held up in touch, under pressure over 2f out, chased winner entering final furlong, stayed on well
tracked leaders, led over 2f out, soon hard driven, headed lust inside final furlong, gradually weakened
held up in rear, pushed along over 2f out, headway over 1f out, never able to challenge
pulled hard tracking leaders, led after 2f, headed over 3f out, ridden to challenge over 2f out, soon weakened
held up in touch, headway from 2f out, led entering final furlong, ran on
soon chasing leaders, led over 3f out, headed over 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong
held up mid-division, headway over 1f out, never dangerous
led 2f, remained prominent, led again over 3f out, soon headed, hung left from over 1f out, stayed on
held up mid-division, under pressure over 3f out, soon beaten
Nonrunner
There are plenty of strong pointers towards the claims of TERENZIUM here and Micky Hammond's charge gets our vote. Not only did our selection win this last year, he did so off this mark of 50. The gelding has been running over timber with some success and had a nice pipe-opener at Thirsk on ground quicker than ideal last time, so we're confident that this apparent target can be achieved. Tilos Gem must be considered as he can easily be forgiven a poor run at Southwell but Mark Johnston's colt is better on fast ground which he's unlikely to get here, although the fact that Simon Walker, aboard our pick last year, rides Tilos Gem may be a clue. Regent's Secret may have missed his winning chance as he's now raised to a mark of 60 having been second off 58 earlier this month, Dimashq ran well from out of the weights at Beverley but may have been favoured by racing on the best ground while Back To Paris and Hi Dancer both need to put average displays behind them.
Hi Dancer 10-1 (9-0) Held up towards rear, ridden and weakened 2f out, 9th of 12, 15l behind Simple Jim (8-13) at Thirsk 2m hcp 0-75 (5) gf in Jul.
Tilos Gem (IRE) 6-1 (9-12) Held up, headway to chase leaders after 4f, ridden and lost place 5f out, soon behind, tailed off, 12th of 14, well behind Budva (8-7) at Southwell 1m 6f hcp (0-65) (6) fbs.
Regent's Secret (USA) 8-1 (8-11) Slowly into stride, in rear, never near leaders, 7th of 11, 6l behind Epic (9-10) at Hamilton 1m 4f hcp 0-70 (5) gd.
Back To Paris (IRE) 11-1 (8-11) Slowly into stride, held up in touch, ridden to challenge over 2f out, soon hung left, weakened final furlong, 4th of 8, 10l behind Count Ceprano (8-6) at Redcar 1m 2f hcp 0-70 (5) fm in Jul.
Terenzium (IRE) 25-1 (9-0) In touch, pushed along over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, 7th of 9, 11l behind Jeu De Roseau (9-0) at Thirsk 2m hcp 0-65 (6) gf.
Dimashq 22-1 (9-4) Held up mid-division, headway halfway, chased leaders over 1f out, not pace of winner, 3rd of 12, 6l behind Maneki Neko (10-11) at Catterick 1m 4f am hcp 0-75 (5) gd.
Shanavaz 66-1 (8-12) Behind, outpaced 3f out, never a factor, last of 11, 22l behind Master Nimbus (9-6) at Beverley 1m 4f hcp 0-65 (6) gf.
Front Rank (IRE) 25-1 (9-4) Held up mid-division, headway over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 15, 17l behind Maneki Neko (10-2) at Ripon 1m 4f ldy hcp 0-65 (6) gd in Jun.
Louisa (GER) 25-1 (8-7) Held up in 5th, driven and outpaced 3f out, stayed on under pressure inside final furlong, never near leaders, 5th of 6, 10l behind Epic (9-4) at Hamilton 1m 4f hcp 0-70 (5) gd.
Orpen Bid (IRE) 16-1 (10-4) In touch, lost place after 2f, headway well over 8f out, led over 7f out, headed over 4f out, weakened over 2f out, 7th of 8, well behind Jenny Soba (10-13) at Carlisle 1m 6f am hcp 0-60 (6) gf.
