slowly into stride, bumped start, in touch, ridden over 2f out, stayed on well inside final furlong, gaining towards finish
steadied start, held up behind, some headway over 2f out, soon ridden and no impression on leaders
prominent, ridden well over 2f out, no progress, weakened over 1f out
went left start, pressed winner to over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
towards rear, ridden and outpaced final 2f, never a factor
tracked leaders, chased winner over 1f out, stayed on to close on winner inside final furlong, always just held
chased leaders, under pressure over 2f out, soon weakened
held up, ridden and hanging right over 2f out, driven and kept on final furlong, never threatened leaders
Withdrawn
Once again we have a lot of dead wood here and Siraj is expected to give weight and a beating to these rivals, For Life and Danehill Stroller may provide most danger. It is hard to believe that Siraj hadn't won for 21 months before that recent success. He never looked in any danger as he comfortably beat Cree in that Wolverhampton contest and he can follow up this afternoon. For Life wasn't beaten too far behind Formidable Will at Southwell last time with some decent enough perfgormers behind. It is hard to see this one out of the frame today. Danehill Stroller has been a little of of sorts recently but has claims on the pick of this season's form. Beverley Beau is another to consider for each-way purposes but our idea of the winner is Siraj.
Siraj 8-1 (9-0) Mid-division, headway over 2f out, led 1f out, ran on, won at W'hampton 6f banded stk (7) pol beating Cree (9-1) by 1 1/2l, 13 ran.
Danehill Stroller (IRE) 9-1 (8-10) Slowly into stride, keen and held up in rear, ridden over 1f out, never dangerous, 9th of 13, 2 1/2l behind Generator (9-1) at Lingfield 7f hcp 0-60 (6) pol.
African Concerto (IRE) 16-1 (8-11) Slowly into stride, held up in rear, headway under pressure 2f out, driven and no impression final furlong, 8th of 12, 4l behind Came Back (9-2) at Lingfield 6f 3yo & 4yo sll (5) pol in Oct.
Dark Moon 20-1 (8-6) Always in rear, 9th of 10, 25l behind La Colline (8-7) at Southwell 6f app hcp (6) fbs.
Beverley Beau 16-1 (8-8) With leader, led 2f out, headed 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 4th of 13, 5l behind Siraj (9-0) at W'hampton 6f banded stk (7) pol.
For Life (IRE) 16-1 (9-0) Led, ridden and headed over 2f out, one pace, 2nd of 14, 4l behind Formidable Will (9-0) at Southwell 1m sll (6) fbs.
Mostanad 14-1 (8-5) Mid-division and keen, ridden over 2f out, no impression, 12th of 14, 5l behind Stamford Blue (8-8) at Chepstow 5f hcp 0-65 (6) gd in Sept.
Orchestration (IRE) 7-1 (8-8) Towards rear, headway over 1f out, never reached challenging position, 7th of 14, 5l behind Larky's Lob (8-7) at Southwell 5f hcap (6) fbs.
