led, pushed along 3f out, headed over 2f out, chased winner to over 1f out, weakened final furlong
held up and raced wide, ridden and hung right from 2f out, stayed on one pace from over 1f out
held up in touch on inside, headway to chase winner over 1f out, strong challenge final furlong, no impression near finish
in touch, ridden 2f out, soon beaten
slowly away, held up last, moderate headway final furlong
held up, headway to track leaders on outside 5f out, ridden when not much room over 2f out, soon weakened and eased
chased leaders, driven, no response 2f out, soon weakened
soon tracked leader, led over 2f out, hard driven, pressed final furlong, always holding runner up near finish
Nonrunner
Coalpark gets weight all round and can prevail over fellow three-year-old Somersault, with Cross The Line, Pillars Of Wisdom and Bee Stinger likely to figure. Mark Johnston regularly cleans up when pitching his three-year-olds in against their elders, and should entertain high hopes here with Coalpark who ran well in defeat at Musselburgh last time, considering that she was caught a bit flat-footed when they quickened for home. She displayed plenty of stamina when scoring at Carlisle the time before, and if allowed to dominate here, she can make the most of what is still a lenient handicap mark of 66 compared to last year when she started on 89. Somersault would not have stayed 10 furlongs in a horsebox at Ripon, especially on the soft ground, and is better judged on her earlier Thirsk victory. However, she has to give the selection 4lb and and that should tilt the scales in the latter's favour. Course-and-distance winner Cross The Line was badly outpaced when put back to seven furlongs at Redcar and will be more at home here, but is going up the weights, while both Pillars Of Wisdom and Bee Stinger have even more to do at the top of the handicap. The very lightly-raced Alpine Reel was useful last year, winning both starts, but has not been out since gaining the last of those successes in June 2005 and is best watched on his return, with Coalpark taken to make the most of her light weight.
Pillars of Wisdom 7-2fav (9-8) Led, headed after 1f, ridden 2f out, weakened soon after, 8th of 14, 8l behind Bee Stinger (9-6) at Brighton 1m hcp 0-80 (4) frm in Aug.
Merrymadcap (IRE) 6-1 (9-2) Towards rear, ridden and headway 2f out, no extra final furlong, 6th of 8, 6l behind Nevada Desert (8-10) at Haydock 1m hcp 0-85 (4) hvy.
Cross The Line (IRE) 10-1 (9-11) Chased leaders to over 2f out, soon weakened, 15th of 16, 15l behind Traytonic (9-8) at Redcar 7f hcp 0-80 (4) gf in Aug.
Cursum Perficio 10-1 (8-10) In touch, driven on outside 2f out, soon beaten, 12th of 15, 13l behind Pride of Nation (8-12) at Bath 1m hcap (4) gd in Apr.
Night Storm 14-1 (9-6) Slowly into stride, held up in rear, headway centre over 2f out, chased winner inside final 2f to inside final furlong, soon weakened, 5th of 10, 2 1/2l behind Rain Stops Play (9-4) at Epsom 1m 1f hcp 0-80 (4) gs in Aug.
Laugh 'n Cry 20-1 (9-9) In touch, pushed along over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, 9th of 11, 30l behind Dansa Queen (9-10) at Windsor 1m fll hcp (5) gd in Aug.
Somersault 5-2jt-fav (9-1) Held up behind leaders, ridden and outpaced 3f out, some late headway towards finish, 4th of 9, 11l behind Lady Disdain (8-8) at Ripon 1m 2f hcp 0-85 (4) sft in Aug.
Coalpark (IRE) 5-1 (8-6) Close up, ridden, outpaced 3f out, kept on inside final furlong, 2nd of 8, 1 1/2l behind Royal Dignitary (9-13) at Musselburgh 1m hcp 0-85 (4) gf in Aug.
Bee Stinger 8-1co-fav (8-11) Behind, plugged on final furlong, no chance, 10th of 16, 3l behind Killena Boy (8-13) at Kempton 1m hcap (2) pol.
Alpine Reel (IRE) 7-2co-fav (9-4) Slowly into stride, soon tracked leaders, driven along on outside over 2f out, led over 1f out, ran on strongly, won at Windsor 1m stk 0-70 (5) gf in Jun '05 beating Another Faux Pas (9-1) by 2l, 7 ran.
