held up behind leaders, ridden along over 4f out, soon beaten
tracked leader, smooth headway over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on
towards rear, never a factor
towards rear, effort over 3f out, never troubled leaders
led, ridden over 2f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on same pace
held up in rear, ridden over 5f out, some late headway, never reached challenging position
prominent, ridden along over 4f out, one pace final 2f
Art Trend is likely to start a short priced favourite to land this and while his form is head and shoulders above what any of the others have achieved, it is far from anything to get overly excited about and he is opposed. He has looked one paced on more than one occasion on his three outings to date and could well be flattered by his rating of 83. That said, bad beats worse but at the likely odds he is opposed. Of the newcomers, Mark Johnston saddles a colt by Singspiel called Beaujeu and market confidence would be significant while Brathay from the Mark Tompkins stable is also bred to be decent; by Sadler's Wells out of a Pursuit Of Love mare. Kevin Ryan's Shady Gloom was not disgraced on her seasonal debut, tiring in the closing stages when fitness possibly was an issue. The winner of that event Stock Market has been well beaten off 80. We will give the newcomer Beaujeu the vote.
Brathay (IRE) Sadler's Wells gelding out of useful 7f & 1m4f winner Love Everlasting.
Art Trend (IRE) 5-1 (9-3) Led, ridden and headed 2f out, kept on one pace, 4th of 15, 5l behind It's A Date (9-3) at Newbury 1m 2f 3yo mdn (4) gd in May.
Rio Novo 28-1 (8-8) Slowly into stride, always behind, last of 7, 39l behind McCartney (8-12) at Hamilton 1m nov stk (4) gs in Aug.
Rye Rocket 66-1 (9-3) Towards rear, never dangerous, 13th of 15, 26l behind Mangham (9-3) at Ripon 1m 1f 3yo mdn (5) gf in May.
Shady Gloom (IRE) 25-1 (8-13) Chased leader, led over 3f out, headed over 2f out, no extra and lost 2nd towards finish, 3rd of 9, 4 1/2l behind Stock Market (8-13) at Hamilton 1m 1f mdn stk (5) gf in May.
Starlight Prince 100-1 (8-12) Chased leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, 9th of 12, 10l behind Wintercast (9-3) at Nottingham 1m 2yo mdn (5) gf in Nov.
Bonny Bright Eyes 25-1 (8-7) Towards rear, ridden over 2f out, never troubled leaders, 8th of 13, 20l behind Military Power (8-12) at Redcar 1m 2f mdn stk (5) gf in May.
Barashi 25-1 (9-3) Chased leaders to over 2f out, soon weakened, 12th of 14, 20l behind Annaliesse (8-12) at Redcar 7f 2yo mdn (5) gs in Jul.
Beaujeu (IRE) Singspiel colt, half-brother to several winners at around a mile including the useful Birthstone.
