slowly into stride, soon chasing leaders, not much room over 2f out, not clear run over 1f out, held and not much room inside final furlong
held up towards rear, not much room over 1f out, headway when short of room over 1f out, went 4th and not clear run inside final furlong, unable to challenge
chased leader, led 2f out, hard pressed, held on gamely
soon led, headed 2f out, no extra inside final 100 yards, eased
prominent early, chased leaders on outside, lost place when not much room over 1f out, soon hampered and well beaten
steadied start, held up, headway on outside over 1f out, edged left and went 3rd inside final furlong, stayed on
chased leaders, steadied over 5f out, headway on outside over 2f out, challenged over 1f out, stayed on, held close home
Noble Patron is upped in class and raised a further 5lb after landing a double at Windsor. But PIECE OF HISTORY may prove too good in this given he was having his first outing since February when third in a classified race at Ascot earlier in the month and gets the vote back in handicap company. Sibaaq, One Small Step and Delgrey Boy all won their penultimate starts with the latter preferred after going close again at Redcar while Rains Of Castamere beat Star Shield when scoring over track and trip in June and remains 4lb higher.
Piece Of History (IRE) 8-1 (9-3) Raced keenly tracking leader in centre, ridden to lead inside final furlong, headed inside final 100 yards, no extra in 3rd towards finish, 3rd of 8, 1 1/4l behind Twaasol (8-12) at Ascot 1m stks (3) gd in Sep.
One Small Step (IRE) 18-1 (9-10) Chased leaders, pushed along 2f out, hampered by rival over 1f out, lost position, eased final furlong, 11th of 14, 13 1/4l behind Yorkshire Lady (8-7) at Sandown 1m 1f hcp fll (4) gs in Aug.
Sibaaq 5-2 (9-0) Led, headed over 6f out, ridden 3f out, lost place over 2f out, 5th of 7, 8 3/4l behind Irish Admiral (9-11) at Redcar 1m hcp (3) gf in Aug.
Rains Of Castamere 7-1 (9-7) Pushed along early and led after 1f, pushed along and pressed over 2f out, headed under 2f out, rallied until no extra and weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 9, 4 1/2l behind La Rav (9-1) at Beverley 7f hcp (4) gf in Aug.
Noble Patron (IRE) 2-1 (9-10) Wore hood to post, pressed leader, led over 3f out, came clear final 2f, stayed on strongly, won at Windsor 1m hcp (4) gf in Aug beating Mumtaaz (9-2) by 1 1/2l, 9 ran.
Star Shield 17-2 (9-5) Keen in midfield, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 9th of 12, 5 1/4l behind Northern Express (9-7) at Ayr 7f hcp (4) gf in Sep.
Delgrey Boy 15-8fav (9-3) Led, pushed along 2f out, hung right over 1f out, ridden and hung left 1f out, ran on, headed final 50yds, no extra, 3rd of 7, 1/2l behind Copper And Five (9-10) at Redcar 1m hcp (4) gf in Sep.
