tracked leader stands side, tracked leaders in 3rd when centre merged over 4f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace
led stands side until centre merged over 4f out, tracked leader, led over 2f out, hard pressed over 1f out, just held on post
tracked leader centre until merged with stand side over 4f out, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
tracked leaders stands side, ridden and upsides winner over 1f out until just held post
led centre and overall leader, merged with stands side over 4f out, headed over 2f out, faded inside final furlong
in rear and in touch stands side, pushed along over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
Ventura Knight was taken out of a nursery here on Wednesday on account of the going but conditions aren’t likely to be much quicker today. He was also a long way behind WESTERLAND at Chelmsford and Frankie’s mount should give John Gosden back-to-back victories in this nursery if translating that form back to Turf. Maksab beat Rhosneigr at Leicester in June and has only been raised a couple of pounds since beating a subsequent winner at Newmarket so has to be respected. Regimented has improved with each run and is the only one of these to have so far won over a mile so he shouldn’t be far away again.
Ventura Knight (IRE) 4-1 (9-8) Tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, faded inside final furlong, 5th of 6, 6 3/4l behind Cape Bunting (9-3) at Chelmsford City 7f stks (2) pol in Sep.
Westerland 9-4 (9-5) Tracked leader, ridden to challenged inside final furlong, soon every chance, kept on and held towards finish, 2nd of 6, 3/4l behind Cape Bunting (9-3) at Chelmsford City 7f stks (2) pol in Sep.
Maksab (IRE) 10-3 (9-7) Chased leaders on outside, strong challenge inside final furlong, ran on to lead post, won at Newmarket 7f (3) gf in Aug beating Tadleel (9-4) by ns, 7 ran.
Regimented (IRE) 11-8fav (9-3) Keen, chased leaders, led inside final furlong, soon shaken up and flashed tail, always just doing enough, won at Chepstow 1m stks (4) gd in Aug beating Sallab (9-3) by nk, 6 ran.
Rhosneigr (IRE) 9-2 (9-6) Tracked leaders, not much room after 1f, effort 2f out, led entering final furlong, edged slightly left towards finish, stayed on, won at Haydock 7f (4) gs in Aug beating Veejay (9-10) by hd, 8 ran.
Ventura Dragon (IRE) 33-1 (8-11) Raced stands side, tracked leaders, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 17th of 19, 18 1/4l behind Tangled (8-11) at York 6f stks (2) gs in Aug.