towards rear, effort over 2f out, no impression
held up, switched left and headway 2f out, edged right over 1f out, stayed on final furlong
dwelt, held up, smooth progress 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, edged right inside final furlong, kept on
led, headed halfway, driven over 1f out, one pace final furlong
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong
towards rear, soon chased along, some late headway, never near to challenge
prominent, pushed along halfway, effort when weakening final furlong
tracked leader, led halfway, headed over 1f out, slightly hampered and switched left inside final furlong, stayed on
held up, headway 2f out, driven over 1f out, not much room and hampered inside final furlong, no extra close home
The short list here contains Fullandby, Rainbow Rising and Commando Scott, with the vote going to Fullandby. Dizzy Dreamer has not been raised for her Leicester win, where she may have found a stretch of better going than many rivals. French import Campo Bueno is a little hard to assess at present. Commando Scott is four pounds above his May winning mark but loves cut in the ground and can't be ruled out. Ditto re Fullandby, who is closely weighted with Zomerlust based on Great St Wilfred form, and Johnston's Diamond, who is three pounds above the mark of his May Thirsk win on heavy. Rainbow Rising has been quite highly tried in a fairly light career but was only just denied at Ripon last time and remains, we feel, on a reasonable rating. Charles Darwin keeps getting raised for good runs and a place might be his best hope, while Tagula Sunrise, who is another that loves juice in the going, probably needs to find more improvement than most if he is going to win. Maybe, but for today, we will side with Fullandby.
Campo Bueno (FR) (9-4) 3rd of 9, 1l behind Anolitas (9-0) at Pont De Vivaux 1m stk in Apr.
Commando Scott (IRE) 100-1 (8-7) Mid-division, weakened over 2f out, 20th of 28, 11l behind Baltic King (9-10) at Ascot 6f hcp 0-110 (2) gf in Jun.
Fullandby (IRE) 28-1 (8-0) Held up mid-division far side, ridden and headway over 1f out, ran on final furlong, nearest finish, 2nd of 19, 1l behind Excusez Moi (9-4) at Ripon 6f hcp 0-105 (2) sft in Aug.
Johnston's Diamond (IRE) 7-1 (9-9) In touch, lost place halfway, ridden and switched left over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, not reached leaders, 6th of 12, 4l behind Coconut Moon (8-11) at Chester 5f hcp 0-85 (4) gd in Aug.
Rainbow Rising (IRE) 20-1 (9-0) In touch stands side, led over 1f out, driven and kept on final furlong, headed post, 2nd of 13, shd behind Rising Shadow (9-6) at Ripon 6f hcp 0-95 (3) gd in Aug.
Zomerlust 10-1 (8-9) Prominent far side, ridden 2f out, was one pace final furlong, 7th of 19, 2 1/2l behind Excusez Moi (9-4) at Ripon 6f hcp 0-105 (2) sft in Aug.
Art Market (CAN) 12-1 (9-7) Held up, ridden 3f out, weakend over 1f out, last of 6, 10l behind Dream Theme (9-2) at Leicester 7f hcp 0-100 (2) gd in Aug.
Charles Darwin (IRE) 12-1 (8-8) Chased leaders, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace, 5th of 12, 4l behind Burning Incense (8-6) at Newmarket 6f hcp 0-105 (2) gd in Aug.
Tagula Sunrise (IRE) 11-2fav (8-10) Prominent far side, ridden over 1f out, was one pace until weakened inside final furlong, 8th of 19, 3 1/2l behind Excusez Moi (9-4) at Ripon 6f hcp 0-105 (2) sft in Aug.
Dizzy Dreamer (IRE) 16-1 (9-2) Led over 4f out, soon hung right, ridden, ran on final furlong, won at Leicester 6f 3yo hcp (3) gs in Aug beating Blues In The Night (8-2) by 2l, 10 ran.
