behind, headway over 2f out, never on terms
chased leaders, lost place over 3f out
chased leaders, driven to challenge over 2f out, no impression
slowly into stride, soon tracking leaders, hard driven to challenge over 2f out, kept on under pressure, no chance with easy winner
mid-division, lost place over 3f out, tailed off
held up in rear, headway over 2f out, hung left over 1f out, soon hung right under pressure, weakened final furlong
tracked leaders, raced wide, led after 2f, drew clear well over 1f out, easily
led 2f, remained prominent, effort over 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong
NonRunner
IT’S HOW WE ROLL finally opened his account when scoring at Windsor last month. He’s placed in testing ground off higher marks in the past and should be thereabouts again. Risk Mitigation finished runner-up in heavy going over a shorter trip at Leicester recently while Chinese Alphabet was placed over 1m2f on fast ground here last time, though was well beaten in soft at Goodwood earlier. Beer With The Boys has been competing over longer trips since winning a maiden race over 1m4f at Pontefract with the remainder harder to fancy.
Beer With The Boys 4-1 (9-0) Led 2f, tracked leader who went clear over 12f out, closer 5f out, led over 3f out until inside final 3f, chased leaders, weakened into 4th inside final furlong, 4th of 5, 9l behind Charlie D (9-7) at Bath 2m 1f hcp (5) fm in Aug.
Knight Commander 10-1 (8-2) Prominent on outside, led after 2f, went clear over 12f out came back to the field 5f out, headed and weakened rapidly over 3f out, tailed off, last of 5, dist behind Charlie D (9-7) at Bath 2m 1f hcp (5) fm in Aug.
Good Impression 50-1 (9-11) Held up in rear, never dangerous, 13th of 15, 21 1/4l behind Kaylen's Mischief (9-5) at Chepstow 1m 4f hcp (6) gf in Jul.
Chinese Alphabet 13-2 (9-7) Chased leaders on outside, ridden to lead 2f out, headed over 1f out, stayed on same pace final 100 yards, 3rd of 7, 1 3/4l behind Bug Boy (9-5) at Ffos Las 1m 2f hcp (6) gf in Aug.
Born To Please 50-1 (8-10) Soon behind, struggling halfway, eased inside final 2f, 8th of 9, 30 1/4l behind Tiar Na Nog (9-11) at Windsor 1m 3f hcp fll (5) gd in May.
It's How We Roll (IRE) 6-1 (9-1) Held up and behind, steady headway when not clear run over 2f out until switched right just over 1f out, ridden to lead well inside final furlong, ran on, won at Windsor 1m 3f hcp (6) gd in Jul beating Aria Rose (9-7) by 3/4l, 13 ran.
Tigerskin 12-1 (8-13) Towards rear, ridden and well beaten final 4f, last of 10, dist behind Funny Man (9-0) at Doncaster 1m 4f hcp (5) gd in Jul.
Endean 50-1 (9-9) Mid-division, weakened over 3f out, soon eased, last of 15, dist behind Kaylen's Mischief (9-5) at Chepstow 1m 4f hcp (6) gf in Jul.
Risk Mitigation (USA) 16-1 (9-2) Went left start, mid-division, driven and headway over 3f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 2nd of 8, 4 1/2l behind Crystal Tiara (8-11) at Leicester 1m 2f stks (5) hvy in Jul.
Valentine Mist (IRE) 100-1 (8-9) Led, headed 5f out, lost place over 3f out, soon behind, tailed off, last of 9, dist behind Princess Way (9-12) at Bath 1m 2f hcp fll (5) gf in Aug.