led, ridden and headed approaching final furlong, no extra
tracked leaders, headway on inner entering final furlong, led inside final furlong, ran on, readily
raced wide, tracked leader, pushed along 3f out, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong
close up, in 4th, headway on outer to lead approaching final furlong, headed inside final furlong, kept on one pace
There may only be four runners in this but all have been in decent form lately. Blakeney Point stayed on strongly stepped up to 2m at Kempton. He's 5lb higher here but looks to be an improving stayer. Hereawi is trying a longer trip for the first time and has only won on soft going so far but she has valuable course experience having scored over 1m4f here in July. CLEAR EVIDENCE has improved markedly since given a test of stamina. He's won two of his last three and seems to prefer small fields - Edward Greatrex' claim could be a telling factor here. Masterson needs to step up again but has won over the trip at Newcastle recently.
Hereawi 4-9fav (9-2) Prominent, every chance when switched to race towards stands side over 2f out, weakened entering final furlong, 3rd of 4, 7l behind Eager Beaver (9-6) at Salisbury 1m 4f hcp fll (4) sft in Aug.
Blakeney Point 10-3 (9-5) Tracked leader, led well over 1f out, driven clear inside final furlong, ran on strongly, won at Kempton 2m hcp (4) pol in Sep beating Withhold (9-7) by 3l, 5 ran.
Clear Evidence 5-4fav (9-5) Tracked leader after 1f, challenged going well 2f out, led over 1f out, stayed on strongly, won at Goodwood 2m hcp stks (5) gd in Aug beating Tyrell (9-3) by 2l, 6 ran.
Masterson (IRE) 2-1fav (9-13) Close up, came centre 3f out, ridden to press winner over 1f out, one pace final furlong, 2nd of 6, 3 3/4l behind Buteo Bai (9-2) at Brighton 1m 4f hcp (6) gs in Sep.