made all, ridden over 1f out, hung right inside final furlong, ran on well, unchallenged
chased winner until over 2f out, soon weakened
pulled hard, held up, headway on outside into 2nd over 2f out, ridden and stayed on same pace final furlong, never going pace to challenge
outpaced in rear, headway into 3rd inside final 2f, ridden edged left and no impression final furlong
chased leaders on inside, pushed along halfway, ridden and weakened inside final 2f
COTAI AGAIN couldn’t prevent the odds-on Knight Shield from landing a double when runner-up at Newbury last time but Charlie Hills’ colt may have better luck in this receiving weight from Malvern. The latter is penalised for winning at Chepstow a fortnight ago though won a shade cosily and should still be in the mix once again. Miarka and Billesdon need plenty of improvement if they are to figure while the newcomer Global Agreement has no easy task.
Malvern 3-1 (9-2) Went right start, led stands side pair, prominent, driven to lead overall over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on well final furlong, won at Chepstow 6f stks (5) gf in Jul beating Cosmic Power (9-2) by 2 1/4l, 8 ran.
Billesdon 40-1 (9-5) Slowly away, green and outpaced, always in rear, last of 7, 17 1/4l behind Maystar (9-5) at Lingfield 5f stks (5) sft in Jul.
Cotai Again (IRE) 9-1 (9-2) Raced keenly, led, headed inside final furlong, kept on same pace, 2nd of 7, 1 1/2l behind Knight Shield (9-8) at Newbury 6f stks (4) gf in Jul.
Global Agreement Mayson colt out of Amicable Terms.
Miarka (FR) 25-1 (9-0) Towards rear, never dangerous, 8th of 11, 8 1/2l behind Hot Touch (9-0) at Kempton 6f fll stks (4) pol in Jul.