keen, held up in touch, headway on inside chasing leaders over 6f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out
raced keenly, tracked leader 3f, chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, weakened well inside final furlong
keen tracking leaders and raced wide early, went 2nd 7f out, led 2f out, ridden over 1f out, soon edged right, held on gamely under pressure
steadied start, held up and behind, headway on outside over 2f out, soon chasing leaders, ridden and went 2nd over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, not pace to reach winner
soon pushed along towards rear, pushed along and headway on inside over 3f out, chased leaders over 2f out, ridden and one pace over 1f out, stayed on into 3rd well inside final furlong
took keen hold, tracked leaders until soon steadied towards rear, pushed along on outside 3f out, ridden and struggling over 2f out, edged right and weakened over 1f out
held up in last pair,some headway over 2f out, hung right from 2f out, one pace and no impression inside final furlong
Nonrunner
All three of Becca Campbell's victories so far have come in Class 6 races at Brighton and she carries a penalty for the last of them. Henry The Explorer is still a maiden and has had plenty of chances while Van Huysen has gone off the boil since winning at Sandown in July. Caponova rattled up a hat-trick in early summer but the handicapper has been in charge since. We'll give RAYAA another chance to show her third at Ripon in August was no fluke as he was racing over a longer trip on soft ground when favourite at Ffos Las next time. Raven Banner has improved since finishing behind Caponova at Haydock in June but is worse off at the weights.
Mr Quicksilver 4-1 (9-4) Held up, in last, never dangerous, 5th of 6, 16l behind British Embassy (9-4) at Bath 1m hcp (4) gs in Sep.
Midnight Whistler (USA) 7-1 (9-4) Chased leaders, under pressure over 3f out, soon weakened, 7th of 9, 18 1/4l behind Agent Gibbs (9-3) at York 1m 4f hcp stks (4) gs in Sep.
Van Huysen (IRE) 18-1 (9-11) Tracked leaders, lost place over 5f out, ridden on outside over 3f out, hung left and weakened over 1f out, 6th of 8, 21l behind Salmon Sushi (10-0) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (4) pol in Aug.
Taraz 9-1 (9-7) Chased leaders, outpaced 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 9, 26 1/4l behind Irish Optimism (8-13) at Pontefract 1m hcp (4) gf in Sep.
Caponova (IRE) 25-1 (8-9) Behind, pushed along over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, never dangerous, 9th of 15, 6 1/4l behind Save The Bees (9-5) at Nottingham 1m 2f hcp (3) gd in Sep.
Al Fatih (IRE) 5-1 (9-2) Slowly into stride, held up in touch, headway over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 7, 6 3/4l behind Golden Wedding (9-10) at Chepstow 1m hcp (5) gs in Sep.
Henry The Explorer (CAN) 8-1 (9-5) Close up, tracked leaders, 4f out, ridden over 2f out, stayed on to go 2nd inside final furlong, 2nd of 10, 3/4l behind Squiggley (9-0) at Epsom 1m 2f mdn stks (5) gd in Sep.
Becca Campbell (IRE) 9-2 (9-3) Held up, off the pace, towards rear, good headway on outside over 2f out, soon chasing leaders, led over 1f out, ridden clear inside final furlong, easily, won at Brighton 1m 2f hcp (6) gd in Oct beating Maria's Choice (9-9) by 3l, 10 ran.
Rayaa 11-4fav (9-1) Held up towards rear, ridden and headway over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, 4th of 8, 3 1/2l behind Pacharana (9-3) at Ffos Las 1m 4f hcp (5) sft in Sep.
Raven Banner (IRE) 7-1 (8-10) In touch, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened, last of 6, 8 3/4l behind High Hopes (9-4) at Ffos Las 1m 2f hcp fll (4) sft in Sep.
