behind, hard driven before halfway, never dangerous
chased leader, driven halfway, headway over 1f out, soon hung left, not pace to challenge
prominent, led over 3f out, hard ridden approaching final furlong, headed inside final furlong, faded
held up in touch, driven and headway over 1f out, soon chasing leaders, every chance inside final furlong, kept on same pace
tracked leaders, ridden to lead inside final furlong, edged right, headed and no extra close home
held up towards rear, headway over 1f out, chased leaders inside final furlong, never able to challenge
pulled hard towards rear, never a factor
led until over 3f out, remained prominent, effort over 1f out, soon weakened
dwelt, held up in rear, pushed along over 2f out, headway over 1f out, soon chasing leaders, weakened inside final furlong
behind, outpaced halfway, headway over 1f out, ran on to lead well inside final furlong, ridden out
The James Evans-trained NAMIR lost no caste in defeat behind the in-form Kinigi at Bath last week when only beaten quarter of a length and he can go one better racing off the same mark and confirm running that day with Nepotism. Guto has the beating of Replicator on running last time at Yarmouth but that was on soft ground so the faster surface may make it more difficult to confirm running from that day. Michael Bell's lightly raced Bouncy Castle is hard to weigh up after just the three runs and could be anything first time in a handicap but a bigger threat is likely to come from Mick Channon's Nadinska, who looks to be going the right way.
Namir (IRE) 10-1 (9-7) Held up, driven and headway from 2f out, stayed on to 2nd final 100 yards, not able to reach winner, 2nd of 11, nk behind Kinigi (8-6) at Bath 5f hcp 0-65 (6) gd.
Nepotism 9-1 (9-6) Chased leaders, pushed along and every chance 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 4th of 11, 2 1/4l behind Kinigi (8-6) at Bath 5f hcp 0-65 (6) gd.
Replicator 11-1 (9-6) Took keen hold, prominent, ridden over 1f out, weakened well inside final furlong, 6th of 7, 4 1/2l behind Wreningham (9-3) at Yarmouth 5f hcp 0-70 (5) sft in Aug.
Step It Up (IRE) 9-1 (8-1) Brushed slightly start, took keen hold, trcaked leaders, close up entering final furlong, faded towards finish, 6th of 8, 2 1/2l behind Efistorm (9-7) at Folkestone 5f hcp 0-80 (4) gd in Aug.
Guto 9-1 (9-0) Prominent, ridden to lead just over 1f out, headed post, 2nd of 7, ns behind Wreningham (9-3) at Yarmouth 5f hcp 0-70 (5) sft in Aug.
Nadinska 7-2 (8-9) Raced wide in rear, ridden 2f out, ran on under pressure to go 2nd near finish, 2nd of 8, 1/2l behind Fear Nothing (9-0) at Lingfield 5f mdn auc stks (6) pol.
Captain Kallis (IRE) 8-1 (8-6) Prominent, stayed with one rival on stands rail halfway, not on terms with main group leaders over 1f out, 9th of 12, 9l behind Sir Geoffrey (9-11) at Windsor 5f hcp 0-70 (5) sft in Aug.
Hatman Jack (IRE) 16-1 (8-10) Led, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened soon after, last of 9, 19l behind Namir (9-4) at Bath 5f hcp 0-60 (6) sft in Aug.
Spring Horizon (IRE) 33-1 (8-8) Chased leaders, raced centre from halfway, ridden to challenge over 1f out, soon hung right and not ran on, 4th of 8, 8l behind Kinigi (8-7) at Brighton 5f hcp 0-52 (6) gf.
Bouncy Bouncy (IRE) 28-1 (9-0) Tracked leaders, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 9th of 10, 20l behind Hamloola (9-0) at Yarmouth 7f 3yo fll stks (5) gs in Aug.
