slowly into stride, behind, some late headway, never nearer
led early, tracked winner, challenged 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, stayed on same pace
always towards rear, never involved
mid-division on outside, pushed along and struggling towards rear before halfway, never a factor
chased leading pair, challenged 2f out, ridden and unable to quicken over 1f out, faded and lost 3rd final strides
keen to post, slowly into stride, took keen hold and soon in mid-division, headway on inside tracking leaders halfway, not quicken 2f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong, no extra towards finish
slowly into stride, ran green and always outpaced in rear
took keen hold tracking leaders, ran green on outside 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
towards rear, headway towards inside over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, went 3rd final strides, nearest finish
Valko returned a losing favourite at Catterick last time when dropped back to today's trip. The likes of Joules, Suqoor and Parkour look likely improvers but the vote goes to the latter's stablemate and newcomer CEE JAY. He's related to a couple of winners and an entry in the Group 2 Mill Reef Stakes suggests he has shown plenty of ability at home. Shadad is another with fancy entries including the Dewhurst but his winning relatives all scored over 7f or further while the speedily-bred Above N Beyond is out of a prolific mare and Verne Castle is out of Nunthorpe winner Lochangel.
Above N Beyond Exceed And Excel colt out of Hill Welcome.
Cee Jay Kyllachy colt out of Intermission.
Joules 15-8fav (9-5) Mid-division, headway on outside over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, no extra inside final 100 yards, 5th of 11, 6 1/4l behind Human Nature (9-5) at Windsor 6f mdn stks (5) gf in Jun.
Marcle (IRE) 50-1 (9-5) Held up mid-division, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 9th of 12, 8 1/4l behind Firedanser (9-5) at Haydock 6f mdn stks (5) gd in Aug.
Mulliondollar 25-1 (9-5) Outpaced in rear, never dangerous, 8th of 9, 32 1/4l behind Binzart (9-5) at Chelmsford City 6f mdn stks (4) pol in Jul.
Parkour (IRE) 8-1 (9-5) Dwelt, headway 4f out, led 3f out, edged left and headed over 2f out, no extra final 100 yards, 4th of 8, 5 1/4l behind In Ken's Memory (9-0) at Nottingham 6f mdn stks (5) gf in Aug.
Shadad (IRE) Zamindar colt out of Tender Morn.
Suqoor 8-1 (9-5) Slowly away, held up, headway over 2f out, weakened entering final furlong, 9th of 11, 9l behind Danecase (9-5) at Nottingham 6f mdn stks (5) gf in Jul.
Tenzing Norgay Aussie Rules colt out of Miss Katmandu.
Valko 6-5fav (9-5) Raced wide, tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, hung left over 1f out, kept on to go a never dangerous 2nd near finish, 2nd of 5, 3 1/2l behind Highly Sprung (9-5) at Catterick 6f mdn stks (5) gf in Jul.
Verne Castle Sakhee's Secret colt out of Lochangel.
Many Dreams (IRE) Kodiac filly out of Deeday Bay.