prominent, shaken up over 3f out, ridden to lead over 2f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on but no match for winner
quickly away, prominent, ridden over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong but held towards finish
in rear, pushed along over 3f out, headway over 2f out, ran on well to lead inside final furlong, won going away
prominent, led over 3f out, pushed along when headed over 2f out, soon weakened
led, headed over 3f out, ridden and weakened over 2f out
Granny Budgie made a winning start in handicaps when successful at Ripon and is 4lb higher while Woodleigh has been raised 6lb for finishing runner-up at Thirsk on his handicap bow having finished in front of Indivar at Redcar earlier. Irish Nectar and FUSTERLANDIA step up in trip handicapping for the first time though the latter went close on earlier attempt at today’s distance and gets the vote having recently switched yards.
Fusterlandia (IRE) 11-4 (9-7) Tracked leaders, ridden and headway 2f out, stayed on strongly inside final furlong, always held by winner, 2nd of 9, 1l behind I'm So Dizzy (9-2) at Nottingham 5f stks (4) gd in Jul.
Irish Nectar 9-1 (9-7) Prominent, ridden over 1f out, kept on one pace final furlong, 4th of 11, 2 3/4l behind Boardroom (9-2) at Thirsk 5f mdn stks (4) sft in Aug.
Granny Budgie 7-2 (9-9) Raced wide, in touch, headway 2f out, ridden to lead approaching final furlong, ran on, won at Ripon 6f (5) sft in Aug beating Lochaber (9-0) by 3/4l, 6 ran.
Woodleigh (IRE) 4-1 (9-3) Prominent, led over 2f out, ridden entering final furlong, headed towards finish, 2nd of 9, 1/2l behind Game Breaker (9-8) at Thirsk 6f (5) sft in Jul.
Indivar (IRE) 10-1 (9-4) Edged right leaving stalls, chased leaders, ridden 2f out, plugged on one pace final furlong, 5th of 12, 5 1/2l behind Snafiya (9-6) at Thirsk 6f stks (5) sft in Jul.