slowly into stride, rider lost iron briefly leaving stalls, held up in last pair, never on terms
steadied start, held up in rear, good headway on inside 3f out, tracking leaders when not much room briefly soon after, disputing 2nd and stayed on same pace inside final furlong, weakened into 3rd towards finish
held up in last trio, headway on heels of leaders looking for room briefly over 2f out, ridden and unable to quicken over 1f out, edged left and weakened final furlong
made all, ridden clear over 1f out, stayed on strongly, reduced lead towards finish, unchallenged
tracked leaders on outside, pushed along and outpaced 2f out, soon ridden and no impression, stayed on well in 2nd towards finish and closed, not reach winner
raced keenly, soon tracking winner, pushed along over 3f out, ridden and unable to quicken over 1f out, no extra in 4th towards finish
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Doubling Dice won by 15 lengths at Hamilton but his two market rivals ran well below par and this is a much tougher assignment. Mr Carpenter has won twice at York this year at huge prices. He is still relatively unexposed and it would be no surprise to see him thereabouts again while Andaleep has won twice at Sandown recently over 1m2f. Grinling and Zambezi Magic are others arriving in good form but CARLOS FELIX wouldn’t be the first to not handle Goodwood’s gradients and David Simcock’s previously progressive gelding is worth another chance in this.
Speed Company (IRE) 25-1 (9-10) Dwelt, in rear, outpaced over 2f out, kept on from over 1f out but no extra close home, 5th of 7, 5l behind Natural History (9-9) at Chester 1m 4f hcp (3) gd in Sep.
Mr Carpenter (IRE) 25-1 (9-0) Awkwardly away and lost ground start, held up and behind, travelling well when not clear run and switched right inside final 2f, good headway near side of group over 1f out, strong run inside final furlong, led towards finish, bit in hand, won at York 1m 2f hcp stks (3) gd in Sep beating Anythingtoday (10-0) by 1/2l, 19 ran.
Carlos Felix (IRE) 9-2 (8-7) Dwelt in rear, wide and headway over 1f out, ridden and no impression final furlong, 7th of 10, 5l behind Mambo Nights (8-12) at Goodwood 1m 4f hcp (2) gd in Jul.
Doubling Dice 9-2 (9-2) Made all, 4 lengths clear halfway, shaken up approaching 2f out, edged left and ran on strongly final furlong, won at Hamilton 1m 4f stks (5) sft in Sep beating Will Sommers (9-2) by 15l, 6 ran.
Grinling (IRE) 16-5 (9-8) Tracked leaders, close 2nd 8f out, ridden to lead 1f out, stayed on well, won at Windsor 1m 3f hcp (5) gd in Sep beating Zoran (9-9) by 1 3/4l, 6 ran.
Zambezi Magic 9-2 (9-0) Mid-division, ridden along over 2f out, led over 1f out, headed 1f out, stayed on well final furlong, just failed, 2nd of 7, nk behind Dublin Pharaoh (9-3) at Sandown 1m 2f hcp (4) gd in Sep.
Tindrum 17-2 (9-5) Led 2f, tracked leaders, ridden to lead over 1f out, ran on, won at Sandown 1m 2f hcp (5) gs in Aug beating Sweet Reward (9-7) by 1 1/2l, 10 ran.
Mandarin (GER) 28-1 (8-11) Held up in rear, some headway on inside over 2f out, soon weakened, last of 11, 6 1/4l behind Ilaraab (8-8) at Newbury 1m 2f hcp (2) gd in Sep.
Brentford Hope 9-4jfav (9-9) Chased leaders, travelled smoothly, pushed along 2f, short of room entering final furlong, stayed on, 3rd of 9, 3 1/2l behind My Frankel (9-9) at Kempton 1m 4f stks (5) pol in Aug.
Andaleep (IRE) 7-2 (9-4) Held up towards rear, smooth headway on outside 2f out, went 2nd over 1f out, challenged and edged right entering final furlong, ridden to lead inside final furlong, stayed on well, won at Sandown 1m 2f hcp (4) gd in Sep beating Alfred Boucher (9-11) by 1/2l, 14 ran.
Rainbow Jet (IRE) 14-1 (8-4) Close up, ridden and every chance over 1f out, kept on one pace, 3rd of 6, 1l behind Salsada (8-10) at Haydock 1m 2f hcp fll (3) sft in Sep.
