gf in Aug.
