held up, headway 5f out, chased winner over 1f out, no impression and lost 2nd inside final furlong, kept on
slowly into stride, went 2nd over 8f out, led over 3f out, ridden and edged left over 1f out, stayed on well, clear towards finish
prominent, ridden over 2f out, not quicken over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong
tracked leaders, pushed along over 5f out, ridden over 4f out, soon weakened, well behind final 3f
led, headed over 3f out, lost place over 2f out
hampered start, in rear, headway over 3f out, soon ridden, outpaced over 2f out, well beaten and eased over 1f out
went left start, held up, headway over 3f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, stayed on, no impression on winner
Raaqyah had three runs on the all-weather in the spring without showing a great deal. However, she is a half-sister to four winners so there may be more to come now going handicapping and switching to Turf. Vision Clear has suffered narrow defeats at Salisbury and Thirsk this year and cheekpieces wouldn’t need to bring about much improvement for him to get off the mark here but RAPIER didn’t enjoy much luck in-running when last of four at Yarmouth on his handicap debut. He was only beaten a length-and-a-half and is a pound lower now so looks the one to be on. Archie Perkins has a squeak but the remainder are harder to fancy.
Vision Clear (GER) 9-2 (9-1) In touch, headway over 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, soon joined, headed post, 2nd of 8, hd behind Fire Leopard (9-12) at Thirsk 1m 4f hcp (5) gd in Jul.
Rapier (USA) 5-2 (9-1) Tracked leaders in 3rd on inside, ridden and unable to quicken 2f out, plugged on inside final furlong, lost 3rd close home, last of 4, 1 1/2l behind Howman (9-7) at Yarmouth 1m 1f hcp (4) gf in Jul.
Raaqyah (USA) 11-4jfav (8-9) Awkwardly away, raced wide towards rear, pushed along 3f out, some late headway, never near leaders, 4th of 10, 9l behind Zarjaz (9-0) at Southwell 1m stks (5) pol in Apr.
Cashel (IRE) 20-1 (9-1) Towards rear, soon outpaced, 6th of 7, 28 3/4l behind Urban Aspect (9-1) at Chester 1m stks (4) gf in Jun.
Tigershark (IRE) 7-1 (9-6) In rear, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened, last of 6, 19 1/2l behind Delph Crescent (9-1) at Beverley 1m hcp (5) gf in Jul.
Thunderhooves 13-2 (8-12) Held up in 4th, lost place when ridden well over 2f out, soon beaten, tailed off when eased 1f out, last of 5, 31 1/4l behind Ventura Gold (9-0) at Musselburgh 1m 1f hcp (5) gf in Jun.
Archie Perkins (IRE) 11-2 (8-11) Chased leaders, lost place 6f out, ridden over 3f out, kept on inside final furlong, went 4th close home, 4th of 11, 4 3/4l behind Chikoko Trail (9-1) at Pontefract 1m hcp (5) gf in Jul.
