led and raced keen, ridden over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, headed towards finish
held up in touch, one pace final 2f
held up in touch, weakened over 1f out
tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out and slightly outpaced, stayed on to lead towards finish
slowly into stride, soon chasing leader, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
held up towards rear, headway on outer well over 1f out, no extra final furlong
in rear, ridden over 3f out, never dangerous
chased leaders, every chance approaching final furlong, not quicken
held up, effort over 2f out, never dangerous
In the finale, Cheshire Prince is nominated ahead of Nota Liberata and Aegis. The selection followed up a very good run when second over course and distance by finishing four lengths behind Nota Liberata when that horse won at Ayr on good to soft. What we feel will help the selection's cause today are the longer trip, the quicker going and a four-pounds weight pull. We shall see. Grand Art came good at Yarmouth last time but had earlier been beaten in handicaps from lower marks than today, and Aegis has yet to prove that he stays this far (his only run at the trip came on soft) but his connections must be fairly confident of him getting it to be trying him at it again, so he could go well. Of the others, Sularno is lightly raced and from a canny yard and Go But Go is hard to assess based on his Hamilton maiden win but, for the selection, we will stcik with Cheshire Prince.
Old Romney 14-1 (8-11) Pulled hard, soon prominent, raced centre 7f out, ridden to challenge over 2f out, soon lost place, 9th of 10, 16l behind Winter Sunrise (9-6) at Newmarket 1m 2f 3yo hcp (3) gd in Jul.
Go But Go 16-1 (9-1) Tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, challenged over 2f out, kept on to lead inside final furlong, won at Hamilton 1m 1f mdn aut stk (5) gd in Jun beating Four Miracles (8-10) by 1 1/2l, 9 ran.
Aegis (IRE) 16-1 (9-4) Tracked leader, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 5th of 11, 3l behind Cnoc Moy (9-4) at Sandown 1m 3yo hcp (4) gd in Jul.
Grand Art (IRE) 13-8fav (9-3) Held up, headway 3f out, ridden to lead 2f out, driven out, won at Yarmouth 1m 1f mdn aut stk (6) gf in Jul beating Split The Wind (8-12) by 3/4l, 10 ran.
Nota Liberata 9-1 (9-4) Mid-division, headway 3f out, challenged over 1f out, ridden, stayed on inside final furlong to lead near finish, won at Ayr 1m 1f 3yo hcp (6) gs in Jul beating Colditz (9-1) by a hd, 11 ran.
Sularno 14-1 (9-2) Behind, pushed along 4f out, driven on wide outside and beaten over 2f out, 12th of 14, 9l behind Cnoc Moy (9-6) at Windsor 1m 3yo hcp (5) gs in Jul.
Cheshire Prince 6-1 (9-9) Mid-division, effort 3f out, stayed on final furlong, not reach leaders, 5th of 11, 4l behind Nota Liberata (9-4) at Ayr 1m 1f 3yo hcp (6) gs in Jul.
Danehill Silver 20-1 (9-6) Chased leaders, weakened over 4f out, tailed off, 13th of 15, well behind Bollin Felix (9-5) at Pontefract 1m 4f 3yo hcp (6) sft in Jul.
