dwelt, raced keenly, soon tracking leaders on inside, good headway between horses over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, stayed on
led, ridden over 2f out, headed inside final furlong, lost 2nd and no extra final 75 yards
tracked leaders on outside, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and unable to quicken over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong,
chased leader, ridden to challenge over 1f out, went 2nd final 75 yards, not pace to threaten
always last, pushed along and struggling 3f out, ridden and beaten 2f out, never a factor
Sesame was placed over 7f here last time and should go well again if staying the longer distance but SMASHING LASS has improved since winning a seller at Catterick in July and she gets the vote in a weak handicap stepping up in trip on the back of a second at Newcastle. The remainder are harder to fancy though Kenoughty was placed at Nottingham in between a couple of poor efforts and looks best of them.
Max Guevara (IRE) 14-1 (8-12) Slowly into stride, in rear, pushed along when not much room over 3f out, switched left over 2f out, headway over 1f out, never dangerous, 6th of 12, 7 3/4l behind Headland (9-7) at Salisbury 7f (5) gf in Sep.
Sesame (IRE) 4-1 (9-2) Mid-division, headway under pressure over 1f out, stayed on into 3rd inside final furlong, no chance with 1st 2, 3rd of 9, 3 1/4l behind One Kiss (9-7) at Ffos Las 7f (6) gs in Aug.
Smashing Lass (IRE) 33-1 (9-6) Held up towards rear, headway over 1f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, kept on, no impression on winner, 2nd of 14, 1 1/2l behind Hard Taskmaster (9-12) at Newcastle 7f (6) pol in Sep.
Kenoughty (FR) 5-1 (9-3) Chased leaders, effort over 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong, 8th of 12, 10 1/4l behind Precision Prince (9-2) at Kempton 7f (6) pol in Aug.
Ireland's Angel (IRE) 66-1 (9-0) Always towards rear, 15th of 16, 11 3/4l behind Fares Kodiac (9-5) at Windsor 6f mdn stks (4) gf in Aug.
Be Proud (IRE) 9-1 (9-0) In touch, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, edged left and went 3rd close home, 3rd of 12, 2l behind Bandola (8-13) at Leicester 7f stks (6) gf in Sep.