chased leaders, nudged along over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, ran on well to lead on line
led, pushed along 2f out, ridden over 1f out, headed final 50yds, no extra
close up, pushed along 2f out, ridden 1f out, slightly hampered inside final furlong, kept on one pace
missed break, towards rear, niggled along over 2f out, headway and ridden over 1f out, kept on well to lead 50yds out, headed on line
held up, niggled along over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, never in contention
chased leaders, ridden along over 1f out, soon beaten
NonRunner
A novice winner at Beverley, TRUELY ACLAIMED was only beaten a neck at Newcastle on last week’s handicap debut. She gets the vote on that form given Sir Min’s second at Pontefract cane over a shorter trip. Way To Win makes his handicap bow having finished well clear of the rest when winning in soft going at Lingfield but it remains to be seen if he can reproduce that effort on faster ground. Rickenbacker and Mercurial represent last year’s winning yard though neither have threatened recently while Unspoken has returned a beaten favourite the last twice and is handicapping for the first time.
Unspoken (IRE) 13-8fav (9-9) Went right start, prominent, ridden over 2f out, no extra inside final 100 yards, 6th of 11, 5l behind Atrium (9-2) at Ascot 7f stks (4) gd in Jul.
Mercurial (IRE) 50-1 (8-9) Mid-division, ridden 3f out, weakened well over 1f out, 18th of 20, 14 1/4l behind Flaming Rib (9-4) at York 6f (2) gd in Aug.
Way To Win (IRE) 3-1 (9-5) Keen early, made all, clear over 1f out, edged left inside final furlong, easily, won at Lingfield 7f mdn stks (6) sft in Jul beating Brynteg (9-5) by 11l, 11 ran.
The Dunkirk Lads 80-1 (8-0) Always towards rear, 15th of 16, 18 3/4l behind Harrow (8-4) at York 7f (2) gd in Aug.
Truely Aclaimed 9-1 (8-10) Held up, made headway inside 3f, ridden at 2f, ran on well to join leader inside final furlong, just denied, 2nd of 9, nk behind Sanitiser (9-7) at Newcastle 1m (2) pol in Sep.
Rickenbacker (IRE) 4-1 (9-6) Dwelt, mid-division, ridden and switched right 2f out, kept on well inside last, 4th of 11, 2 3/4l behind Smooth Talking (9-0) at Epsom 7f (5) gf in Aug.
Sir Min (IRE) 7-2 (9-2) Held up, ridden over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, went 2nd close home, no chance with winner, 2nd of 6, 1 3/4l behind Kit Gabriel (9-7) at Pontefract 6f (4) gf in Sep.
