held up in touch, ridden over 1f out, kept on and no chance with winner
tracked leader, soon led, headed over 2f out, soon ridden, weakened over 1f out
in touch in 4th place, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
towards rear, headway 3f out, led and hung left over 1f out, kept on well
led early, tracked leader, led over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
slowly into stride, in rear, pushed along over 3f out, soon outpaced
Oasis Fantasy is starting to come down the weights and it would be no surprise if he were to pop up in a race like this. Swaheen is running well enough to suggests he can make the frame again but both of Archippos’ victories have come on good going. Conditions were desperate when the superbly-bred ROYAL LINE made a winning debut at Windsor. He ran green that day in the early stages but stormed through up the straight to win going away and there should be plenty more to come. Tawdeea has dropped to a fair mark but will do well to defy his welter burden on the ground.
Tawdeea 7-1 (9-4) Held up in touch, went 3rd over 4f out, lost place over 2f out, last of 6, 11 3/4l behind Game Starter (9-1) at Doncaster 1m 4f hcp (2) gs in Sep.
Night Of Glory 25-1 (9-2) Mid-division, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 14th of 19, 18l behind Secret Advisor (9-2) at York 1m 6f hcp (2) gd in Aug.
Trendsetter (IRE) 50-1 (9-10) Keen towards rear, never dangerous, 9th of 12, 19 1/4l behind Carnageo (9-6) at York 1m 2f hcp (3) gs in Sep.
Archippos 9-2 (9-7) Mid-division, headway under pressure well over 1f out, never able to challenge, 5th of 9, 3 1/2l behind Sgt Reckless (9-5) at Doncaster 1m 4f hcp (4) sft in Jun.
Royal Line 4-6fav (9-5) Slowly into stride, held up in last, outpaced over 4f out, headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, quickened clear inside final furlong, eased near finish, won at Windsor 1m 3f mdn stks (5) gs in Sep beating Lazarus (9-5) by 2 3/4l, 6 ran.
Swaheen 6-1 (9-8) In touch, ridden over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, 3rd of 11, 5 1/4l behind Barwell (9-1) at Thirsk 1m 4f hcp (4) sft in Sep.
Gabrial's King (IRE) 14-1 (9-3) Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, no extra inside final furlong, 6th of 9, 10 1/2l behind Kajaki (8-13) at Chester 1m 6f hcp (3) hvy in Sep.
Oasis Fantasy (IRE) 16-1 (8-13) Held up towards rear, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace, 9th of 13, 5 3/4l behind Thundering Blue (8-8) at Sandown 1m 2f hcp (2) gd in Sep.