led, ridden and headed over, no extra inside final furlong
held up mid-division, ridden and headway over 1f out, soon every chance, kept on same pace
held up towards rear, ridden over 3f out, kept on same and no impression
tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
held up in rear, effort over 2f out, no impression
tracked leader and keen, challenged over 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, edged left inside final furlong, kept on strongly
tracked leaders in 4th and keen, ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong
NonRunner
Tadaawol went up a massive 10lb for an easy victory at Catterick and has been unable to cope though he ran quite well in a better race than this at Chester on Saturday. Flyboy is 1-19 and disappointed when favourite at Epsom after a short-head defeat in soft ground at Leicester. It's two years since God Willing won and though he's produced runs that would be good enough for this a strike-rate of 2-39 doesn't inspire confidence. GILMER generally goes well at this sort of level and has won on heavy ground. He won at Ayr in June and the assessor has given him a chance to get back to winning ways. Beverley Bullet won a soft-ground handicap at Pontefract in July though that was over 1m2f while Redarna is consistent enough and didn't run badly here last week so has to be respected.
Tadaawol 10-1 (8-12) Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, 4th of 10, 3 3/4l behind Dan Troop (9-6) at Chester 1m hcp (3) hvy in Sep.
Flyboy (IRE) 10-3fav (9-10) Soon chasing leaders on inside, weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 10, 4 3/4l behind Favourite Royal (9-4) at Epsom 7f hcp (4) gf in Aug.
God Willing 8-1 (9-5) Keen, tracked leaders, ridden to challenge over 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 5th of 18, 5l behind Dark Intention (9-1) at York 7f hcp (4) gs in Sep.
Gilmer (IRE) 4-1 (9-6) In touch, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong, 6th of 8, 9 1/4l behind Khelman (9-8) at Ayr 6f hcp (4) gs in Jul.
Specialv (IRE) 7-1 (9-2) Mid-division centre, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 7, 8 3/4l behind Thafeera (9-7) at Nottingham 6f hcp fll (4) gs in Aug.
Beverley Bullet 11-4 (9-7) Tracked leaders in 3rd, le dover 6f out, headed over 1f out, weakened towards finish, 5th of 8, 2 1/2l behind Liquid Gold (9-4) at Beverley 1m 2f hcp (5) gf in Aug.
Redarna 3-1fav (9-1) Slowly away in rear, not clear run from 2f out, ridden and headway approaching final furlong, stayed on towards finish, 3rd of 8, 3l behind Tagur (8-13) at Carlisle 7f hcp (5) hvy in Sep.
Rock N Rolla (IRE) 20-1 (9-1) Chased leaders, effort when short of room over 2f out, every chance over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 2nd of 11, nk behind Heatongrad (8-12) at Musselburgh 1m 1f hcp (4) sft in Sep.