tracked leader, ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong
made all, ridden over 1f out, kept on well
slowly away, in rear, pushed along 3f out, headway entering final furlong, kept on inside final furlong
towards rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, soon not much room, weakened inside final furlong
tracked leaders, pushed along over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong
mid-division, ridden and headway over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
towards rear, headway over 1f out, ridden inside final furlong, soon weakened
Bryan Smart has his horses in good form and Flash Of White is progressing enough to get involved on his handicap debut. La Casa Tarifa won at Beverley earlier this month then ran a superb race when just failing to catch The Wagon Wheel in a very strong York nursery so she has to be on the short-list. However, she was beaten by HAROME over the minimum trip here in June and though the latter hasn't made the expected progress he was giving plenty of weight to the winner when just caught at Catterick last time and can bounce back today. Galahad looked suited to 7f at Leicester last time but Percy Toplis pulled too hard at Carlisle after landing a qualifier for this earlier.
La Casa Tarifa (IRE) 20-1 (8-7) Prominent, effort to challenge 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, no extra and held towards finish, 2nd of 19, 1 3/4l behind The Wagon Wheel (8-3) at York 6f hcp stks (2) gf in Aug.
Harome (IRE) 9-1 (9-2) Led, pressed from 2f out, headed well inside final furlong, no extra, 2nd of 5, 3/4l behind Trick Of The Lyte (8-6) at Catterick 6f (4) gd in Aug.
Flash Of White 14-1 (9-5) Went right start, soon with leader, led over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, kept on same pace, no chance with winner inside final furlong, lost 2nd final 50 yards, 3rd of 10, 4 1/4l behind Phijee (9-5) at Carlisle 6f stks (5) gd in Jul.
Percy Toplis 7-2fav (9-5) Tracked leader, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 10th of 11, 5 1/2l behind Foxy Boy (8-7) at Carlisle 5f (5) gd in Aug.
Heatongrad (IRE) 8-1 (8-10) Close up, ridden 2f out, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong, last of 5, 9 1/4l behind Majoris (9-0) at Newmarket 7f (4) gf in Aug.
Reckless Serenade (IRE) 12-1 (9-0) Tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 7th of 11, 3 1/4l behind Foxy Boy (8-7) at Carlisle 5f (5) gd in Aug.
Galahad 10-3 (8-11) Held up in touch, not clear run over 2f out, switched left to challenge over 1f out, ran on, nearest finish, 3rd of 8, 1 1/4l behind Global Revival (9-4) at Leicester 7f (5) gd in Jul.
Western Presence 25-1 (9-5) Held up in touch, chased leaders when not clear run 1f out, driven and kept on same pace inside final furlong, never able to challenge, 5th of 8, 3 1/4l behind Sir Viktor (9-5) at Beverley 5f mdn stks (5) gf in Aug.