led, edged right home bend and bumped, stayed on, headed close home
chased leaders, not clear run on inside over 2f out, effort inside final furlong, stayed on, led close home
2nd early, chased leaders, effort to challenge when bumped home bend, edged left over 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, no extra towards finish
last to break, soon switched right, went 2nd over 8f out, close up when hampered and fell home bend
held up, pushed along over 2f out, badly hampered home turn, ran on final 100 yards, went 3rd close home
ALNADIR has been beaten a length over today’s trip on his last couple of outings but looks worth another chance with his yard in such good form and Simon Crisford’s charge is preferred to Sophosc. The latter failed to see out the 1m4f trip at Ascot last time but had been threatening to score over today’s distance before that. Michele Strogoff is back on a winning mark but is best at Wolverhampton of the all-weather surfaces while Let Rip has won over a mile at Lingfield, though was less than convincing over 1m2f two days ago. Secret Art remains out of form.
Michele Strogoff 7-1 (9-8) Led, clear 7f out to 3f out, headed 2f out, soon ridden, kept on same pace, no impression final furlong, 5th of 7, 3 1/2l behind Time Change (9-4) at Bath 1m 2f hcp (3) gf in Aug.
Secret Art (IRE) 20-1 (9-8) Raced keenly, tracked leaders on inside, ridden and unable to quicken inside final 2f, soon weakened, 7th of 9, 11l behind Qarasu (9-7) at Newbury 1m 2f hcp (4) sft in Aug.
Let Rip (IRE) 5-2fav (9-11) Held up and behind, switched left to inside over 2f out, pushed along and headway well over 1f out, soon ridden, weakened entering final furlong, 4th of 8, 6 3/4l behind Champs De Reves (9-2) at Bath 1m 2f hcp (4) gd in Aug.
Alnadir (USA) 2-1 (9-7) Led until 4f out, chased leader, pushed along on inside over 2f out, led again over 1f out, headed and not pace of winner towards finish, 2nd of 5, 1l behind Long Call (8-12) at Brighton 1m 2f hcp (4) gf in Aug.
Sophosc (IRE) 16-1 (9-3) Soon led, headed over 5f out, pushed along over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 9th of 10, 20 3/4l behind Sapa Inca (9-5) at Ascot 1m 4f hcp (3) gd in Aug.