tracked winner, ridden and every chance over 2f out, no extra inside final furlong
made all, pressed from 2f out, ridden and stayed on strongly
held up, headway 3f out, ridden and no impression from over 1f out
close up, ridden over 3f out, weakened 2f out
keen in touch, effort 2f out, stayed on to go 2nd inside final furlong
always in rear
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong
dwelt, in rear, headway 2f out, kept on, not pace to challenge
Alan Swinbank's Hail Bold Chief has been running consistently well in recent outings and is bound to be popular with backers after those runs but the son of Dynaformer is probably better over slightly longer than a mile and it may be worth siding with Tim Easterby's HADES. The son of Antonius Pius has had just the three runs to qualify for a handicap so far and, with improvement anticipated for the step up to a mile from seven furlongs, he looks worth siding with off a mark of just 60. Julie Camacho's Dandarrell has shown gradual improvement but probably needs some help from the handicapper, while Mark Johnston's Cherry Bee faces no easy task giving weight away all round. Jim Goldie's North Central has been running well in handicaps and claimers of late and should be thereabouts again but preference is for Hades.
Cherry Bee 13-2 (8-13) Prominent, led over 2f out, headed approaching final furlong, no extra, 3rd of 7, 6l behind Starla Dancer (9-10) at Ripon 1m 2f flls hcp 0-80 (4) gs.
Hail Bold Chief (USA) 11-2 (8-9) Tracked leader, ridden inside final 2f, challenged and every chance inside final furlong, kept on, no extra near finish, 3rd of 9, 3/4l behind The Caped Crusader (8-3) at Ripon 1m 2f 3yo hcp 0-80 (4) gd.
North Central (USA) 4-1 (9-4) Prominent, ridden over 1f out, soon not much room, one pace, 5th of 8, 4 1/2l behind Military Call (8-6) at Musselburgh 1m 3yo hcp 0-70 (5) gd.
Hades (IRE) 7-2 (9-3) Held up in rear stands side, ridden and kept on from over 1f out, no impression, 4th of 7, 7l behind Viking Warrior (9-3) at Redcar 7f mdn auc stks (5) gf.
Dandarrell 14-1 (8-10) Chased leaders, led over 2f out until well over 1f out, chased winner until 1f out, stayed on same pace, 3rd of 14, 2 1/2l behind Tomintoul Star (9-0) at Southwell 1m mdn hcp 0-60 (6) fbs in Jul.
Daneside (IRE) 33-1 (8-11) Held up, ridden 3f out, headway under pressure 2f out, kept on one pace, 4th of 8, 8l behind Gadobout Dancer (8-4) at Hamilton 1m 3yo hcp 0-60 (6) gs.
Catawollow 6-1 (8-1) Slowly into stride, in rearridden over 2f out, soon switched right, weakened inside final furlong, 8th of 12, 5l behind Tobernea (9-0) at Ayr 1m 2f 3yo hcp 0-65 (6) gd.
Nolecce 4-1fav (8-2) Steadied start, held up in rear, late headway over 1f out, kept on, no impression, 5th of 9, 12l behind Scrapper Smith (9-11) at Ayr 7f hcp 0-65 (6) gd.