in touch, pushed along and headway over 1f out, ridden and stayed on towards finish
towards rear, headway and switched left over 1f out, ridden and ran on inside final furlong
keen in rear, ridden and headway 2f out, weakened final furlong
in rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, ran on, nearest finish
held up towards rear, ridden over 2f out, never a factor
tracked leaders, ridden and weakened over 1f out
raced wide tracked leaders, pushed along 3f out, weakened over 1f out
led, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden to lead over 1f out, ran on
dwelt, soon in touch, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on same pace
raced wide tracked leader 6f out, pushed along 2f out, ridden and weakened inside final furlong
NonRunner
Young Fire is well treated nowadays but needs the mud. Boardman was only beaten half-a-length over this trip at Ripon last time but has done all of his winning over shorter while Al Rufaa still has stamina to prove. MONTASSIB was a beaten favourite tried over a mile at Ascot last month but appeared to last home and is likely to be ridden more positively today. Harrow was second twice over the trip on Polytrack in March and caught the eye at Doncaster earlier in the month while Auditor has come on in leaps and bounds this year. Akhu Najla is the least exposed and open to further progress but hasn’t run since third in a Listed race at Sandown in May, though did finish ahead of Harrow and Encourageable on that occasion.
Boardman 15-2 (10-1) Taken down early, midfield, switched left and ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, every inside final furlong kept on, 2nd of 8, 1/2l behind Shelir (10-2) at Ripon 1m hcp (2) gd in Aug.
Montassib Evensfav (9-11) Towards rear, ridden well over 1f out and no impression, stayed on well inside last, nearest finish, 4th of 10, 1 3/4l behind Jungle Cove (9-6) at Ascot 1m hcp (2) gf in Aug.
Al Rufaa (FR) 3-1 (10-1) Chased leaders, ridden well over 1f out, headway to lead narrowly inside last, headed 110 yards out, no match for winner, 2nd of 5, 1 1/4l behind Zainalarab (8-11) at Sandown 7f hcp (3) gd in Aug.
Young Fire (FR) 11-1 (9-11) Never better than mid-division, 8th of 14, 3 3/4l behind Raising Sand (9-7) at Newcastle 1m hcp (3) pol in Sep.
Akhu Najla 11-4 (9-2) Keen tracked leader, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 3rd of 6, 7 3/4l behind My Prospero (9-2) at Sandown 1m lst stks (1) gf in May.
Chance 14-1 (9-12) Tracked leaders, ridden and weakened from over 2f out, 8th of 9, 8 1/2l behind Atrium (9-2) at Newbury 1m hcp (2) gd in Aug.
Fame And Acclaim (IRE) 40-1 (8-13) Chased leaders, nudged along 3f out, lost place over 2f out, soon weakened, 14th of 16, 16 1/4l behind Atrium (8-11) at Doncaster 1m hcp (2) sft in Sep.
Encourageable (IRE) 5-2 (9-4) Made virtually all, shaken up over 1f out, soon ridden, went clear inside final furlong, comfortably, won at Thirsk 1m hcp (3) sft in Sep beating Positive Impact (9-9) by 2 1/4l, 7 ran.
Wanees 7-1 (9-0) Pulled hard, held up, headway to track leader 7f out, led over 4f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, soon weakened, 12th of 13, 30 1/4l behind Warren Point (9-2) at Goodwood 1m 2f hcp (2) gf in Jul.
Harrow (IRE) 12-1 (9-3) Dwelt, towards rear, pushed along 2f out, ridden and headway to chase leaders over 1f out, kept on, not pace to challenge, 3rd of 10, 1 1/4l behind New Kingdom (9-9) at Doncaster 7f hcp (2) gs in Sep.
Auditor 7-2jfav (9-2) Towards rear, good headway when pushed along 2f out, pressed leader over 1f out, ridden to lead narrowly inside final furlong, ran on but headed towards finish, 2nd of 9, 1 1/4l behind Atrium (9-2) at Newbury 1m hcp (2) gd in Aug.
Billyb (FR) 15-2 (8-11) Mid-division, effort and headway over 2f out, soon pushed along in 3rd, ridden over 1f out, no impression, 4th of 10, 2 1/4l behind New Kingdom (9-9) at Doncaster 7f hcp (2) gs in Sep.
Astro King (IRE) 9-2 (9-7) Raced wide tracked leaders, pushed along 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong, last of 6, 12 3/4l behind Alflaila (8-13) at Pontefract 1m lst stks (1) gd in Jul.
