slowly into stride, held up, towards rear, good headway on wide outside over 1f out, chased winner and every chance well inside final furlong, just held
with leaders, went 2nd approaching final 4f until ridden 2f out, chased leaders, weakened over 1f out
slowly into stride, held up, towards rear, headway on inside well over 1f out, chased leaders and hung left under pressure over 1f out, no impression final furlong
chased leaders, weakened over 1f out
with leaders, led over 4f out, ridden over 1f out, headed and weakened inside final furlong
mid-division, headway on outside, chasing leaders halfway, went 2nd and hung left over 1f out, soon ridden, weakened inside final furlong
held up, towards rear, headway on outside chasing leaders halfway, ridden to lead inside final furlong, held on, all out
held up, in mid-division, headway over 1f out, kept on into 4th inside final furlong, not pace of leading duo
held up, in last pair, never a factor
chased leaders, on outside, ridden over 1f out, kept on in 3rd inside final furlong, not pace of leading duo
led over 1f, chased leding pair, went 2nd again 2f out until ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
held up, towards rear, some late moderate headway, never threatened
Nonrunner
VIRILE produced a late flourish to score over track and trip last week and is taken to defy a penalty. Oat Couture has been thereabouts recently and can race off the same mark as when third at Kempton last time just ahead of Keiba while Spirit Of Rosanna has been winning on soft ground and bids for a treble off a 4lb higher mark. Clive Cox has a fine strike rate at the track and Joanne Park may do better now handicapping for the first time but Valmina has been competing in Jersey and will find this much tougher.
Virile (IRE) 4-1fav (9-5) Slowly away in rear, headway in centre approaching final furlong, edged left and ran strongly to lead final 75 yards, won at Brighton 6f hcp (6) gf in Sep beating The Reel Way (8-7) by 1 3/4l, 11 ran.
Oat Couture 4-1 (9-6) Slowly into stride, towards rear, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, switched left well inside final furlong, not reach leaders, 3rd of 11, 1 1/4l behind Assertive Agent (9-6) at Kempton 6f hcp (6) pol in Sep.
Valmina (0-0) 3rd of 0, shd behind Country Blue (0-0) at Les Landes 5f hcp in Aug.
Keiba (IRE) 7-2jfav (9-4) Took keen hold, tracked leaders, led over 1f out, headed and not quicken inside final furlong, 4th of 11, 1 1/4l behind Assertive Agent (9-6) at Kempton 6f hcp (6) pol in Sep.
Arlecchino's Rock 16-1 (9-2) Chased leaders on inside, ridden and every chance inside final furlong, weakened well inside final furlong, 5th of 11, 2 1/2l behind Luang Prabang (9-6) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (6) pol in Sep.
Captain Ryan 9-1 (8-9) Mid-division, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 4th of 10, 2 1/2l behind Secretfact (9-1) at Bath 5f hcp (5) gs in Sep.
Essaka (IRE) 16-1 (8-11) Mid-division, headway over 2f out, stayed on one pace from over 1f out, 5th of 16, 4 3/4l behind Storm Melody (9-4) at Bath 6f hcp (3) gs in Sep.
Zippy 9-2 (9-4) Held up on outside, took keen hold, closed 3f out, no impression final 2f, last of 11, 11 3/4l behind Assertive Agent (9-6) at Kempton 6f hcp (6) pol in Sep.
Joanne Park 3-1 (8-13) Slowly away,soon switched right, pushed along and headway to track leader over 5f out, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 7th of 8, 19 1/4l behind Sciarra (8-13) at Lingfield 7f mdn stks (6) gf in Aug.
Andalusite 9-1 (8-10) Mid-division, ridden 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 8th of 18, 2 1/2l behind Bronze Beau (8-11) at Redcar 5f hcp (5) gf in Sep.
Kylies Wild Card 33-1 (8-8) Dwelt towards rear, weakened over 1f out, last of 11, 11 1/4l behind Virile (9-5) at Brighton 6f hcp (6) gf in Sep.
Back To Love (CAN) 66-1 (8-7) Awkward start, in rear, slightly hampered over 4f out, well beaten final 2f, last of 11, 15 3/4l behind Harmony Bay (9-7) at Salisbury 6f hcp (6) gs in Sep.
Spirit Of Rosanna 4-1fav (8-12) Tracked leader, led over 2f out, kept on and held towards finish, won at Haydock 5f hcp fll (5) sft in Jul beating Lydiate Lady (8-12) by 1/2l, 9 ran.
