always towards rear, weakened over 2f out
held up mid-division, ridden over 1f out, no impression
slowly away, in rear, fell after about 1f
held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong
slowly away, behind, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, faded inside final furlong
tracked leaders, lost place over 3f out
led, ridden over 1f out, kept on and headed towards finish
tracked leader, ridden over 2f out, kept on towards finish
tracked leaders in 3rd, ridden over 1f out, kept on to lead towards finish
in touch, pushed along over 3f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong
mid-division, headway over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on towards finish
CANDELISA seemed nailed on to win a decent pot after making a cracking Pontefract reappearance but remains winless this term. Nevertheless, she's been in fine form the last twice at Newcastle and especially at York and can gain due reward here. Further rain would be favourable on the evidence of that Pontefract performance. There are dangers a-plenty, including Carlisle Bell winner, Edgar Balthazar who can easily be forgiven his last run, his nicely weighted stablemate Argaki and Father Bertie who has returned to decent form the last twice and has every chance on those improved performances. Le Chat D'or and Jacbequick are also noteworthy but the main danger may well come from Loaded. Andrew Balding's progressive three-year-old produced his best run to date when scoring at Kempton last time and it's a reasonable assumption that he has more to offer after only six starts. Rob Hornby also claims a valuable 3lb.
Pintura 20-1 (9-0) Towards rear, ridden 2f out, progress on outer into mid-division entering straight, no extra final furlong, 13th of 15, 6 3/4l behind Dream Walker (8-12) at Galway 7f hcp Good - Yielding in Jul.
Candelisa (IRE) 20-1 (9-1) Towards rear on inside, headway on inside 3f out, chased leaders over 2f out, ridden and went 2nd approaching final furlong, no impression when lost 2nd inside final furlong, kept on same pace in 3rd, 3rd of 17, 2 1/2l behind Arcanada (9-6) at York 1m hcp stks (2) gd in Aug.
Jacbequick 16-1 (9-3) Towards rear, headway over 2f out, ridden and stayed on to go 2nd towards finish, 2nd of 9, 1 1/4l behind Great Order (8-12) at Ascot 1m stks (3) gf in Sep.
Le Chat D'Or 33-1 (9-3) Dwelt in rear, headway over 1f out, ridden and ran on, not reach winner, 2nd of 13, 1 3/4l behind Dream Walker (8-13) at Ayr 1m hcp (2) gs in Jul.
Edgar Balthazar 25-1 (9-12) Raced stand side, in touch in rear, lost action approaching final furlong, pulled up inside final furlong, at Newmarket 1m hcp (3) gf in Jul.
Little Lady Katie (IRE) 5-1 (9-10) Chased leaders, lost place over 3f out, rallied over 2f out, faded final furlong, 10th of 16, 4 1/4l behind Breakable (9-10) at Ripon 1m hcp (3) gd in Aug.
Gurkha Friend 14-1 (8-12) Led , ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra final furlong, 4th of 5, 7 3/4l behind Abdon (9-5) at Haydock 1m 2f hcp (2) gf in Aug.
Father Bertie 8-1 (8-12) Led, hard ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra, 4th of 14, 1 1/4l behind Treasury Notes (9-10) at Ripon 1m hcp (2) gs in Aug.
Loaded (IRE) 3-1 (9-0) With leader, led 3f out, ridden over 1f out, clear inside final furlong, ran on well, won at Kempton 7f hcp (3) pol in Aug beating Gambit (9-6) by 2 3/4l, 9 ran.
Argaki (IRE) 40-1 (9-4) Prominent, led over 6f out, edged left well over 1f out, ran on, headed towards finish, 2nd of 8, nk behind Ginger Jack (9-11) at Musselburgh 1m hcp (3) gf in Aug.
Dark Devil (IRE) 11-2 (9-1) Took keen hold, tracked leader, ridden over 2f out, soon beaten, last of 5, 8l behind Wall of Fire (9-3) at Haydock 1m 2f hcp (3) sft in Jul.
Swift Emperor (IRE) 13-2 (9-3) Tracked leader, pushed along and weakened over 1f out, 6th of 7, 13 1/2l behind Oceanographer (10-0) at Doncaster 1m 2f hcp (2) gd in Jul.
