tracked leaders, ridden halfway, soon lost place, driven over 1f out, stayed on to go 2nd inside final furlong, no chance with winner
close up, raced wide, not handled bend and hung right after 1f, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace
slowly into stride, keen, held up, weakened 2f out
slowly into stride, soon chased leaders, ridden halfway, weakened over 1f out
chased leader, led over 3f out, cleared over 1f out, eased inside final furlong
slowly into stride, in rear, ridden 2f out, kept on final furlong, never near leaders
soon led, headed over 3f out, soon ridden and chased winner until inside final furlong
Brief Encounter ran a promising race on his debut at Sandown in July having run green early on and Andrew Balding's colt should have learned a lot from that performance but he faces no easy task against FLORENTIA, who gets the vote with Eagles Call looking the pick of the remainder. The selection stepped up on her debut effort when chasing home Red Kyte at Beverley last time on a soft surface and, with improvement to come for the switch to Polytrack, Sir Mark Prescott's speedily bred filly can open her account. Art Fund, from the in-form Gary Moore stable, looks the pick of the newcomers, while Fortune In Faith should improve for her Sandown debut run but she needs to. Peter Chapple-Hyam's Eagles Call has run well on both starts and should again be thereabouts but Florentia has solid claims and she is preferred.
Art Fund (USA) Speightstown gelding, half-brother to winning sprinter Queens Plaza.
Brief Encounter (IRE) 7-2 (9-3) Slowly away, green and soon pushed along in rear, headway on rail 3f out, ran on inside final furlong, 3rd of 8, 2 1/2l behind Ginobili (9-3) at Sandown 5f 2yo mdn auc (4) gf in Jul.
Eagles Call (USA) 11-1 (9-3) With leader, led 5f out, headed over 1f out, soon faded, 8th of 9, 7l behind Aakef (9-3) at Yarmouth 6f 2yo mdn (5) gd in Aug.
Sorrel Ridge (IRE) 14-1 (9-0) Chased leaders, lost place well over 1f out, soon ridden and weakened, 9th of 11, 15l behind Folsomprisonblues (9-3) at Newcastle 6f 2yo mdn auc (6) gf in May.
Vamos (IRE) Royal Applause colt, half-brother to winning sprinter Mazzanti.
Especially Special (IRE) 40-1 (9-0) Mid-division, ridden and effort over 2f out, weakened quickly over 1f out, 13th of 15, 17l behind Tropical Paradise (9-0) at Windsor 6f 2yo mdn fll (5) gs in Aug.
Florentia 2-1fav (9-0) Chased leaders, ridden along halfway, driven and kept on same pace final furlong, 2nd of 10, 1 1/2l behind Red Kyte (9-0) at Beverley 5f 2yo mdn fll (4) sft in Aug.
Fortune In Faith (USA) 16-1 (9-0) Pressed leader to over 1f out, gradually weakened, 6th of 7, 6l behind Cut The Cackle (9-0) at Sandown 5f 2yo mdn fll (4) gd in Aug.
