held up, ridden over 2f out, stayed on towards finish, never dangerous
pressed leader, ridden 2f out, led over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra towards finish
tracked leaders, hanging left when switched right over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
chased leaders, ridden 2f out, led inside final furlong, soon clear, ran on
held up in rear, headway over 1f out, went 2nd and ran on inside final furlong, no impression on winner
held up, pulled hard, headway and switched left over 1f out, hanging left and not much room inside final furlong, went 3rd and ran on towards finish
slowly into stride, in rear, ridden and hung right over 2f out, hung left over 1f out, stayed on towards finish, no impression
Ron Harris won this last year and his Corporal Maddox can never be ruled out in this company though he's been looking a few pounds high recently. Monumental Man is on a lower mark than his last victory and made a bold bid to make all over the track and trip last week, only fading in the closing stages. Great Expectations hasn't won as often as he should have but the last time he ran here he scored off a 2lb lower mark though he's much better handicapped on the all-weather. POUR LA VICTOIRE won a slightly lower-grade handicap at Goodwood last week for which he's been raised 4lb but scored in this class here in August and Georgia Cox' claim can help him complete a quick double. It's a year since Straits Of Malacca was winning a better race than this at Thirsk but he's 11lb lower and there were much better signs at Kempton last week.
Corporal Maddox 20-1 (9-3) Started slowly, outpaced in last pair, never involved, 9th of 10, 8 1/4l behind Khelman (9-4) at Chester 7f hcp (4) gd in May.
Monumental Man 33-1 (9-7) Led, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on, 3rd of 8, 1/2l behind Upavon (8-9) at Brighton 6f hcp (4) gf in May.
Great Expectations 25-1 (9-5) Held up, pushed along and headway over 1f out, ridden and stayed on, nearest finish, 3rd of 12, 3 1/2l behind Pomme De Terre (9-7) at Thirsk 6f hcp (5) sft in Apr.
Quickaswecan 20-1 (9-6) Chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 9, 8 3/4l behind Available (9-0) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp (5) pol in Apr.
Pour La Victoire (IRE) 9-1 (9-7) Held up towards rear, headway over 1f out, ridden inside final furlong, kept on to lead towards finish, won at Goodwood 6f hcp (5) gd in May beating Pettochside (9-4) by 1l, 10 ran.
Straits Of Malacca 16-1 (9-3) Held up in rear, headway over 2f out, led approaching final furlong, headed and no extra closing stages, 2nd of 14, 1 3/4l behind Eljaddaaf (9-5) at Kempton 7f hcp (6) pol in May.
Cool Strutter (IRE) 12-1 (9-3) Midfield, headway over 1f out, ran on, never nearer, 6th of 14, 3 1/4l behind Eljaddaaf (9-5) at Kempton 7f hcp (6) pol in May.
Veeraya 4-1 (9-3) Chased leaders on inside, ridden over 2f out, one pace and no impression 1f out, 9th of 11, 8 3/4l behind Blackthorn Stick (8-8) at Kempton 7f hcp (5) pol in Apr.