mid-division, lost place over 2f out, soon weakened
held up behind, driven and headway on outside over 2f out, ridden and stayed on inside final furlong, nearest finish
prominent, lost place over 2f out, soon weakened
tracked leader, headway to lead well over 1f out, soon ridden, held on under pressure final furlong
keen early, tracked leaders, ridden and effort over 2f out, kept on final furlong
behind, outpaced over 2f out, never dangerous
always behind
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, one pace, no impression final furlong
chased leaders, ridden and kept on final 2f, no impression
led, ridden and headed well over 1f out, stayed on same pace
mid-division, driven and kept on same pace final 2f, never near leaders
Silver Rime, Opus Maximus and Rainbow Mirage make most appeal in this handicap and we will put forward SILVER RIME to land the prize. The selection has been knocking on the door of late in some decent races but he has his favoured fast ground today and with the yard in red hot form he looks worth siding with. Opus Maximus won well last time but his 6lbs penalty today might just be enough to find him out. Rainbow Mirage could therefore give our selection the most to think about. He won on heavy ground at Beverley last time but he is equally effective on a fast surface and he looks capable of a big run. Rochefort could be a danger if he is allowed an easy lead, but he ran no sort of race last time. A tough race to call but Silver Rime makes plenty of appeal and gets the vote.
Kay Gee Be (IRE) 16-1 (9-7) Held up, headway to chase leaders 2f out, ran on, 3rd of 9, 2l behind Perfect Star (9-8) at Ascot 1m hcp 0-100 (2) gs in Aug.
Scartozz 33-1 (9-9) Prominent, ridden 2f out, no impression over 1f out, 6th of 13, 7l behind Bahar Shumaal (9-6) at Kempton 1m 2f hcp 0-95 (3) pol.
Mujood 8-1 (8-9) Chased winner, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 4th of 7, 3 1/2l behind Speedy Dollar (8-7) at Yarmouth 6f stk (3) gd.
Kal Barg 5-1 (9-7) Tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, eased over 1f out, last of 8, 38l behind Slam (9-3) at Great Leighs 1m 3yo hcp (3) pol in Aug.
Rainbow Mirage (IRE) 9-2 (8-13) Tracked leaders, ridden to lead 2f out, driven out final furlong, won at Beverley 1m hcap (3) hvy beating Exit Smiling (9-3) by 1l, 8 ran.
Major Magpie (IRE) 7-1 (9-8) Towards rear, outpaced 3f out, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on under pressure inside final furlong to lead post, won at Pontefract 1m hcap (4) gs beating Ezdeyaad (9-4) by a ns, 16 ran.
Goodbye Mr Bond 7-1 (9-5) Held up mid-division, ridden well over 1f out, kept on same pace, 6th of 13, 3l behind The Kiddykid (9-1) at Chester 1m hcp 0-95 (3) gd in Aug.
Suits Me 9-1 (9-4) Tracked leaders, headway to lead 3f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 9th of 18, 9l behind Closertobelieving (8-11) at Doncaster 1m 2f stk 0-85 (3) sft.
Gala Casino Star (IRE) 12-1 (8-6) Held up mid-division, headway when not clear run over 1f out, kept on, never near leaders, 5th of 10, 8l behind Irish Mayhem (9-0) at Great Leighs 1m 3yo hcp (2) pol.
Silver Rime (FR) 2-1fav (9-1) Held up towards rear, headway on outside from 2f out, one pace and carried left inside final furlong, 3rd of 11, 1 1/2l behind Red Rumour (8-12) at Sandown 1m 3yo hcp (3) sft.
Opus Maximus (IRE) 11-1 (9-1) Made all, ridden and quickened over 1f out, ran on, won at Yarmouth 1m hcap (4) gd beating Timetable (9-0) by 2l, 15 ran.
Brasingaman Hifive 22-1 (8-8) Chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, led entering final furlong, kept on headed close home, 2nd of 17, 3/4l behind Medici Pearl (8-12) at Redcar 1m hcp 0-85 (4) gs.
Rochefort (IRE) 7-1 (8-10) Mid-division, lost place from 2f out, soon weakened, 15th of 16, 17l behind Premio Loco (9-10) at Kempton 1m hcap (2) pol.
Navajo Joe (IRE) 17-2 (9-0) Pulled hard, steadied rear, ridden and struggling over 2f out, 8th of 11, 7l behind Red Rumour (8-12) at Sandown 1m 3yo hcp (3) sft.
