led, shaken up and headed over 2f out, soon ridden, weakened gradually from over 1f out
chased leaders, waiting for room going well over 2f out, challenging when pushed along over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, kept on well
in touch, ridden along over 3f out, steady headway over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
prominent on inner, pushed along over 2f out, soon lost position, beaten over 1f out, weakened final furlong
close up, led going easily over 2f out, ridden and faced challenge over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, not pace of winner
held up in last, ridden along rounding home turn and unable to quicken, never on terms
keen in rear, shaken up over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, went third inside final furlong, ran on
Primetime was impeded at Wolverhampton last week and awarded the race having passed the post in second. He’s penalised today and third-placed AMERICAN TALE can reverse running given he has less than a length to find and scored over track and trip earlier. Alfred and Rosenzoo both placed on their handicap debuts while Haya Taal and Bulldog Drummond go handicapping for the first time.
Hadrian's Wall 6-1 (9-1) Prominent near side, ridden to challenge over 2f out, outpaced approaching final furlong, plugged on in 3rd, 3rd of 6, 9 1/4l behind Lambert (9-1) at Newmarket 7f stks (4) gd in Aug.
Rosenzoo (IRE) 15-2 (9-8) Tracked front pair, pushed along and led over 1f out, ridden 1f out, headed narrowly over 110 yards out, kept on, held closing stages, 3rd of 8, 1l behind Star Of Lazise (9-3) at Newcastle 7f (5) pol in Aug.
Bulldog Drummond 15-2 (9-5) Led, headed just after halfway, outpaced 2f out, chased leaders from 1f out, kept on for modest third, 3rd of 10, 3l behind Propitious (9-7) at Redcar 6f stks (5) gf in Aug.
Haya Taal (IRE) 5-1 (9-7) Slowly into stride, held up in last trio, headway on inside over 1f out, plugged on disputing modest 3rd inside final furlong, 3rd of 6, 3 1/4l behind Beauty Generation (9-7) at Chelmsford City 1m mdn stks (5) pol in Aug.
American Tale 5-4fav (9-11) In touch towards rear, pushed along 3f out, ridden and headway entering final furlong, ran on, 3rd of 7, at Wolverhampton 1m 1f (6) pol in Sep.
Primetime 9-1 (9-10) Tracked leaders, pushed along 2f out, ridden and every chance entering final furlong, ran on, carried right close home(placed 1st), 2nd of 7, at Wolverhampton 1m 1f (6) pol in Sep.
Alfred (FR) 10-3fav (9-10) Held up in mid-division, headway chasing leaders and ridden over 2f out, switched left over 1f out, went 2nd and ran on inside final furlong, just held, 2nd of 10, nk behind Monks Mead (8-8) at Lingfield 7f (6) gf in Jul.
