quickly away made all, ridden and edged right over 1f out, ridden out
close up, headway to chase winner 2f out, ridden and stayed on towards finish
slowly away held up, ridden and headway over 1f out, effort inside final furlong, no impression towards finish
in rear, ridden 2f out, no impression
tracked winner, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, kept on one pace
raced wide in touch, pushed along over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
NonRunner
Made Of Honour won a four-runner maiden at Ayr in fine style and makes her handicap debut from a fair mark so has to be considered. Rutherford went up 6lb for last month's Chester victory in slightly lower class than this and couldn't quite handle the extra here last time and has gone up another 2lb, though he holds Courier on that last run. Alexandrakollontai has been superbly placed to win a dozen times and likes it around here while Southern Belle has been running well in better company, though is 8lb higher than her last victory. GUISHAN looked badly drawn at Chester which is why she was sent off at 25/1 but she defied her stalls position and odds with a cracking effort, coming with a late swoop to land the spoils. She's up 3lb but can take this while in such good heart.
Guishan 25-1 (9-4) Chased leaders on outside, ridden and effort over 1f out, led inside final furlong, held on, won at Chester 5f hcp (3) gd in Aug beating Bossipop (9-1) by nk, 12 ran.
Southern Belle (IRE) 8-1 (9-12) Dwelt, held up mid-division and keen, headway over 1f out, ridden inside final furlong, kept on, 3rd of 8, 2 3/4l behind Sainted (9-10) at Haydock 6f hcp fll (2) gs in Aug.
Savannah Slew 50-1 (8-13) Slowly into stride, held up and behind, headway on inside over 1f out, never nearer, 7th of 14, 3 1/4l behind Queen Kindly (8-13) at Pontefract 6f lst fll stks (1) gd in Aug.
Yeah Baby Yeah (IRE) (8-11) 4th of 8, 2 1/4l behind Dylaban (8-13) at Deauville 7f stks gd in Aug.
Courier 16-1 (9-4) Led until halfway, rallied and every chance over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 3rd of 9, 4 1/4l behind Clon Coulis (9-7) at Hamilton 6f hcp fll (3) sft in Aug.
Rutherford (IRE) 7-1 (8-13) Tracked leaders, led over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on, 2nd of 9, 2 1/2l behind Clon Coulis (9-7) at Hamilton 6f hcp fll (3) sft in Aug.
Made Of Honour (IRE) 5-4fav (9-0) Tracked leader, pushed along 2f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on, won at Ayr 6f mdn fll stks (5) gd in May beating Excellent Sunset (9-0) by 3 1/4l, 4 ran.
Alexandrakollontai (IRE) 20-1 (10-0) Mid-division, under pressure over 2f out, never dangerous, 6th of 7, 15 3/4l behind Katebird (8-12) at Ripon 1m 2f hcp fll (4) gd in Aug.