held up towards rear, headway out wide and still plenty to do over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong to lead final 100 yards
soon led, pushed along and headed over 2f out, soon lost 2nd, chased leaders, hung right and weakened inside final 2f
led early, tracked leader for 2f, handy 3rd on inside, ridden to challenge entering final furlong, weakened inside final 100 yards
held up in mid-division, headway under pressure inside final 2f, run flattened out final furlong
steadied start, held up well in rear, some late headway, never involved
tracked leaders and keen, led and hung right over 2f out, headed and no extra final 100 ayrds
raced keenly, tracked leaders out wide, went 2nd 9f out, ridden to challenge over 1f out, weakened final 100 yards
off the pace in last pair, never on terms
wore hood to post, raced keenly in mid-division, ridden inside final 2f, some late minor headway, never on terms
Buxted Reel won at Wolverhampton when dropped back down into maiden company while True Courage disappointed at Leicester having gone close at Ascot earlier. Taskheer and Royal Thunder step up in trip having both placed last time though the latter remains unexposed and can figure again but the vote goes to SHARED. He’s only raced over a mile so far but has bags of stamina in his pedigree and should also improve now handicapping for the first time.
True Courage 2-1fav (10-4) Took keen hold, towards rear, headway on outer 3f out, ridden 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 4th of 5, 7 1/4l behind Sarsons Risk (9-4) at Leicester 1m 4f hcp (5) gf in Aug.
Caribou 40-1 (9-11) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 11, 13 3/4l behind The Whipmaster (9-6) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (5) pol in May.
Mercian Hymn 5-1 (10-0) In rear, pushed along and headway 2f out, chased leader over 1f out, weakened final 110 yards, 4th of 6, 3 1/2l behind Zhang Fei (9-12) at Windsor 1m 3f hcp (4) gf in Aug.
Taskheer (IRE) 15-2 (9-12) Chased leaders, pushed along over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, 3rd of 10, 1 1/2l behind Gangway (9-9) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (5) pol in Aug.
Shared 14-1 (9-4) Chased front pair, pushed along 2f out, well held over 1f out, last of 3, 5 1/4l behind Enforced (9-4) at Brighton 1m stks (5) gf in May.
Guilin (IRE) 13-2 (9-2) Held up in rear of mid-division, never dangerous, 6th of 7, 6 1/4l behind Frantastic (9-11) at Newbury 1m 2f hcp (4) gd in Aug.
Royal Thunder 9-2 (9-5) Midfield, headway and not clear run over 2f out, switched 2f out, ridden and every chance over 1f out, no extra well inside final curling, 3rd of 12, 1 3/4l behind Tequilamockingbird (9-6) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (5) pol in Aug.
Rick Blaine (IRE) 17-2 (9-6) Held up, ridden before 3f out, stayed on without troubling leaders, 3rd of 7, 8 3/4l behind Sociologist (8-12) at Southwell 1m 3f hcp (5) pol in Apr.
Buxted Reel (IRE) 2-1fav (9-2) Led 2f, tracked leader, pushed along over 2f out, ridden to lead when edged right inside final furlong, ran on, won at Wolverhampton 1m 4f mdn hcp (5) pol in Aug beating Planet Legend (9-10) by 1 3/4l, 6 ran.
