awkward leaving stalls, keen and soon in touch, effort on outside and hanging right from over 2f out, stayed on under pressure inside final furlong
chased leaders, ridden hanging right and weakening when squeezed out over 1f out
behind, headway on outside over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
chased leaders, pushed along halfway, ridden when hampered inside final 2f, stayed on again inside final furlong
slowly into stride, in rear, no chance final 2f
held up in mid-division on inside, headway 2f out, chased leader inside final furlong, ran on to lead final stride
led, ridden 2 lengths clear 1f out, ridden inside final furlong, headed last stride
chased leader, hard ridden over 1f out, stayed on under pressure inside final furlong
always in rear
behind, headway on outside over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong
Natmana is the tentative pick ahead of Little Firecracker and Choisky. Mick Channon's juvenile was heavily punted ahead of a similar contest at Beverley before succumbing close home to Secret Asset. He had previously tried over six so is returned back to basics. Little Firecracker won a Thirsk seller for George Moore before joining Luca Cumani. He could be anything and the market is watched. Choisky has ran well over course and distance but will need to be campaigned closer to the pace to be competitive. The Magic Blanket has it to prove after a couple of disappointing efforts while Keeparryappy did nothing of the sort when well beaten in a recent Wolverhampton maiden. Alabama Spirit is likely to be popular as the topweight in a nursery although punters have had their fingers burnt on two recent occasions. Andrasta will need to stop hanging under pressure in order to have any chance of victory. Natmana looks the pick of these on previous form but cannot be recommended to significant stakes.
Alabama Spirit (USA) 9-2jt-fav (8-12) Chased leader, led inside final 2f, headed over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 4th of 14, 2l behind Ocean Transit (8-10) at Windsor 6f 2yo fll hcp (5) gf in Aug.
Natmana 11-4fav (8-3) Prominent, pushed along halfway, driven to chase winner final furlong, 2nd of 7, 1l behind Secret Asset (9-7) at Beverley 5f 2yo hcp (3) gf in Aug.
Andrasta 22-1 (9-3) Chased leader 2f, ridden well over 1f out, no extra and eased well inside final furlong, 7th of 14, 5l behind Ridge Wood Dani (8-8) at Warwick 5f 2yo hcp 0-75 (5) gf in Aug.
Choisky (IRE) 8-1 (9-3) Tracked leaders, under pressure over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 11, 6l behind Mr Keppel (9-3) at Brighton 7f 2yo mdn (5) gs in Aug.
Little Firecracker 6-1 (8-6) Chased leaders, driven to lead over 1f out, hung left approaching final furlong, ran on, won at Thirsk 6f 2yo sll (5) gs in Jun beating Lavender Moon (8-6) by 3 1/2l, 5 ran.
Towy Boy (IRE) 50-1 (9-1) Mid-division, ridden 2f out, kept on final furlong, 5th of 14, 3l behind Hobson (8-9) at Bath 5f 2yo mdn auc (6) gd in Aug.
No Nines 20-1 (9-2) Chased leaders, ridden to chase winner over 1f out until well inside final furlong, 3rd of 6, 5l behind Diademas (8-11) at Southwell 5f 2yo mdn auc (5) fbs in May.
Asian Power (IRE) 40-1 (8-7) Tracked leaders, ridden and edged left over 1f out, soon weakened, 11th of 13, 9l behind Cobo Bay (8-13) at Newmarket 1m 2yo hcp (4) sft in Aug.
Wreningham 40-1 (9-0) Mid-division and keen, headway to chase leaders 3f out, weakened final furlong, 4th of 13, 4l behind Non Sucre (9-3) at Chepstow 6f 2yo mdn auc (6) gd in Aug.
The Magic Blanket (IRE) 11-1 (8-12) Prominent, every chance over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 4th of 9, 3l behind Artistic License (8-12) at Folkestone 5f 2yo mdn auc (6) gf.
Keeparryappy (IRE) 12-1 (9-3) Chased leaders to halfway, ridden and outpaced over 2f out, soon in rear, last of 12, 26l behind Gross Prophet (9-0) at W'hampton 6f 2yo mdn auc (5) pol in Aug.
Tiger's Rocket (IRE) 16-1 (9-6) Towards rear, ridden over 2f out, not troubled leaders, 12th of 17, 7l behind Carrickmacross (9-7) at Lingfield 6f hcp 0-65 (6) gf.
