unruly in prelims, raced keenly out wide tracking leaders, pushed along and carried head high 2f out, weakened soon after
bit keen, led 1f, pressed leader, ridden and still every chance 1f out, weakened final 110 yards
steadied start, held up in rear, headway on inside of group over 2f out, ridden chasing leaders over 1f out, one pace in 3rd final 100 yards
held up in 5th, good headway out wide over 1f out, strong run inside final furlong, led final strides, gamely
tracked leaders on inside, pushed along over 2f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on but headed final strides
pressed leader, led after 1f, brought field centre in home straight, ridden over 1f out, headed and weakened inside final furlong
held up in rear, ridden out wide and beaten 2f out
LATTAM was hampered when sent off favourite for a valuable handicap over track and trip last month. He’d been in good form before that, including a victory in the Irish Lincolnshire at the Curragh, and gets another chance. Rhoscolyn finished behind the selection here before scoring over 7f at the track but The Gatekeeper finished in front of the above pair earlier and went on to win over course and distance. Sweet Reward is another with winning form at the course, though over 1m2f, while Crystal Casque landed an amateurs race at Ascot recently. Fox Tal and Hafeet Alain would prefer faster going.
Fox Tal 28-1 (9-7) Led 2f, tracked leader, pushed along when short of room over 2f out, weakened final furlong, last of 6, 23 3/4l behind Passenger (9-0) at Windsor 1m 2f Grp 3 stks (1) gf in Aug.
The Gatekeeper (IRE) 10-1 (9-4) Led, headed over 6f out, close up 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 14th of 15, 10 3/4l behind Liberty Lane (9-1) at Doncaster 1m hcp (2) sft in Sep.
Lattam (IRE) 5-1fav (9-0) Never better than midfield, 15th of 20, 8 3/4l behind Johan (9-8) at Goodwood 1m hcp (2) sft in Aug.
Rhoscolyn 12-1 (9-7) Mid-division, pushed along entering straight, 9th and ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 7th of 17, 3 1/4l behind Broadhurst (9-1) at Leopardstown 7f hcp gd in Sep.
Hafeet Alain (IRE) 15-2 (9-9) Led, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 8th of 11, 6 1/4l behind Koy Koy (9-10) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (3) pol in Sep.
Sweet Reward (IRE) 8-1 (9-9) Raced wide, tracked leaders, tracked winner 7f out, ridden 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 10, 3 3/4l behind Box To Box (9-7) at Chester 1m 2f hcp (3) gs in Sep.
Crystal Casque 25-1 (10-11) Towards rear, pushed along 3f out, headway over 1f out, ran on to lead towards finish, won at Ascot 1m hcp (4) gd in Sep beating Double Time (10-6) by 1/2l, 11 ran.
