slowly into stride, held up well off the pace in last, headway on outside over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, one pace inside final furlong
chased clear leading pair, closed and went 2nd 4f out until over 2f out, one pace final furlong
held up well off the pace in 4th, closed over 3f out, ridden and no impression over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
held up well off the pace in 5th, ridden to close over 3f out, went 2nd over 2f out, led over 1f out, stayed on well
ridden leaving stalls, soon led and went clear with one rival, clear alone 6f out until over 2f out, headed over 1f out, stayed on, no impression towards finish
led early, chased leader, weakened over 3f out, tailed off
Airton won over 2m at Catterick last time and should go well again despite a 3lb rise. But Paddy A and Ingleby Hollow are both upped in class after scoring at Nottingham and Hamilton respectively and will find life tougher. THISTIMENEXTYEAR (NAP) struggled in a higher grade contest over 1m4f at York on his latest start but had gone close over today’s trip at Nottingham before that and Richard Spencer’s charge may prove good enough. Takbeer won over hurdles at Ludlow when last in action but has placed over track and trip in the past and is preferred to Magnum.
Thistimenextyear 7-1 (8-7) Held up in last pair, headway over 2f out, soon outpaced, 6th of 11, 10 3/4l behind Manjaam (9-4) at York 1m 4f hcp (3) gd in May.
Airton 14-1 (9-9) Chased leaders, effort over 2f out, 2nd over 1f out, stayed on strongly to lead towards finish, won at Catterick 2m hcp (4) gf in Jul beating Stormin Tom (9-6) by nk, 7 ran.
Ingleby Hollow 7-2 (10-2) Held up towards rear, headway on outside over 3f out, led over 2f out, clear inside final furlong, stayed on well, won at Hamilton 1m 5f hcp (5) gf in Jul beating River Glades (9-1) by 3/4l, 7 ran.
Paddy A (IRE) 7-1 (9-7) Held up, headway over 2f out, ridden to lead approaching final furlong, edged left, pushed out, won at Nottingham 1m 6f hcp (5) gf in Jul beating Strictly Art (9-2) by 1 1/2l, 10 ran.
Takbeer (IRE) 25-1 (11-0) Made all, soon well clear, 25 lengths ahead 4 out, 13 lengths ahead when not fluent 3 out, unchallenged, won at Ludlow 2m (4) gd in May beating Fair Mountain (11-0) by 5l, 7 ran.
Magnum (IRE) 50-1 (9-11) Behind, struggling over 3f out, never a threat, 10th of 11, 15 1/2l behind Gabrial's Kaka (9-11) at Chester 1m hcp (4) gd in Jul.