keen early, held up in mid-division, driven and effort on outside over 2f out, ridden and one pace final furlong
raced keenly, held up in rear, smooth headway on outside to challenge over 2f out, soon ridden, weakened inside final furlong
in touch, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong
behind, ridden over 1f out, never on terms
led, headed over 2f out, soon ridden, no impression final furlong
in touch, driven and outpaced over 2f out, soon lost place, weakened final furlong
in touch, ridden to go 2nd 1f out, edged right and kept on final furlong
tracked leader, ridden to lead over 2f out, stayed on well final furlong
Nonrunner
CHOOKIE HAMILTON can land the Cumberland Plate trial handicap at the main expense of Valdan and Autumn Harvest. Ian Semple's 5-year-old won well from out of the handicap when last seen out at Hamilton when he got the better of Bridgewater Boys.This drop in trip will not be a problem to him and as he is versatile with regards to the ground he looks to have a solid chance. Valdan is interesting as he won very cosily last time at Thirsk and if he gets the good gallop that he needs here then he should go close. Autumn Harvest won at a huge price at Thirsk last time, but he looks to have more on his plate here and it will be interesting to see if he can back that up. Annibale Caro is dropped back to a more suitable trip and he could prove best of the others, but Chookie Hamilton makes more appeal and gets the vote.
Autumn Harvest 66-1 (9-13) Prominent, held up, headway under pressure over 3f out, driven to lead inside final furlong, kept on well, won at Thirsk 1m 4f mdn stks (5) gd beating Ruud Revenge (8-10) by 3/4l, 12 ran.
Valdan (IRE) 8-1 (8-0) Held up, smooth headway over 2f out, switched right and driven to lead over 1f out, ran on final furlong, won at Thirsk 1m 4f hcp 0-80 (4) gf beating Aleatricis (8-9) by 5l, 9 ran.
Bergonzi (IRE) 9-1 (9-3) Held up towards rear, effort over 2f out, no extra final furlong, last of 6, 4l behind Snowed Under (9-4) at Beverley 1m 2f hcp 0-80 (4) gf.
Annibale Caro 10-3fav (9-6) Raced keenly, held up, outpaced over 2f out, never dangerous, 9th of 11, 23l behind Amanda Carter (9-7) at Newcastle 1m 2f hcap (4) gf in Jul.
Simonside 16-1 (8-9) In touch, headway 6f out, effort 3f out, soon weakened, 10th of 11, 32l behind Judgethemoment (9-9) at Ascot 2m hcp 0-90 (3) gf.
Grey Command (USA) 66-1 (8-8) Tracked leader, ridden and lost place over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 10, 17l behind Wind Star (9-4) at Newcastle 1m 2f hcp 0-80 (4) gf.
Smugglers Bay (IRE) 14-1 (9-11) Raced keenly, held up mid division, driven and outpaced over 2f out, never near leaders, 7th of 13, 9l behind Summer Soul (9-11) at Newcastle 2m hcp 0-70 (5) gf.
Dechiper (IRE) 5-1 (8-12) Held up mid-division, headway on wide outside over 4f out, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened, 9th of 13, 11l behind Summer Soul (9-11) at Newcastle 2m hcp 0-70 (5) gf.
Chookie Hamilton 11-2 (7-9) Mid-division, ridden over 2f out, soon led, kept on well, won at Hamilton 1m 5f hcp 0-80 (4) gd beating Bridgewater Boys (8-11) by 3l, 11 ran.
Addikt (IRE) 16-1 (9-5) Always towards rear, 10th of 11, 31l behind Bourse (8-4) at Musselburgh 1m 1f hcap (4) sft in Nov.
