close up in rear, raced keenly after 2f, switched left and headway entering final furlong, ridden to chase winner inside final furlong, kept on one pace
tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong
keen tracked leader, ridden and every chance over 1f out, kept on one pace
led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong
close up, headway to join leaders halfway, led over 1f out, ridden and ran on
All of these make their handicap debuts with KAASIB (NAP) preferred. The latter struggled in the Listed Windsor Castle at Ascot last time but won at Salisbury earlier. Edgar Linton finished behind the selection at Ascot having scored at Redcar before that while New Hope Bullet opened his account with a victory at Catterick last month. Fox Degree is preferred to Ignac Lamar of the remainder.
Kaasib (IRE) 66-1 (9-5) Raced centre to near side, held up in mid-division, headway when not clear run and switched right inside final 2f, soon ridden, weakened final furlong, 12th of 24, 8l behind Little Big Bear (9-5) at Ascot 5f lst stks (1) gf in Jun.
Edgar Linton (FR) 66-1 (9-5) Led group towards far side, headed in group over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 17th of 24, 12 1/4l behind Little Big Bear (9-5) at Ascot 5f lst stks (1) gf in Jun.
New Hope Bullet (IRE) 2-1 (9-2) Went right leaving stalls, prominent, pushed along to lead over 1f out, hung left 1f out, ran on final furlong, won at Catterick 5f fll stks (5) gd in Jun beating Santabella (9-2) by 1l, 6 ran.
Ignac Lamar (IRE) 11-1 (9-7) Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, hanging left and beaten over 1f out, lost 3rd inside final furlong, 4th of 8, 8 1/2l behind Commander Straker (9-7) at Bath 5f stks (5) gd in May.
Fox Degree (IRE) 9-2 (9-2) Led, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra in 4th towards finish, 4th of 8, 1 1/4l behind Kerindia (9-2) at Nottingham 5f stks (4) gd in Jul.