Another seller, and another poor race, but we think NAWAMEES can be home first, and carries our support ahead of Terminate and Love In The West. David Evans' gelding is a consistent sort, particularly at this sort of level, with his 11 career wins on the flat all coming in claimers and sellers. His last win came over course and distance, he's the highest rated and with trainer's son Richard on board, he's off a very competitive weight. Terminate is another model of consistency, with two wins and three places in his last six races. The one blot on the copybook was last time out when dropped in trip to a mile and a quarter, so the return to this distance is a positive move by Ian Williams. One of those placings was behind Nawamees when having plenty in hand at the weights, so he's got a bit to do to reverse that. Love In The West steps back up in trip after surprisingly being dropped to seven furlongs last time out following a win over a mile and a quarter. The in-form stable have previously won this race, and there's probably more improvement to come from her. Freda's Rose hasn't been placed in seven hurdles outings, and has a first go on the flat, but there's nothing to encourage us of a change of fortune. Any Sir Mark Prescott runner deserves at least a second glance, but Ingenue was 13th of 14 on debut last month, and massive improvement would be needed here. Several are capable of winning it if everything falls right, but the one we're siding with is Nawamees.
Monopole (IRE) 16-1 (9-8) Fluent, towards rear, ridden over 2f out, never dangerous, 7th of 8, 29l behind Munsef (9-5) at Chester 1m 2f clm stks (5) gf in Jun.
Obara d'Avril (FR) 150-1 (9-3) Dwelt, held up in rear, ridden and kept on final 2f, never troubled leaders, 5th of 7, 11l behind Grand Art (8-9) at Catterick 1m 4f clm stks (6) gf in May.
Realism (FR) 12-1 (8-9) Held up, weakened over 2f out, 6th of 9, 18l behind Demolition (9-8) at York 1m 4f clm stks (4) gd in Jul.
Intavac Boy 100-1 (9-0) Held up, ridden 2f out, soon weakened, 14th of 16, 17l behind Monfils Monfils (10-3) at Beverley 1m 2f (6) gf in Jul.
Nawamees (IRE) 8-1 (11-7) Chased leader, challenged going well 3f out, soon pushed along, edged left and one pace over 1f out, 4th of 16, 5l behind Sagunt (11-5) at Chepstow 1m 4f am hcp 0-65 (6) sft in Jul.
McEldowney 12-1 (8-5) Led, headed halfway and remained in touch until weakened over 2f out, 5th of 9, 19l behind Desert Destiny (8-12) at Catterick 1m 6f 4yo sell stks (6) gf in Jun.
Miss Ferney 80-1 (8-6) Dropped out start, took keen hold, ridden and behind final 2f, 6th of 8, 25l behind Umverti (10-0) at Pontefract 1m 4f flls hcp 0-75 (5) sft in Jul.
Terminate (GER) 5-1 (9-8) Slowly away, in rear, ridden and outpaced over 3f out, stayed on final furlong, 5th of 12, 4l behind Don Pietro (8-12) at Bath 1m 2f 4yo sell stks (6) gd in Jul.
Love In The West (IRE) 15-8 (8-8) Led for 15, ridden over 2f out, kept on, no chance with winner, 2nd of 7, 7l behind Just Five (9-1) at Beverley 7f 3yo clm (5) gf in Jul.
Ingenue 50-1 (8-5) Outpaced, pushed along throughout and always in rear, 13th of 14, 20l behind Mary Goodnight (8-12) at Windsor 1m 2f 3yo & 4yo mdn (5) gf in Jul.
Freda's Rose (IRE) 28-1 (10-5) Held up towards rear, weakened 3 out, soon ridden, 7th of 13, 15l behind Baguenaud (10-12) at Southwell 2m 1f sell hdl (5) gd in Jul.
