held up in mid-division, headway over 2f out, ridden and hung right over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong
mid-division, pushed along over 5f out, headway on inside over 4f out, weakened over 2f out
held up towards rear, headway when short of room final bend, gap soon opened and got through to lead, stayed on well, clear towards finish
chased leaders, pushed along 9f out, driven over 6f out, weakened over 2f out
soon 2nd, led over 5f out, headed well over 1f out, weakened
disputing lead early, tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
held up in rear, headway and switched right over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
led, headed over 5f out, driven over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
towards rear, headway on outside 2f out, went 2nd 1f out, every chance and edged left inside final furlong, no impression towards finish
slowly into stride, soon chasing leaders, went 2nd over 3f out, led well over 1f out, soon headed, weakened inside final furlong
Jumping Cats has recorded all three wins on the all-weather over 2m including here last time while Life Matters won over the same distance at Kempton last week and is due to go up a further 3lb after this. Looktothelight posted a better effort at Kempton recently and Elhafei won over today’s trip on the Turf at Lingfield back in June. Amjaady and Twpsyn are usually in the mix without winning while REALLY SUPER finished runner-up at Kempton when last on the Flat but having won a Grade 3 chase subsequently, she gets the vote back in this code.
Amjaady (USA) 11-2 (10-2) Towards rear, ridden 2f out, kept on final furlong, 4th of 10, 2 3/4l behind I Can't Remember (9-0) at Newcastle 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Sep.
Jumping Cats 9-2 (10-0) Tracked leaders, headway to chase leader 3f out, ridden to lead approaching final furlong, ran on, won at Chelmsford City 2m hcp (5) pol in Sep beating Justified (9-1) by 1l, 8 ran.
Really Super 6-1 (11-9) Chased leaders, went badly right and hampered 7th, reminders before next, outpaced and reminders after 11th, weakened next, tailed off and pulled up after 2 out, at Stratford 2m 5f hcp (2) gd in Aug.
Harbour Front 40-1 (9-11) Close up, ridden to lead narrowly over 3f out, headed over 2f out, faded over 1f out, 7th of 14, 15 1/4l behind Postileo (9-4) at Salisbury 1m 6f hcp (4) gs in Aug.
Noble Gift 14-1 (9-12) Led after 2f, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 7th of 10, 8 1/4l behind Tindrum (9-5) at Sandown 1m 2f hcp (5) gs in Aug.
Twpsyn (IRE) 11-2 (9-9) Tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace, 4th of 9, 3 1/4l behind En Famille (9-6) at Sandown 1m 2f hcp (5) gs in Aug.
Elhafei (USA) 4-1 (9-12) Tracked leaders, pushed along to chase winner over 1f out, one pace and lost 2 places inside final furlong, 4th of 13, 3 1/4l behind Mousebird (9-8) at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hcp (6) pol in Aug.
Looktothelight (USA) 12-1 (9-7) Led and set steady pace, quickened tempo over 3f out, headed and not pace of winner inside final furlong, kept on for clear 2nd, 2nd of 8, 3 1/2l behind Keep It Brief (9-2) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (5) pol in Sep.
Country'n'western (FR) 9-2 (9-12) Held up last, headway over 2f out, ridden and headway into 4th inside final furlong, no extra close home, 4th of 12, 3 3/4l behind Bayston Hill (9-8) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Sep.
Life Matters (USA) 2-1fav (9-2) Chased leaders, joined leader 6f out, ridden to lead 2f out, ran on well, impressive, won at Kempton 2m hcp (6) pol in Sep beating Master Grey (9-10) by 6l, 12 ran.
