made most, brought field over to stand rail over 3f out, hung left and headed over 1f out, continued to hang left and weakened final furlong
in touch, effort towards centre over 2f out, soon every chance until no extra inside final furlong
chased leaders, ridden to lead over 1f out, edged left entering final furlong, headed final 75 yards, not quicken towards finish
not much room and bumped after 1f, towards rear, headway over 1f out, soon edged left, driven and ran on to lead final 75 yards
dwelt, not much room and bumped after 1f, always towards rear
dwelt, soon pushed along to chase leaders, outpaced on stand rail and driven inside final 2f, kept on again inside final furlong
chased leaders, every chance 2f out, soon ridden, one pace final furlong
prominent, stayed alone on far rail straight, on terms with main group, hard driven final furlong, unable to quicken near finish
well in rear until pushed along and strong run inside final furlong, finished fast, shade unlucky
slowly away and always in rear
Diane's Choice, Tricky Trev and JUST JOEY are short list material in another moderate handicap and the vote goes to the last-named. The John Weymes-trained selection has slipped to a mark of 49 for this, a career low mark for the mare. She acts well at the track and she has run well with cut in the ground before now, so she might finally be capable of taking a chance offered to her by the handicapper. Diane's Choice doesn't mind a bit of juice in the ground and is another slipping in the weights. She was competitive from 2lbs higher last time at Wolverhampton and should be thereabouts again. Tricky Trev has been dropped 3lbs for being comfortably beaten into third here over 6f in June. He drops back in trip, however, and that may not be a positive. Joss Stick is unproven in these conditions, but does at least have enough speed to make his presence felt here, while Sandy Par is yet another dropping in the weights and it would be no surprise to see him show us more. Just Joey is a tentative pick in a poor race.
Sandy Par 16-1 (9-2) Raced stand side, held up, effort 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong, 11th of 13, 8l behind Pic Up Sticks (9-4) at Folkestone 5f hcp 0-60 (6) gf in Jun.
Diane's Choice 10-1 (8-11) Chased leaders, ridden well over 1f out, led inside final furlong, soon headed, not quicken, 3rd of 10, 1 3/4l behind Sea Land (8-12) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp 0-60 (6) pol.
Lithaam (IRE) 9-2 (8-9) Held up, came stand side over 3f out, switched left and short lived effort over 1f out, last of 8, 6l behind Orpen's Art (9-1) at Brighton 5f hcp 0-70 (5) fm in Jun.
Joss Stick 8-1 (8-12) Led, ridden and headed 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 3rd of 9, 2 3/4l behind Caribbean Coral (9-10) at Brighton 6f sell stks (6) gf in Jun.
Walragnek 50-1 (9-4) Slowly into stride, never dangerous, 11th of 14, 9l behind Cape Melody (10-0) at Chepstow 6f (5) gd in Jun.
Just Joey 8-1 (8-11) Soon pushed along to chase leaders, headway to chase winner 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 4th of 11, 4 1/2l behind Multahab (9-2) at Brighton 5f hcp 0-65 (6) fm.
Maggie Kate 20-1 (9-0) Chased leaders, ridden and weakened well over 1f out, 9th of 13, 9l behind Namu (9-5) at Brighton 6f (6) fm.
Tricky Trev (USA) 50-1 (8-11) Went wide start, towards rear, ridden and headway 2f out, kept on final furlong, 3rd of 12, 5l behind Itsher (8-8) at Brighton 6f (6) fm in Jun.
Lily Jicaro (IRE) 25-1 (8-7) Led until headed after a furlong, stayed close up, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 12th of 14, 12l behind Dark Moment (8-13) at Musselburgh 7f Handicap (0-55) (3yo) (6) gf in Jun.
Mr Loire 50-1 (9-0) Dwelt, in rear, ridden over 2f out, never troubled leaders, 5th of 7, 7l behind Sam's Cross (9-5) at Brighton 6f sell stks (6) fm.
Calabaza 12-1 (8-8) Mid-division, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 9th of 12, 11l behind Super Frank (8-10) at Folkestone 6f app hcp 0-60 (6) gd in Apr.
Tightrope (IRE) 11-1 (7-13) Held up behind leaders, outpaced halfway, soon no chance, 5th of 6, 5l behind Green Lagonda (8-11) at Folkestone 5f hcp 0-70 (5) gf.
