prominent, driven over 2f out, soon beaten, weakened over 1f out
held up towards rear, ridden and headway 2f out, hanging left over 1f out, 2nd inside final furlong, no chance with winner
prominent, ridden over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, no chance with winner
led, ridden and headed 2f out, stayed on same pace final furlong
mid-division, headway when not much room 2f out, led inside final furlong, soon clear, eased close home
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, hampered on inside rail over 1f out, weakened
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, soon lost place, weakened over 1f out
mid-division, switched right over 2f out, soon weakened
slowly away, held up in rear, switched right over 2f out, ran on inside final furlong, never nearer
slowly away, held up in rear, ridden and headway 2f out, not much room over 1f out, one pace and no impression
held up in mid-division, headway over 2f out, not much room over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, soon beaten
Megalala is at least three times the age of most of these but has won at Lingfield this year and has already been successful here eight times – John Bridger's veteran goes on the short-list again. Sexy Secret is consistent enough at this level and should give another good account while Cranwell and Aspasius may be open to a little more improvement. Stynes also has a chance but BUTEO BAI (NAP) beat an in-form rival over track and trip last week and Lucy Wadham's three-year-old should be tough to beat again, despite a penalty.
Sexy Secret 15-8fav (9-4) Led, headed over 1f out, soon ridden and no extra, 3rd of 5, 2 1/4l behind First Summer (9-4) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Aug.
Galuppi 9-2 (9-5) Towards finish, short lived effort 3f out, last of 8, 5 1/2l behind Fleetwood Poppy (8-7) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Aug.
Cranwell 9-2cfav (9-7) Tracked clear leader, close up 5f out, led over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, kept on same pace, no impression with front pair inside final furlong, 3rd of 9, 1 3/4l behind Eugenic (9-3) at Bath 1m 2f hcp (6) fm in Aug.
Megalala (IRE) 14-1 (8-12) Led, ridden and headed over 2f out, kept on same pace, 4th of 5, 4 3/4l behind Officer Drivel (9-12) at Windsor 1m 4f hcp (5) gf in Aug.
Stynes (IRE) 11-1 (10-9) Held up in rear but in touch, effort after 2 out, weakening when mistake last, 4th of 6, 11l behind Rossetti (11-12) at Stratford 2m hcp (3) gd in Aug.
Aspasius (GER) 20-1 (9-5) Chased leaders, ridden to challenge over 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 3rd of 9, 1 1/4l behind Edge (9-1) at Salisbury 1m hcp (6) sft in Aug.
Buteo Bai (IRE) 10-3 (9-2) Tracked leader, came centre 3f out, led overall 2f out, soon joined, ridden and ran on final furlong, won at Brighton 1m 4f hcp (6) gs in Sep beating Masterson (9-13) by 3 3/4l, 6 ran.
Too Many Diamonds (IRE) 14-1 (10-0) Pressed leader on outside, lost place when fell 5th, at Bangor 2m 1f hcp (4) gs in Aug.
Sakhra 33-1 (9-9) Held up, headway over 7f out, ridden over 3f out, one pace final 2f, 5th of 8, 5 3/4l behind Duke Of Yorkshire (10-11) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Aug.
Mystical Maze 33-1 (10-6) Prominent, driven over 2f out, one pace, no impression from over 1f out, 6th of 9, 8 1/2l behind Magnificent Madiba (10-13) at Brighton 1m 2f hcp (6) gd in Aug.
Princess Zoffany (IRE) 14-1 (8-1) Mid-division, pushed along over 3f out, headway chasing leaders over 2f out, hung left inside final 2f, soon ridden, edged left and kept on inside final furlong, never going pace to get competitive, 5th of 10, 1 1/4l behind Red Rose Riot (8-2) at Ffos Las 1m 2f hcp (5) gd in Aug.
Rod Of Iron 20-1 (8-8) Mid-division, ridden to chase leaders over 2f out, lost place when short of room over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 8th of 11, 7 1/4l behind Masterson (9-1) at Lingfield 1m 3f hcp (6) gf in Aug.
