took keen hold, held up in rear, switched right to outer and headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, not pace to reach leaders
dwelt, soon pushed along to chase leaders on rail and keen, not clear run from over 1f out, not able to recover
led on rail, pushed along halfway, ridden and strongly pressed from over 1f out, kept narrow advantage until headed closing stages, lost 2nd near line
chased leader, ridden to challenge 2f out, every chance throughout final furlong, ran on closing stages, went 2nd near finish
held up in rear, pushed along halfway, headway towards outside inside final 2f, chased leaders final furlong, ran on to lead closing stages
in touch on outside, headway under pressure over 2f out, driven and weakened inside final 2f
chased leaders, nowhere to go throughout final furlong, finished full of running, not recover (hand timed)
The Galloping Shoe ran better at Windsor last month over six furlongs and should appreciate the extra furlong today but Jeremy Noseda's gelding may just be a shade high in the weights at present and a better bet looks to be MASWERTE, who gets the vote over Ivory Lace. Steve Woodman's mare is 8lbs higher than when scoring at Brighton last month but she won comfortably that day and was not disgraced in a better race than this at Goodwood last time so cannot be discounted. Vhujon has been well held in his last few outings and looks best left out of calculations with a bigger threat likely to come from Lodi. John Akehurst's gelding has run well off the same mark that he races off today in each of his last two starts and he should again be thereabouts. Rod Millman's Balata won well at Leicester at the beginning of the month but he struggled off his new mark at Wolverhampton last week and is likely to do so again in a race taken to go to Maswerte. Luca Cumani's colt should appreciate the return to faster ground having struggled to reproduce his best on good ground in his last three starts since winning at Newbury in June and he looks the one to be on.
Vhujon (IRE) 18-1 (9-8) Mid-division stands side group, weakened 1f out, 22nd of 24, 11l behind Baldemar (9-5) at Ayr 6f hcap (2) gd.
The Galloping Shoe 9-1 (8-8) Awkward leaving stalls, soon pushed along towards rear, headway on outside over 2f out, chased leading pair final furlong, kept on well towards finish, 3rd of 11, 1l behind Olynard (9-1) at Windsor 6f hcp 0-95 (3) gf in Aug.
Maswerte (IRE) 9-1 (9-5) Close up, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 7th of 8, 6l behind Sir Isaac (9-1) at Sandown 7f hcp 0-90 (3) gd in Aug.
Kaabari (USA) 50-1 (8-8) Chased leader to over 2f out, soon driven, weakened over 1f out, last of 7, 6l behind Annabelle's Charm (9-0) at Bath 1m fll lst stks (1) gd in Aug.
Balata 11-1 (9-1) In rear, came wide entering straight, headway under pressure over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, 6th of 11, 3 1/2l behind Captain Macarry (9-6) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp 0-80 (4) std.
Ivory Lace 9-1 (9-2) Held up in rear, headway over 2f out, ridden inside final furlong, kept on same pace, 4th of 7, 3l behind Mujood (9-9) at Goodwood 7f hcp 0-85 (4) gf.
Lodi (IRE) 15-2 (9-4) Held up mid-division, headway from over 2f out, ridden and every chance over 1f out, stayed on same pace, 3rd of 8, 1 1/4l behind King's Colour (8-13) at Epsom Downs 7f hcp 0-75 (5) gf.
