held up, headway on outside over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, led inside final furlong, stayed on
led early, tracked leader, ridden over 1f out, chased leaders, weakened towards finish
soon steadied towards rear on inside, ridden and headway on outside over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, never able to challenge
chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
slowly into stride, behind, headway on inside 2f out, kept on under pressure into 3rd well inside final furlong, nearest finish
took keen hold, soon led, ridden and headed inside final furlong, no extra and lost 2 places well inside final furlong
chased leaders, pushed along on inside halfway, weakened over 2f out
soon pushed along and off the pace in 6th, headway on outside 2f out, went 2nd under pressure approaching final furlong, stayed on inside final furlong but always held
chased leaders on outside, pushed along over 2f out, weakened well over 1f out
THE STEWARD made a promising debut here at the beginning of last month and put the experience to good use two weeks ago when landing a maiden in good style. He makes his handicap debut from a lowly position in the weights and is taken to complete a quick double. Never To Be has won twice on Polytrack including here but didn't run quite as well as expected at Yarmouth last time. Barnmore has four career victories to his credit, all over this track and trip. He's 4lb higher than his last success but Charles Bishop's claim takes care of most of that and another big effort should be forthcoming. Ogbourne Downs is just 3lb higher than his Sandown victory in the summer and made a pleasing Polytrack debut here last time so a big weight shouldn't prevent a good run.
Ogbourne Downs 33-1 (9-9) Held up towards rear, kept on final furlong, no impression, 5th of 11, 3 1/2l behind Killing Time (8-11) at Kempton 1m hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Sep.
Nassau Storm 8-1 (9-10) Held up, ridden and struggling over 2f out, well beaten over 1f out, 7th of 8, 9l behind Bluegrass Blues (9-10) at Lingfield 7f hcp 0-85 (4) gf in Sep.
Never To Be (USA) 5-1 (9-5) Pulled hard close up, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace, 5th of 9, 6l behind Lockhart (9-0) at Yarmouth 1m hcp 0-85 (4) gd in Sep.
Big Whiskey (IRE) 33-1 (9-5) Chased leaders in 4th, every chance over 1f out, no extra towards finish, 4th of 11, 2l behind Killing Time (8-11) at Kempton 1m hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Sep.
Barnmore 9-2fav (9-2) Chased leaders, led over 1f out, ran on well, won at Kempton 1m hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Sep beating St Paul De Vence (8-13) by 1 1/2l, 13 ran.
Amood (IRE) 16-1 (8-11) Held up in last pair in touch, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on into 4th inside final furlong, no impression with leaders, 4th of 7, 2 3/4l behind Marmoom (9-0) at Newmarket 7f 3yo hcp 0-90 (3) gd in Aug.
Secret Archive (USA) 8-1 (8-5) Towards rear, headway on outer halfway, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 10th of 11, 13l behind Captain Bob (8-9) at Sandown 7f 3yo hcp 0-95 (3) gd in Jun.
The Steward (USA) 6-1 (9-5) Dwelt soon tracked leader, ridden 3f out, slightly outpaced entering final 2f, driven and ran on to lead inside final furlong, won going away, won at Kempton 1m mdn stks (5) pol in Sep beating Cape Summit (9-5) by 3/4l, 11 ran.
Tasmanian 5-2fav (9-4) Held up mid-division, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace, 6th of 10, 4 1/2l behind Hulcolt (8-11) at Beverley 7f hcp 0-75 (5) gf in Sep.
