in touch, ridden over 2f out, weakened and hung left over 1f out
held up in rear, headway and hung badly left from 2f out, not clear run inside final furlong, stayed on
led 1f, chased leader until over 2f out, weakened well over 1f out
held up, always in rear
led 9f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, kept on same pace
in touch, chased leader over 2f out, ridden and led over 1f out, edged left inside final furlong, ran on
Putra Kuantan can put his younger rivals in the shade, the best of them likely to be Red Racketeer and Hypnotic. After scoring over a mile at Sandown last May, Putra Kuantan has more or less been kept to that trip since, but has failed to add to his tally. Connections then decided to put him back over 10 furlongs with cheekpieces applied at Ripon last time and the move nearly paid off as he stuck to his task stoutly behind Wahoo Sam. Although he has to give seven-pounds to his younger opponents today, a similar effort should see him get back to winning ways. Red Racketeer has been a model of consistency this term, scoring at Windsor and Ripon, and as the combination of soft ground and 12 furlongs seemed to find him out at Ayr, conditions here should help his cause. Hypnotic looked strong when making all at Yarmouth last time but that was in claiming company and he will have to step up another gear now, while both Pevensey and Shannon Springs need to improve on their respective runs at York to figure. Putra Kuantan caught the eye with his latest effort and can go one better.
Putra Kuantan 9-4fav (9-11) Held up behind leaders, pushed along and headway 2f out, stayed on final furlong, not reach winner, 2nd of 9, 1l behind Wahoo Sam (8-9) at Ripon 1m 2f hcp (3) gf in Aug.
Dansili Dancer 11-2 (8-6) Held up in rear, pushed along when not clear run 3f out, kept on final furlong, never reached leaders and no danger, 5th of 11, 6l behind Enforcer (8-9) at Goodwood 1m 2f 3yo hcp (2) sft in Jul.
Hypnotic Evensfav (9-0) Made all, ridden and ran on gamely, won at Yarmouth 1m 3yo clm (4) gd in Aug beating Aberdovey (8-10) by a hd, 4 ran.
Pevensey (IRE) 12-1 (9-2) Towards rear, pushed along and headway 3f out, one pace final furlong, 5th of 9, 3l behind Kydd Gloves (8-13) at York 1m 2f 3yo hcp (2) gd in Aug.
Red Racketeer (USA) 6-4fav (9-5) Prominent, ridden over 2f out, ridden to chase winner final furlong, 2nd of 6, 4l behind Ceiriog Valley (8-1) at Ripon 1m 4f 3yo hcp (3) gs in Aug.
Shannon Springs (IRE) 40-1 (8-8) Chased leaders on outer, ridden 3f out, weakened final 2f, 15th of 19, 17l behind Realism (8-6) at York 1m 2f hcp (2) gd in Aug.
