held up in rear, headway 3f out, soon ridden and no impression
in touch, ridden over 3f out, effort 2f out, one pace
soon led, joined over 4f out, ridden 2f out, headed well inside final furlong, kept on
led briefly, tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, no extra final 2f
tracked leader, disputed lead over 4f out until 2f out, one paced final furlong
held up towards rear, headway 2f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on strongly to lead well inside final furlong
Tim Easterby, Richard Fahey and Brian Ellison all saddle two runners but it's Jackie Coward's TAPIS LIBRE who looks the one to be on. Joanna Mason rode him to victory in the Ladies Derby at Epsom and though that was a slightly lower grade handicap than this the eight-year-old has since run a fine race in a Class 2 at Ripon. Dance King wasn't far behind in that latter event and looks best of the Easterby pair while Top of The Glas gained his first victory in two years at Carlisle and is just 1lb higher. It's just a year since Gabrial's King won a Listed handicap at Chester and he's been racing over much longer trips without replicating that form. I Am Not Here will get a good ride from Emma Sayer and would have a definite chance on his victory at Ayr in June while neither Multellie nor English Summer can be discounted in a very competitive event.
Dance King 14-1 (9-2) Slowly away, in rear, headway 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, 5th of 14, 3l behind Soldier In Action (8-6) at Ripon 1m 4f hcp (2) gd in Jul.
English Summer 5-1 (9-13) Tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 5th of 9, 2 3/4l behind Mistiroc (9-12) at Chester 1m 4f hcp (3) gd in Jul.
Gabrial's King (IRE) 5-1 (9-4) Behind, headway over 3f out, chased leaders over 2f out, kept on well closing stages, never able to challenge, 4th of 9, 4 3/4l behind Full Day (8-6) at York 2m hcp (3) gf in Jul.
Tapis Libre 20-1 (8-11) Tracked leaders in 3rd, ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 3rd of 14, 1 3/4l behind Soldier In Action (8-6) at Ripon 1m 4f hcp (2) gd in Jul.
Multellie 10-3 (9-10) Tracked leader until 2f out, went 2nd again over 1f out, no chance with winner, 2nd of 6, 2 3/4l behind Buonarroti (9-10) at Ayr 1m 5f hcp (4) sft in Jul.
I Am Not Here (IRE) 3-1 (9-2) Mid-division, headway chasing leaders before halfway, ridden inside final 2f, weakened soon after, 6th of 8, 6l behind Anzhelika (9-4) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (4) pol in Aug.
Top of The Glas (IRE) 10-3 (9-9) Tracked leaders, ridden and headway on outer 2f out, edged right over 1f out, challenged inside final furlong, stayed on to lead final stride, won at Carlisle 1m 3f hcp (4) gs in Jul beating Mukhayyam (9-9) by shd, 7 ran.