held up in last pair, ridden and kept on inside final furlong, never troubled leaders
took keen hold, chased leaders, ridden and outpaced well over 1f out, kept on again inside final furlong, went never dangerous 4th towards finish
slowly into stride, behind, headway on inside when not much room and hampered inside final 2f, no chance after
held up towards rear of mid-division, pushed along over 2f out, soon not much room and squeezed through from 2f out, ridden over 1f out, never reached leaders
chased leaders on inside, pushed along over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
held up last, headway on outside over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, never going pace to threaten
in touch, pushed along and outpaced 2f out, ridden over 1f out, plugged on inside final furlong, not pace to threaten
chased leader, led halfway until ridden over 1f out, chased winner and rallied near finish, just held
chased leaders, ridden and unable to quicken over 1f out, one pace inside final furlong, no extra in 5th towards finish
took keen hold, 3rd and one pace final furlong, no chance with leading duo
chased leaders on outside, weakened over 2f out
led until halfway, pressed leader, ridden to lead again over 1f out, held on gamely, all out
took keen hold, raced wide early in mid-division, pushed along 3f out, edged left over 2f out, weakened inside final 2f
NonRunner
Plenty with claims in something of a lottery including Fort Bastion, who drops in class, while Rousayan went close in this grade at Ripon earlier and was ahead of Wilde Inspiration at the same track last time. Gratzie ran well in a classified contest at Ascot and Commodore won a lower grade race at Kempton recently., Top Beak and Pumaflor have been thereabouts of late while Justice Smart and DARK DEVIL are two of the less exposed types. The former needs to find a bit more having returned a losing favourite at Windsor but the latter was beaten less than a length at Carlisle recently and Richard Fahey’s charge gets a speculative vote racing off the same mark here.
Fort Bastion (IRE) 20-1 (9-1) Mid-division, headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 3rd of 14, 2 1/4l behind Morando (9-3) at Ayr 1m hcp (2) gs in Sep.
Rousayan (IRE) 14-1 (9-1) Held up, towards rear, headway over 2f out, chased leaders inside final furlong, never nearer, 5th of 14, 1 1/2l behind Treasury Notes (9-10) at Ripon 1m hcp (2) gs in Aug.
Gratzie 8-1 (9-0) Close up, headway to track leader over 3f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, 3rd of 9, 1 1/2l behind Great Order (8-12) at Ascot 1m stks (3) gf in Sep.
Commodore (IRE) 3-1fav (9-9) Mid-division, headway over 1f out, soon chasing leaders, ran on to lead post, won at Kempton 7f hcp (4) pol in Sep beating Lightning Charlie (9-8) by shd, 11 ran.
Little Lady Katie (IRE) 15-2 (9-2) Tracked leaders, lost place over 3f out, 9th of 11, 11 3/4l behind Loaded (8-11) at Carlisle 1m hcp (3) gs in Sep.
See The Rock (IRE) 20-1 (9-7) Held up well off the pace in last pair, headway 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, stayed on into 4th inside final furlong, kept on but never able to challenge, 4th of 10, 2 1/2l behind Prendergast Hill (9-4) at Windsor 1m 2f hcp (4) gf in Jul.
Wilde Inspiration (IRE) 7-1 (9-0) Chased leaders, lost place well over 1f out, 9th of 14, 6 1/4l behind Treasury Notes (9-10) at Ripon 1m hcp (2) gs in Aug.
Top Beak (IRE) 6-1 (9-4) Close up, pushed along over 2f out, headway to chase winner over 1f out, soon edged left, kept on one pace, 2nd of 7, 3 3/4l behind Ballet Concerto (9-1) at Yarmouth 1m hcp (3) gf in Aug.
Column 5-2fav (9-2) Held up in touch in rear, not clear run over 1f out, switched right entering final furlong, ridden and kept on towards finish, 4th of 7, 4 3/4l behind Ballet Concerto (9-1) at Yarmouth 1m hcp (3) gf in Aug.
Dark Devil (IRE) 12-1 (8-7) Mid-division, headway over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on towards finish, 4th of 11, 3/4l behind Loaded (8-11) at Carlisle 1m hcp (3) gs in Sep.
Justice Smart (IRE) 9-4fav (9-5) Dwelt, soon bustled along to chase leading pair on inside and then raced keenly, pushed along and lost 3rd over 3f out, ridden 2f out, no impression over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 7, 4 1/2l behind Wind In My Sails (9-9) at Windsor 1m hcp (4) gf in Aug.
Pumaflor (IRE) 6-1jfav (9-4) Tracked leaders and keen, ridden over 1f out, kept on towards finish, 3rd of 14, 1l behind Heir To A Throne (9-4) at Redcar 1m hcp (4) gd in Sep.
Jack Of Diamonds (IRE) 10-1 (9-9) Slowly into stride, held up in rear, headway over 1f out, chased leaders inside final furlong, never able to challenge, 3rd of 10, 2 3/4l behind Cloudberry (9-4) at Sandown 1m hcp (4) gd in Sep.
Yourartisonfire 33-1 (9-7) Always behind, last of 16, 19 1/4l behind Breakable (9-10) at Ripon 1m hcp (3) gd in Aug.
