keen early, held up in rear, asked for effort inside 2f, weakened
broke well, lead 1st furlong, tracked the leader, travelled strongly, lead inside 2f, comfortable winner
chased leaders, mid-division, encouraged inside 3f, weakened
tracked leaders, encouraged inside 2f, plugged on, no match for leaders
broke well, lead until 2f, asked effort and plugged on, no match for winner
NonRunner
Red October is a previous course winner and easily best on official ratings but appears to have developed a mind of his own. DECORA did manage to win at Salisbury last month and was third over hurdles a couple of weeks ago. She is at least in form which is more than you can say about most of the others including the three-year-olds Temple Lock, who is 0-11, and Aboard The Beagle.
Barbarosa (IRE) (8-11) 6th of 11, 4 3/4l behind Adao (9-2) at Dresden 1m 3f hcp gd in Jun.
Red October (IRE) 5-1 (9-6) Difficult loading, chased leader 4f, handy 3rd, ridden over 2f out, wide and weakened home turn, last of 8, 16 3/4l behind War Leader (8-11) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (4) pol in Jun.
Twiggys Pride 125-1 (11-0) Always in rear, 7th of 8, 37l behind Tiger Orchid (11-7) at Worcester 2m (5) gd in Jul.
Decora (IRE) 7-2 (10-10) Chased leaders, not fluent 1st, went 2nd briefly before 3 out, 3rd and weakening when mistake 2 out, 3rd of 8, dist behind All Clenched Up (11-0) at Uttoxeter 2m (4) gd in Jul.
Aboard The Beagle 66-1 (9-0) Tracked leader, ridden well over 2f out, one pace, weakened over 2f out, 5th of 6, 12 1/2l behind Sweet Believer (9-0) at Nottingham 1m fll stks (5) gf in Jul.
Yukon (IRE) 13-2 (9-11) Held up in last pair, ridden over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, went modest 3rd last stride, no chance with leading duo, 3rd of 7, 6l behind Battle Angel (9-4) at Hamilton 1m 5f hcp (6) gd in Jul.
Temple Lock 11-1 (9-7) Towards rear, ridden over 2f out, never involved, 8th of 9, dist behind Carrigillihy (9-7) at Pontefract 1m 4f hcp (6) gd in Jun.