in touch, under pressure over 2f out, ridden to challenge over 1f out, kept on same pace
steadied in rear, headway over 2f out, soon hard ridden to challenge, every chance inside final furlong, just held
led, headed over 2f out, soon weakened
behind, stayed on final furlong, never nearer
held up in rear, headway over 1f out, never able to challenge
tracked leader, led over 2f out, strongly challenged from just inside final furlong, stayed on gamely
Nonrunner
Tracy Waggott has KING PIN in fine form at present and the Pivotal gelding is taken to follow up a recent Redcar win from Petsas Pleasure. The selection had only three-quarters-of-a-length in hand at the Yorkshire track, but was stepping up to this trip for the first time and may well be able to find a bit more. He is 5lbs higher today and his form this campaign has belied the notion that horses of his ability struggle to find consistency. Nothing else here is in quite such good form and we will side with him. Petsas Pleasure can give him most to do. The Ollie Pears-trained three-year-old races from the same mark as when runner-up over course and distance last time and is again likely to prove a handful. Singora Lady scored at Pontefract over this trip in a minor handicap and then struggled last time with a 6lb rise to contend with. The assessor has now eased that burden by 3lbs, so she can get closer once more. Shadow Time is generally pretty consistent, though threw in an ordinary effort at Carlisle last month. If able to produce his previous running he is not without hope. Pegasus Lad needs a market check now that he is slipping in the weights and has first-time blinkers applied, but King Pin can live up to his name again here.
Zabeel Tower 8-1 (9-10) Held up mid-division, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on same pace, 6th of 15, 7l behind Glenridding (9-4) at Chester 1m hcp 0-70 (5) gd in Jun.
Shadowtime 7-1 (9-1) In touch, ridden to chase winner over 2f out to over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 11th of 16, 10l behind Sunnyside Tom (9-9) at Carlisle 1m hcp 0-80 (4) gd in Jun.
Al Wasef (USA) 14-1 (9-9) Tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 11th of 13, 11l behind San Silvestro (9-1) at Musselburgh 1m hcp 0-65 (6) gf in Jun.
Island Music (IRE) 4-1 (8-5) Led, headed over 2f out, soon ridden and weakened, 6th of 7, 33l behind Shy Glance (9-2) at Ayr 1m 2f hcp 0-75 (5) gf in Jun.
King Pin 10-3fav (8-11) Held up, headway over 1f out, edged left and ran on to lead inside final furlong, kept on, won at Redcar 1m hcp 0-75 (5) gf in Jun beating Daaweitza (9-11) by 3/4l, 11 ran.
Petsas Pleasure 15-8 (9-3) In rear, pushed along over 4f out, ridden and headway over 2f out, stayed on to take 2nd inside final furlong, 2nd of 5, 3 1/2l behind Aldaado (9-6) at Hamilton 1m hcp 0-70 (5) gf in Jun.
Mandarin Spirit (IRE) 16-1 (8-6) Mid-division, hampered 2f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, 5th of 11, 5l behind Alexander Huricane (9-6) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (4) pol in Oct.
Pegasus Lad (USA) 9-2 (9-5) Tracked leader, lost place over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 6th of 8, 10l behind Betteras Bertie (9-4) at Pontefract 1m hcp 0-75 (5) gf in Jun.
Singora Lady (IRE) 9-4fav (9-12) Dwelt and behind, headway on outside 3f out, ridden and effort well over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 3rd of 8, 3 1/2l behind Hel's Angel (9-9) at Pontefract 1m (5) gf in Jun.
