towards rear, headway when switched towards outside over 2f out, driven and kept on final furlong, not pace to challenge
held up behind, headway towards outside over 2f out, soon challenged, shaken up inside final 2f, ridden and unable to quicken over 1f out, no impression with winner inside final furlong, lost 2nd near finish
held up mid-division, driven and kept on same pace from over 1f out, never near leaders
in touch on outside, lost place 2f out, soon ridden, weakened final furlong
awkwardly away, towards rear, headway into mid-division over 7f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace, never able to challenge
tracked leaders, driven and lost place over 2f out, weakened final furlong
mid-division on inside, outpaced over 2f out, never on terms, weakened final furlong
held up behind, outpaced over 2f out, ridden and headway under pressure over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, took 2nd near finish, not reach winner
mid-division, raced wide and lost place 4f out, soon behind, tailed off
tracked leader, effort 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace, no impression when lost place inside final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
held up towards rear, headway on outside over 2f out, driven to lead over 1f out, clear inside final furlong, ridden out
tracked leaders, driven over 2f out, soon ridden, no impression from over 1f out
led, driven and headed over 1f out, lost place inside final furlong, no extra
NonRunner
Plenty of in-form runners in this including top weight Quoteline Direct and Island Song, though the letter might be caught out by this step up in grade. Crazy Tornado has to race from 3lb out of the handicap but came back to form at Hamilton on Saturday. Prosecution doesn’t know how to run a bad race while Iconic Belle has won three of her last four, though all in small fields. LADIES FIRST (NAP) beat an in-form rival over track and trip on her reappearance and has gone close in both starts since. She’s still heading in the right direction and has the experienced Joanna Mason doing the steering. Mustaqbal and Cadeau Magnifique are others to consider but Thornaby Nash may be a bigger danger as he was an easy winner at Redcar last week.
Quoteline Direct 5-2jfav (9-12) Towards rear, headway over 1f out, chased winner inside final furlong, kept on and always well held, 2nd of 9, 3 1/2l behind Spray The Sea (9-5) at Hamilton 1m 1f hcp (5) gf in Jul.
Prosecution 4-1jfav (8-12) Mid-division, pushed along in 6th approaching straight, ridden in moderate 3rd over 1f out, 2nd and kept on one pace inside final furlong, 2nd of 13, 8l behind Honor Oak (9-0) at Galway 1m hcp sft in Aug.
Give It Some Teddy 4-1 (9-11) Led until halfway, remained prominent, lost place over 2f out, 9th of 10, 20l behind Rashdan (9-9) at Newcastle 1m 2f hcp (4) pol in Jul.
Mustaqbal (IRE) 7-1 (9-7) Slowly away, behind, ridden and headway over 1f out, chased winner inside final furlong until lost 2nd place towards finish, 3rd of 9, 1 3/4l behind Royal Shaheen (9-7) at Ayr 1m hcp (4) gd in Jul.
Ladies First 10-1 (8-9) Took keen hold, mid-division on inside, headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, edged right, stayed on, headed towards finish, 2nd of 8, 3/4l behind Exhort (9-5) at York 1m 2f hcp fll (3) gs in Jul.
Iconic Belle 5-1 (10-4) Led 2f, remained prominent, led over 1f out, stayed on well, driven out, won at Epsom 1m 2f hcp (5) gd in Aug beating The Lords Walk (9-7) by 1/2l, 7 ran.
Zealous (IRE) 25-1 (10-2) Towards rear, headway over 5f out to go mid-division, ridden and weakened over 1f out, last of 9, 17 1/4l behind Spray The Sea (9-5) at Hamilton 1m 1f hcp (5) gf in Jul.
Cadeau Magnifique 12-1 (9-6) Held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, kept on well closing stages, never reached winner, 2nd of 10, 1 3/4l behind Rashdan (9-9) at Newcastle 1m 2f hcp (4) pol in Jul.
Jackhammer (IRE) 80-1 (10-8) Mid-division, hampered 2nd, struggling before 3 out, soon tailed off, 10th of 14, dist behind Clemento (10-8) at Cartmel 2m 1f (4) gd in May.
Scrutiny 16-1 (11-1) Chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 3rd of 13, 4l behind Thornaby Nash (10-6) at Redcar 1m hcp (5) gd in Aug.
Thornaby Nash 7-1 (10-6) Prominent, led 3f out, kept on well inside final furlong, won at Redcar 1m hcp (5) gd in Aug beating Monsieur Jimmy (10-3) by 3 3/4l, 13 ran.
Island Song (IRE) Evensfav (9-8) Tracked leaders, led 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on under pressure final furlong, won at Beverley 1m 2f hcp (6) gf in Jul beating Different Journey (9-10) by 1l, 10 ran.
Dark Confidant (IRE) 7-1 (9-2) Tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 7th of 11, 6 1/2l behind Gabrial's Kaka (9-11) at Chester 1m hcp (4) gd in Jul.
Crazy Tornado (IRE) 14-1 (9-7) Led after 1f, made rest, ridden over 1f out, stayed on well under pressure final furlong, held on, won at Hamilton 1m 1f hcp (6) gd in Aug beating Flying Focus (8-10) by 1/2l, 12 ran.
Gworn 6-1 (9-8) Tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, kept on one pace, 4th of 6, 3 1/4l behind Glasses Up (9-5) at Ayr 1m 2f hcp (4) gd in Jul.
Orobas (IRE) 33-1 (8-9) Driven forward on inside, soon keen tracking leaders, effort over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 7th of 10, 12 1/4l behind Delph Crescent (8-8) at York 1m 2f hcp (4) gf in Jul.
