in touch in rear, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and unable to quicken over 1f out
close up, pushed along and headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, no extra towards finish
in touch in rear, headway 2f out, soon ridden, pressed leaders inside final furlong, stayed on
dwelt close up, pushed along and outpaced halfway, ridden and headway approaching final furlong, switched left inside final furlong, ran on
taken to post early, tracked leader, ridden 2f out, driven to lead inside final furlong, ran on
led, ridden 2f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra towards finish
close up, ridden and no impression over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
tracked leaders, pushed along halfway, ridden and weakened 2f out
Grimsdyke has placed on soft ground and landed a bit of a gamble at Redcar last week. There is no reason why he won’t go close again here under his penalty but another penalised runner, TWENTYSIXTHSTREET, is just preferred. Irish handler Andrew Hughes has been rattling up the winners here recently and the Zoffany colt will appreciate the return to 6f having been unable to quicken over 5f here last week. Absolute Dream has proved best over this trip on soft going and Pearl Of Qatar goes on the ground so is not out of this but Abie's Hollow has ben racing over further.
Twentysixthstreet (IRE) 13-2 (9-7) Mid-division, headway over 1f out, ridden inside final furlong, kept on towards finish, 2nd of 10, 3/4l behind Fairy Stories (9-6) at Hamilton 5f hcp (5) sft in Sep.
Absolute Dream (IRE) 16-1 (9-6) Close up, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace, 7th of 14, 3 3/4l behind Blindingly (9-10) at Newcastle 7f hcp (5) pol in Sep.
Abie's Hollow 9-1 (9-5) Mid-division on outside, ridden over 2f out, stayed on to chase leaders when switched inside final furlong, no extra towards finish, 3rd of 13, 2 3/4l behind Break The Silence (8-13) at Southwell 7f hcp (6) pol in Sep.
Ey Up Its Mick 16-1 (9-5) Held up towards rear, not clear run and switched left over 1f out, some late headway, never on terms, 10th of 13, 6 1/4l behind Break The Silence (8-12) at Southwell 7f hcp (6) pol in Aug.
Quanah (IRE) 16-1 (9-2) Chased leaders, driven over 2f out, soon ridden, stayed on to dispute 3rd inside final furlong, no impression with front pair, 4th of 13, 4 1/4l behind Grimsdyke (8-10) at Redcar 6f hcp (6) gd in Sep.
Pearl Of Qatar 5-2jfav (9-6) Tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace, 4th of 7, 4l behind Secret Potion (10-1) at Chepstow 5f hcp (6) gd in Aug.
Grimsdyke 11-4fav (8-10) Tracked leaders, effort to challenge 2f out, ridden over 1f out, asserted final 50 yards, ran on, won at Redcar 6f hcp (6) gd in Sep beating Chickenfortea (8-9) by 2 1/2l, 13 ran.
Liberty Diva (IRE) 50-1 (8-0) Slowly into stride, outpaced towards rear, some headway on outside over 2f out, weakened 2f out, 7th of 8, 13 1/4l behind Ollivander (9-3) at Catterick 7f stks (6) gs in Jul.