in touch, headway over 4f out, chased winner over 3f out, ridden to challenge over 2f out until no extra over 1f out
made all, ridden and pressed over 2f out until challenged over 1f out, driven inside final furlong, asserted close home, very gamely
tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, kept on same pace
very slowly away always in rear, weakened over 2f out
tracked winner until over pushed along over 3f out, ridden to challenge winner again over 1f out, every chance until no extra close home
held up, ridden and headway 2f out, weakened final furlong
CONTINGENCY FEE has won in Jersey since scoring over 1m2f here in May. He makes most appeal given Be Fair is still looking for a first win on Turf after finishing runner-up in an amateurs' race here and Windsor second Eltham Palace has yet to win anywhere. Esspeegee is back on a winning mark and preferred to Confils while Kirtling hasn’t raced since last autumn.
Confils (FR) 10-3fav (9-4) Mid-division, ridden along before 2f out, one pace thereafter, 9th of 13, 5 3/4l behind Plansina (9-0) at Bath 1m 2f hcp (6) gd in May.
Contingency Fee (10-5) won at Les Landes 1m 2f hcp gd in Jun beating Princess T (9-8) by hd, 7 ran.
Be Fair 6-1 (10-10) Tracked leaders, went 2nd over 5f out until over 3f out, hung left over 1f out, went 2nd again entering final furlong, no impression on winner, 2nd of 8, 3l behind Lady Isabel (11-0) at Brighton 1m 4f hcp (6) sft in Jun.
Kirtling 16-5 (9-7) Gave problems loading, slowly away, in rear, some headway on outside over 1f out, no impression final furlong, 5th of 7, 6 1/4l behind Madeeh (9-11) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Oct.
Esspeegee 33-1 (10-0) Held up, switched left over 2f out, no impression, 8th of 11, 11 1/4l behind Ascot Day (10-2) at Epsom 1m 4f hcp (6) gs in Jul.
Eltham Palace 14-1 (9-1) Mid-division, pushed along over 3f out, headway and ridden to challenge 2f out, stayed on final furlong, 2nd of 9, 1 1/2l behind Secret Shadow (9-0) at Windsor 1m 3f hcp fll (5) sft in Jun.