dwelt, held up, headway when not much room, stumbled approaching 2f out, stayed on under strong pressure inside final furlong, just failed
close up, ridden and every chance approaching 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
held up in touch, improved 2f out, driven to lead inside final furlong, just held on
held up in touch, led halfway, ridden and headed inside final furlong, one pace
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace
chased leader, ridden and weakened over 2f out
held up, pushed along halfway, headway to chase leader well over 1f out, soon every chance, one pace inside final furlong
led until halfway
slowly into stride, soon pushed along towards rear, swerved badly left over 2f out, soon eased
Doubtful Sound is the selection to win an intriguing seller where there are several taking a slight drop in class. Doubtful Sound, is a four time winner with some good efforts in handicaps to his credit, and he won a claimer last time over this trip, although that was on fast ground. He has to concede weight to his rivals, and a chance is taken that he can handle this easier surface, and maintain his winning form. Swift Cut drops to this grade for the first time. He ran well in a decent Chepstow handicap last time, beaten only six lengths. He has been running over further before that and may not have been seen to best effect. Swift Cut looks capable of playing a part here but may have to settle for a place. Avertitop would have an outstanding chance here on last season's juvenile form but he has been seen only once since July, finishing second last in a Windsor handicap. He needs to improve on that but this is major drop in grade. Rainbow Bay is also interesting, dropping to selling class after some respectable efforts. He handles cut in the ground and it would be no surprise to see him in the shake up but preference is for last time out winner Doubtful Sound to win again.
Doubtful Sound (USA) 7-1 (9-2) Tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, soon hung right, ran on to lead well inside final furlong, all out, won at Yarmouth 6f clm (6) gf in May beating Guest Connections (9-6) by 2l, 7 ran.
Accolation 9-1 (8-9) Awkward start, keen, tracked leaders on inner, ridden to chase leader well over 1f out, weakened quickly over 1f out, 5th of 8, 6l behind Mind Alert (9-1) at Kempton 6f hcp 0-50 (6) pol in Jan.
Boldinor 40-1 (9-2) Never better than mid-division, 9th of 16, 11l behind Charlie Delta (10-2) at Salisbury 6f ldy rds hcp (6) gf in May.
Rainbow Bay 10-1 (9-0) Behind, ran on inside final furlong, never going pace to reach leaders, 6th of 16, 3l behind Dressed To Dance (8-13) at Windsor 6f clm (5) gf in May.
Swift Cut (IRE) 33-1 (7-11) Chased leaders, led briefly 3f out, soon held, 6th of 14, 8l behind Ermine Grey (8-2) at Chepstow 1m hcap (6) gd in May.
Mannello 8-1 (8-11) Chased leaders, ridden halfway, weakened over 1f out, 10th of 12, 4 1/2l behind Grand Palace (9-0) at Lingfield 6f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
Summer Gift 28-1 (10-3) Chased leaders until weakened over 1f out, 14th of 16, 13l behind Staked A Claim (10-12) at Redcar 6f amt mdn hcp 0-60 (6) gf in May.
Avertitop 33-1 (8-7) Held up, headway over 3f out, soon ridden, weakened, 9th of 10, 7l behind Mega Watt (9-0) at Chepstow 1m 3yo hcp (4) gd in May.
Her Name Is Rio (IRE) 25-1 (8-9) In touch, ridden along halfway, weakened over 1f out, 14th of 16, 12l behind Casino Night (9-4) at Beverley 7f 3yo hcp (6) gd in May.
Bubbles Darling Bertolini filly, half-sister to winning sprinter Captain Salty.
