took keen hold, held up in mid-division, effort 1f out, unable to get on terms
led, clear briefly and hung right over 1f out, headed and stayed on same pace inside final furlong
in touch on outside, lost place over 4f out, behind over 2f out
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, lost place over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
not much room start, in rear, some late headway, no impression
slowly into stride, towards rear, headway over 1f out, never on terms
went left start, chased leader, led inside final furlong, held on well
Novice winner X FORCE (NAP) made a winning start in handicaps with a victory at Chelmsford on his first start over 6f. The hat-trick beckons for Archie Watson’s charge dropping down a grade for this. Audio has won twice over shorter trips this year and beat Champagne Supanova at Chelmsford last time. He’s preferred to St Ives, who looks no nearer winning a handicap, but Epsom Faithfull landed a novices' race at Goodwood in August and goes handicapping for the first time along with Predictable Tully and both are preferred to the more-exposed Glamorous Anna.
X Force (IRE) 7-2 (9-0) Keen, held up just off the pace in 5th, good headway between horses over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ridden clear, won at Chelmsford City 6f (3) pol in Aug beating Hard Nut (9-5) by 1l, 6 ran.
Glamorous Anna 11-1 (9-7) Prominent, led over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra, 3rd of 10, 1 3/4l behind Masaakin (9-0) at Kempton 6f fll stks (5) pol in Oct.
Audio 5-1 (9-1) Tracked leaders, went 2nd over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on under pressure inside final furlong, led near finish, won at Chelmsford City 5f (4) pol in Sep beating He's A Laddie (9-7) by 1/2l, 5 ran.
St Ives 9-2 (8-8) Chased leaders, went 2nd halfway, ridden and no impression when hung left over 1f out, lost 2nd final 125 yards, weakened into 4th close home, 4th of 11, 4l behind Stone Soldier (8-11) at Chester 6f Grp 3 (2) sft in Sep.
Fantom Force (IRE) 22-1 (9-3) Prominent, hung left and lost place over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 9th of 10, 8 1/2l behind Gobi Sunset (9-7) at Yarmouth 6f (4) gf in Sep.
Port Winston (IRE) 16-1 (9-2) Held up in rear, pulled hard, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened, last of 10, 14 1/2l behind Gobi Sunset (9-7) at Yarmouth 6f (4) gf in Sep.
Champagne Supanova (IRE) 6-1 (8-9) Held up in touch, headway on outside over 2f out, ridden 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, not quite reach leaders, 4th of 5, 1l behind Audio (9-1) at Chelmsford City 5f (4) pol in Sep.
Epsom Faithfull 8-1 (8-11) Chased leader, led over 2f out, joined inside final furlong, ran on gamely, won at Goodwood 6f fll stks (4) gd in Aug beating Strawberry Hind (9-0) by 1/2l, 8 ran.
Predictable Tully (IRE) 9-2 (9-0) Led and set decent pace, hung left over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, lost 2nd final strides, 3rd of 11, 1/4l behind Tadreej (9-0) at Chelmsford City 7f fll stks (4) pol in Oct.