slowly into stride, behind, soon tracked leaders, took keen hold, ridden and one pace from over 1f out
made all, ridden over 2f out, pressed over 1f out, kept on
close up, ridden over 2f out, challenged over 1f out, kept on and held towards finish
tracked leaders and keen, ridden over 2f out, no extra final furlong
refused to race
HILLGROVE ANGEL will find this tougher than the selling contest he won at Windsor last week but still looks the safest bet. He has the edge over The Alamo on today's terms as the latter drops in class while Eagle Empire has not raced since December and stablemate Servery has been well beaten in all four starts this year. Hawkmeister and Edge have plenty to find at the weights with the latter arriving in the better form.
Edge (IRE) 12-1 (9-0) Held up in 5th, headway on outside into 3rd over 2f out, ridden and one pace when edged left well over 1f out, went 2nd 100 yards out until close home, 3rd of 9, 2l behind Look Here's Al (8-3) at Chepstow 1m 2f hcp (6) gf in Jun.
The Alamo (IRE) 7-1 (9-11) Tracked leaders, pushed along over 3f out, ridden and weakened over 2f out, last of 11, dist behind Sweet P (9-9) at Windsor 1m 2f hcp (5) gf in Jul.
Hillgrove Angel (IRE) 1-5fav (8-10) Made all, pushed clear over 1f out, eased final 110 yards, unchallenged, won at Windsor 1m 2f stks (6) gs in Jul beating Rosie Prospects (9-2) by 7l, 4 ran.
Eagle Empire (IRE) 10-1 (9-5) Close up, ridden 2f out, kept on one pace, 3rd of 9, 3l behind Noro Lim (9-5) at Lingfield 1m mdn stks (6) pol in Dec.
Hawkmeister (IRE) 10-1 (9-7) Always towards rear, never involved, 8th of 10, 23 3/4l behind Who'sthedaddy (9-3) at Salisbury 1m 2f hcp (6) gf in Jul.
Servery 28-1 (8-5) Led 2f, tracked leader until ridden over 2f out, soon hung right, weakened well over 1f out, last of 8, 13 3/4l behind Who Dares Wins (9-0) at Salisbury 1m 4f hcp (5) gf in Jul.