led, headed entering final furlong, no impression on winner inside final 100 yards
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, no extra inside final furlong
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, unable to quicken 1f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong
held up in rear, some headway inside final furlong, no impression
held up towards rear, pushed along on outside 3f out, no headway
in touch, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
took keen hold, held up towards rear, ridden over 2f out, soon well held
slowly into stride, held up in rear, shaken up over 2f out, no headway
slowly into stride, held up, some headway over 2f out, never any chance with leaders
tracked leader, ridden over 1f out, led entering final furlong, ran on well
mid-division, ridden over 2f out, soon outpaced by leaders, plugged on inside final furlong, went 4th towards finish
BRITISH ART looks to have a good opportunity to open his account. It's certainly less competitive than last week's maiden race here in which he finished second. Hey You was also placed at the track last time but never threatened the winner. Absolute Champion makes more appeal than the selection's stablemate Upstaging while Ripinto is a half-brother to a Listed winner and could make his presence felt on his racecourse debut.
Absolute Champion (USA) 50-1 (9-5) Held up mid-division, ridden over 1f out, kept on one pace and no impression, 6th of 11, 8l behind Koptoon (9-5) at Kempton 6f 2yo mdn stks (5) pol in Sep.
Blackasyourhat (IRE) 14-1 (8-7) Led, headed final furlong, soon weakened, 6th of 7, 10l behind Shamrock Sheila (8-0) at Lingfield 6f 2yo clm stks (6) pol in Jul.
British Art 9-2 (9-5) Chased winner throughout, ridden 2f out, well held from over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong, just held on for 2nd, 2nd of 11, 1 1/2l behind Lightning Charlie (9-5) at Kempton 6f 2yo mdn stks (4) pol.
Captain Felix 66-1 (9-0) Dwelt towards rear, ridden over 2f out, never on terms, 8th of 10, 15l behind Ooty Hill (9-0) at Newmarket 7f 2yo mdn (4) sft.
Major Attitude 16-1 (9-5) Bumped start, outpaced towards rear, never on terms, last of 15, 31l behind Code Red (9-5) at Nottingham 6f 2yo mdn (5) gd.
Monsieur Valentine 14-1 (9-5) Tracked leaders, ridden and outpaced final 2f, last of 3, 26l behind Lackaday (9-5) at Brighton 6f 2yo mdn (5) hvy.
Ocean Bentley (IRE) 66-1 (9-5) Pulled hard prominent until ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, last of 7, 45l behind Follow The Faith (9-0) at Brighton 1m 2yo mdn aut (5) hvy.
Ripinto (IRE) Rip Van Winkle colt out of For Evva Silca.
Speculator 50-1 (9-5) Slowly into stride, outpaced and always behind, last of 15, 23l behind Ticks The Boxes (9-5) at Windsor 6f 2yo mdn (5) gs in Jul.
Upstaging 12-1 (9-5) Towards rear, effort over 2f out, never dangerous, 8th of 13, 12l behind Convey (9-5) at Kempton 7f 2yo mdn stks (5) pol.
Hey You (IRE) 10-1 (9-0) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, no extra inside final furlong, 3rd of 8, 5l behind Always Smile (9-0) at Kempton 6f 2yo mdn fll (5) pol.
