slowly into stride, held up in touch in rear, effort on inside 2f out, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
led, ridden and headed inside final 2f, lost place inside final furlong
tracked leader, challenged over 2f out, ridden to lead inside final 2f, headed inside final furlong, not pace of winner
held up in touch, switched outside and headway over 1f out, driven to lead inside final furlong, ran on
tracked leaders, driven over 2f out, one pace when not clear run inside final 2f, stayed on into 3rd inside final furlong, no reach front pair
raced keenly, in touch on outside, effort 2f out, lost place 1f out, soon behind
Song Of Norway landed a Catterick maiden in May but was beaten in a minor handicap at Musselburgh the following month and hasn't been seen since. Starlight Symphony has a poor strike-rate and hasn't won for over two years but Vegas Rebel has a course and distance victory to his credit and has been racing at a higher level. Dear Bruin is 8lb higher than her only victory at Lingfield so PORT LAIRGE should have few problems adding to his very easy victory over the course and distance a fortnight ago, his fourth win on the track.
Vegas Rebel (IRE) 9-1 (9-3) Held up, headway 2f out, ridden over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 8th of 10, 7 1/4l behind Akeed Champion (9-7) at Newmarket 7f hcp (4) gd in Aug.
Dear Bruin (IRE) 11-2fav (9-8) Led, ridden and headed inside final 2f, weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 11, 9 3/4l behind Hipz (9-8) at Salisbury 6f hcp fll (5) gd in Aug.
Starlight Symphony (IRE) 5-2fav (9-9) Tracked leaders, headway over 2f out, ridden to lead narrowly over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, headed near finish, 2nd of 6, nk behind Rakaan (9-3) at Bath 1m hcp (5) gf in Aug.
Song Of Norway 7-4fav (10-2) Steadied start, pulled hard in midfield, headway over 2f out, chased leaders entering final furlong, kept on well closing stages, 3rd of 9, 1 1/4l behind Opt Out (9-5) at Musselburgh 7f hcp (6) gf in Jun.
Port Lairge 11-8fav (9-0) Slowly into stride, headway to track leader 4f out, led over 1f out, edged left and ridden clear inside final furlong, won at Brighton 7f hcp (5) sft in Aug beating World Record (8-13) by 7l, 7 ran.
Comrade Bond 6-1 (9-12) Tracked leaders, took keen hold, ridden over 2f out, soon outpaced, 7th of 11, 10 1/4l behind Just Isla (9-8) at Lingfield 1m hcp (6) gs in Jul.
