prominent, led after about 3f, raced far side and headed over 4f out, ridden and weakened over 3f out
chased leaders, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened
held up mid-division, headway over 2f out, ridden to chase winner over 1f out, no impression
tracked leader and keen, led after 2f, headed after 3f, weakened over 2f out
held up mid-division and keen, ridden and headway over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
chased leaders, led over 4f out, ridden 2f out, headed over 1f out, soon weakened
stumbled start, in rear, never dangerous
held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace
led 2f, chased leaders, led over 1f out, kept on well
held up mid-division, headway over 3f out, chased leader over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
slowly away, towards rear, ridden and headway over 2f out, one pace final furlong
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Frontline Phantom is starting to come down the weights again and has won twice over this C&D. He also got the better of Hydrant at Nottingham in May, though the latter is 4lb better off here. VEILED APPLAUSE is well handicapped on his best form and also weighted to reverse running in the spring with Frontline Phantom. He can come on top today. Sirgarfieldsobers continues to disappoint and Colinca's Lad needs to overcome a 6lb rise in the weights if he is to complete his hat-trick. Hail Bold Chief would have made short work of these off this mark last year but has hardly picked his feet up in four outings this term and best watched until showing signs of a revival.
Sirgarfieldsobers (IRE) 4-1 (10-0) Led, ridden over 1f out, driven and headed well inside final furlong, no extra final strides, 3rd of 8, 3/4l behind All For You (8-13) at Ayr 1m 2f hcp 0-75 (5) gd.
Thunderstruck 9-1 (9-2) Held up in touch, weakened over 2f out, soon eased, last of 12, well behind Bonfire Knight (9-7) at Doncaster 1m 2f hcp 0-85 (4) gd in Apr.
Veiled Applause 18-1 (9-5) Mid-division, headway 5f out, led over 2f out, headed entering final furlong, no extra towards finish, 4th of 9, 7l behind Plattsburgh (9-0) at Doncaster 1m 4f hcp 0-75 (5) gd in Jul.
Hydrant 14-1 (9-5) Led, ridden over 2f out, headed well over 1f out, hampered soon after, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 7, 9l behind Apprimus (9-7) at York 1m 4f clm stks (4) gs in Jul.
Frontline Phantom (IRE) 4-1 (9-5) Tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened 1f out, 5th of 8, 9l behind All For You (8-13) at Ayr 1m 2f hcp 0-75 (5) gd.
The Oil Magnate 11-1 (9-11) Dwelt, in touch, weakened from 3f out, last of 11, well behind Eltheeb (10-0) at Hamilton 1m 3f hcp 0-75 (5) gd in Jul.
Black Coffee 20-1 (9-6) Always in rear-division, 9th of 10, 9l behind Choral Festival (9-3) at Windsor 1m 2f hcp 0-75 (5) gf.
Ajdaad (USA) 5-1 (8-13) Held up in rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on to go 4th inside final furlong, 4th of 7, 5l behind West End Lad (9-10) at Leicester 1m hcp 0-75 (5) gf.
Hail Bold Chief (USA) 16-1 (9-5) Mid-division, edged left over 8f out, headway over 4f out, soon chasing leaders, weakened over 2f out, 13th of 16, 29l behind Kian's Delight (8-3) at Pontefract 1m 4f hcp 0-70 (5) gd in Jul.
Lord Lansing (IRE) 14-1 (10-5) Held up towards rear, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, one pace and no impression, 7th of 14, 10l behind Opus Maximus (10-1) at Carlisle 1m 1f Ladies Claiming Stakes (3yo+) (6) gd.
Dane Cottage 5-2fav (9-10) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, plugged on from over 1f out, 6th of 14, 9l behind Daytime Dreamer (10-1) at Carlisle 1m 3f ladies hcp 0-60 (6) gd.
Colinca's Lad (IRE) 5-1 (8-5) Led after 2f, made rest, ridden 2f out, stayed on, won at Windsor 1m 2f hcp 0-75 (5) gd in Jul beating Jamhoori (8-12) by 1/2l, 12 ran.
Elk Trail (IRE) 9-1 (8-11) Slowly into stride behind, ridden and some headway over 1f out, never near leaders, 6th of 12, 15l behind Take It Easee (8-13) at Nottingham 1m 2f hcp 0-75 (5) sft in Nov '09.
