chased winner throughout, ridden and no impression when not fluent 2 out, hung right after last, stayed on same pace
held up in last, not fluent 6th or 4 out, soon struggling, went modest 4th 3 out
chased leading pair, ridden after 3 out, weakened before next
held up in 4th, not fluent 5th, ridden before 3 out, soon weakened
made all, clear before 2 out, unchallenged
Nonrunner
Nicky Henderson's string seems to have come to hand early this season and Forever Field has been on the go for while. He's not finished out of the first two in four runs since April and has solid claims again here, despite a further 5lb rise. But ZARIB can certainly be forgiven his run over a trip too far at Haydock in May. He'd only gone down by a neck over 2m4f in a competitive handicap at Cheltenham previously so gets the nod as Midnight Shot looks harshly treated having been raised 2lb for a 10-length defeat in the spring. Belize has won his last two but needs to up his game again and may find the going too lively. Chris Gordon run two but Disputed's second at Stratford in May hasn't worked out and Remiluc returns from a lay-off.
Zarib (IRE) 8-1 (10-12) Held up in rear, not fluent 4th, headway on outside after 3 out, lost place next, 10th of 15, 32 3/4l behind Whataknight (11-0) at Haydock 2m 7f hcp (2) gd in May.
Disputed (IRE) 8-1 (10-13) Tracked leaders, ridden 3 out, challenged after 2 out, led on home bend, headed before last, stayed on same pace, 2nd of 8, 4 1/2l behind Moabit (10-5) at Stratford 2m hcp (2) gs in May.
Remiluc (FR) Evensfav (11-7) Tracked leaders, went 2nd after 4 out, led 2 out, ridden and headed last, no impression on winner final 100 yards, 2nd of 9, 6l behind Double Shuffle (11-7) at Newbury 2m (4) gs in Mar.
Belize 8-1 (11-7) Held up in touch, led before 2 out, kept on, won at Southwell 2m 4f hcp (4) sft in May beating Dazinski (11-9) by 5l, 11 ran.
Midnight Shot 7-2 (11-8) Tracked front pair, went 2nd when blundered 3 out, led soon after, joined last, ridden and headed flat, not pace of winner and no chance after, 2nd of 8, 10l behind Byron Flyer (11-3) at Market Rasen 2m 5f hcp (3) gd in May.
Forever Field (IRE) 9-4 (11-10) Tracked leaders, challenged 2f out, led last, stayed on well, ridden out, won at Worcester 2m 4f hcp (3) gd in Aug beating Jigsaw Financial (10-0) by 1 3/4l, 6 ran.
