slowly into stride, soon ridden along, headway to lead after 2f, ridden and headed 4f out, soon beaten
keen, tracked leaders, ridden 6f out, weakened 4f out
pushed along in rear, reminders 14f out, driven 10f out, weakened 4f out
held up in rear, headway over 6f out, ridden to chase winner 3f out, kept on, no chance
held up in rear, ridden 7f out, soon weakened
led 2f, chased leader until approaching 4f out, weakened over 3f out
always travelling well, tracked leaders, led on bit 4f out, soon clear, edged right from over 1f out, eased inside final furlong
held up, outpaced 10f out, soon behind, pulled up over 1f out
Mushtaaq is far from straightforward but that accusation can't be levelled at Trip The Light who may have more to fear from Beautiful Lady and Benhego. The selection started life off at a lowly level but the wearing of a visor has proved key to him as he has won all three starts in the headgear. The handicapper has taken a dim view of his achievements as he lines up on a 10lb higher mark than when winning at Redcar but he gave every indication that there was more to come and is selected. Mushtaaq may yet find a race and Richard Hills will deserve his plaudits if it's this one as the gelding ran in snatches when ahead of Blue Citadel and Lemonesse last time. Benhego just got run out of it last time having looked the likeliest winner for much of the closing stages but is still relatively inexperienced and is very much one for the short-list. Supporters of Beautiful Lady need to forgive a poor run at Haydock but that came in bottomless ground and she had looked progressive prior to that. This surface may well enable her to get back on track but we'll take Trip The Light to grind out victory this afternoon.
Mushtaaq (USA) 7-2fav (9-0) Prominent, ridden over 3f out, no impression over 1f out, stayed on well inside final furlong, not reach leaders, 4th of 13, 1 1/2l behind Darksideofthemoon (9-13) at Lingfield 1m 6f mdn stk (5) gd.
It's A Date 15-2 (9-3) Close up, ridden over 2f out, soon outpaced, 5th of 10, 7l behind Askar Tau (8-12) at Sandown 1m 6f 3yo hcp (4) gf in Jul.
Trip The Light 15-8fav (9-4) In touch, ridden over 4f out, stayed on well close home, won at Redcar 1m 6f hcp 0-60 (6) gd beating Bond Casino (9-1) by 2l, 11 ran.
Tyrrells Wood (IRE) 12-1 (9-7) In touch, ridden along over 3f out, weakened from 2f out, 5th of 10, 10l behind Hendersyde (9-2) at Sandown 1m 6f 3yo hcp (4) gs.
Beautiful Lady (IRE) 2-1fav (9-7) Held up, towards rear, no chance final 3f, tailed off, 12th of 13, well behind Kiribati King (9-4) at Haydock 1m 6f 3yo hcp (5) hvy.
Blue Citadel (USA) 17-2 (9-9) In touch, driven along 2f out, stayed on same pace, 4th of 15, 8l behind Hamsat Elqamar (9-4) at Goodwood 2m 3yo mdn hcp (5) gs.
Benhego 5-2jt-fav (9-11) Tracked leaders, led over 3f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra, 2nd of 11, nk behind Rutba (8-9) at Yarmouth 1m 6f hcp 0-65 (6) gs.
Hold That Call (USA) 66-1 (8-8) Behind, soon pushed along, never dangerous, last of 6, 29l behind Deal Flipper (8-0) at Lingfield 6f 3yo clm (6) pol.
Lemonesse (USA) 4-1 (8-9) Close up until weakened over 2f out, 9th of 13, 20l behind Darksideofthemoon (9-13) at Lingfield 1m 6f mdn stk (5) gd.
