chased leaders, one pace final furlong
chased leaders, weakened over 2f out
held up towards rear, weakened well over 2f out
tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, led final furlong, hard ridden inside final furlong, stayed on under pressure, headed post
headed 1f out, soon hard ridden, kept on gamely inside final furlong, led post
slowly into stride, in rear, weakened over 2f out
mid-division, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, eased
chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
held up in touch, weakened inside final furlong
pushed along towards rear, weakened over 3f out
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LEARO DOCHAIS can defy top-weight status here to follow up his win here last weekend, and is taken to get the better of the consistent Sarasota Sunshine and Peper Harow. Michael Jarvis' gelding has only been raised three pounds for that win, the first of his career; he may want a little bit further in time, but after starting well and grabbing an early lead, he pretty quickly put his rivals to the sword. Similar tactics may be employed tonight. Sarasota Sunshine won't want it too soft, and returns to seven furlongs after racing at six more recently, but has won at both trips. The draw's not the best though in stall one. Peper Harow won nicely in a similar contest over this trip last time out when stepped up in trip and given headgear, so connections may have found her optimum level again. Towards the bottom of the weights, she must enter calculations, if able to put in two decent runs back to back. However the one we feel to be the more likely winner is Learo Dochais.
Learo Dochais (USA) 9-2 (9-3) Made all, hard driven well over 1f out, stayed on well under pressure, won at Lingfield 7f mdn auc stks (6) gd in Jul beating Golden Button (9-5) by 3l, 11 ran.
Kingsgate Storm (IRE) 10-3 (8-12) Chased leaders, ridden over 3f out, soon one pace, 4th of 7, 5l behind Changing The Guard (8-12) at Great Leighs 5f mdn stks (5) pol in Jan.
Hellbender (IRE) 8-1 (9-7) Led to over 4f out, stayed prominent until ridden and weakened over 2f out, 5th of 7, 16l behind Zebrano (9-6) at Chepstow 7f 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) sft in Jul.
Hi Shinko 11-2 (9-7) Chased leaders, stayed on final furlong, 3rd of 9, 6l behind Mythical Blue (8-13) at Bath 5f 3yo hcp 0-70 (5) gd in Jul.
Secret Hero 7-4fav (8-11) Bumped start, chased leader to over 4f out, remained handy, switched left 2f out, chased winner over 1f out, ridden and stayed on, 2nd of 7, 1l behind Zebrano (9-6) at Chepstow 7f 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) sft in Jul.
Captain Flasheart (IRE) 12-1 (9-0) Held up behind mid-division, ridden over 1f out, kept on final furlong, not troubled leaders, 5th of 10, 4l behind Lenny Bee (9-0) at Kempton 5f mdn auc stks (5) pol in Apr.
Piccolinda 12-1 (8-12) Mid-division, pushed along halfway, weakened over 2f out, 13th of 14, 11l behind Best In Class (9-4) at Lingfield 7f hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Jul.
Champion Girl (IRE) 33-1 (9-0) Mid-division, ridden and outpaced over 2f out, soon weakened, 10th of 13, 14l behind Cool Hand Jake (9-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f 3yo hcp (5) pol in Jun.
Peper Harow (IRE) 12-1 (7-13) Steadied start, pulled hard, held up, headway and switched right towards stand rail over 2f out, led inside final 2f, ridden final furlong, held on, won at Newbury 7f flls hcp (5) gf in Jul beating Lucy Brown (9-2) by 1/2l, 8 ran.
Protiva 9-1 (8-2) Led, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 13th of 14, 13l behind Chantilly Dancer (8-2) at Yarmouth 1m 1f 3yo sll (6) gd in Jun.
Bouggie Daize 20-1 (8-2) Awkward leaving stalls, raced keenly, led over 5f out, headed over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 9th of 11, 8l behind Spinners End (9-2) at Salisbury 7f 3yo hcp 0-85 (4) gf in Jul.
Sarasota Sunshine 7-2 (9-6) Held up, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, no extra towards finish, 3rd of 8, 10l behind Rafta (8-2) at Nottingham 6f 3yo hcp 0-70 (5) sft in Jul.
Grand Honour (IRE) 33-1 (9-4) Went left start, held up towards rear, headway to chase leaders over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 6th of 12, 7l behind Bermondsey Girl (8-11) at Lingfield 7f 3yo hcp 0-70 (5) gd in Jul.
