held up towards rear, headway over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
slowly into stride, behind, last and still plenty to d o 3f out, strong run on outside over 1f out, led inside final furlong, stayed on well
close 5th, ridden 3f out, weakening when hampered over 1f out
mid-division on inside, not clearest of runs over 2f out until entering final 2f, stayed on inside final furlong, went 3rd closing stages
mid-division, headway 3f out, chased leaders under pressure over 2f out, weakened inside final 2f
chased leaders, ridden to challenge 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
chased leader until 5f out, close 3rd, challenged on inside 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed and not pace of winner inside final furlong, dropped to 3rd final 110 yards, lost 2 places closing stages
held up in last trio, headway over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, stayed on to 2nd final 110 yards, not pace of winner
held up in last trio, headway on inside over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, one pace closing stages
soon led, pushed along 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
tracked leading pair, went 2nd 5f out until 2f out, weakened over 1f out
A competitive handicap with most of the principals having competed against one another recently. Brigadoon finished ahead of Where's Susie when third last time and the latter had beaten DUBAI BOUNTY at Lingfield before that. Gerard Butler's charge was having only her second start since April on that occasion, however, and gets a tentative vote here with improvement expected. Raucous Behaviour has had the measure of Art Scholar at Wolverhampton the last twice but looks high enough in the weights now, while the same can be said of C&D winners Taaresh and Ellemujie. Megalala looks best of the remainder.
Taaresh (IRE) 16-1 (9-2) Chased leading trio, went 3rd on inside over 3f out, went 2nd entering final furlong until final 110 yards no impression, lost 3rd close home, 4th of 6, 2 3/4l behind Georgebernardshaw (9-2) at Kempton 1m 2f cnd stks (4yo+) (4) pol in Mar.
Ellemujie 3-1fav (9-6) Mid-division, headway and not clear run over 1f out, ridden and stayed on near finish, 3rd of 14, 2 3/4l behind True To Form (9-6) at Kempton 1m 2f hcp 0-85 (4) pol.
All The Winds (GER) 33-1 (9-2) Raced in rear, effort on outside over 2f out, never dangerous, 8th of 15, 10l behind Modun (9-6) at Newbury 1m 2f hcp 0-85 (4) gf in Apr.
Russian George (IRE) 8-1 (9-9) Held up in 6th, in rear and outpaced 4f out, struggling after, modest late headway, 5th of 7, 11l behind Old Hundred (9-4) at Doncaster 1m 7f hcp 0-85 (4) gf in Apr.
Art Scholar (IRE) 9-2 (9-4) Held up towards rear, pushed along and headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace, 4th of 11, 6l behind William Haigh (9-3) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp 0-85 (4) pol.
Dubai Bounty 11-1 (9-7) Keen in touch, ridden 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 8th of 10, 1 3/4l behind Where's Susie (9-5) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp 0-80 (4) pol in Nov.
Brigadoon 4-1fav (9-2) Tracked leaders, pushed along over 4f out, ridden 2f out, driven and stayed on towards finish, 3rd of 9, 1 1/4l behind George Adamson (9-1) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp 0-85 (4) pol.
Raucous Behaviour (USA) 6-1 (9-1) Held up in touch, led over 2f out, kept on and headed towards finish, 2nd of 11, 3/4l behind William Haigh (9-3) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp 0-85 (4) pol.
Where's Susie 8-1 (9-2) Mid-division, pushed along and dropped to rear 4f out, ridden over 2f out, kept on final furlong, 5th of 9, 3l behind George Adamson (9-1) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp 0-85 (4) pol.
First Avenue 40-1 (9-6) Held up in close 6th, headway on inside over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, chased winner inside final furlong, strong challenge and upsides final stride, just failed, 2nd of 9, ns behind Raucous Behaviour (8-12) at Kempton 1m 4f clm stks (6) pol in Sep.
Megalala (IRE) 12-1 (9-1) Tracked leader, led over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on well final furlong, won at Kempton 1m 2f hcp 0-70 (5) pol beating Opera Prince (8-12) by 4 1/2l, 12 ran.
Plattsburgh (USA) 20-1 (9-0) Mid-division, ridden 2f out, kept on, not trouble leaders, 8th of 14, 6l behind Yasir (9-1) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Oct.
Sir Boss (IRE) 33-1 (9-10) Chased leaders, pushed along over 3f out, weakened well over 2f out, 10th of 11, 33l behind William Haigh (9-3) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp 0-85 (4) pol.
