chased leader, ridden over 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, no extra towards finish
slight lead, ridden over 1f out, headed well inside final furlong, weakened towards finish
held up and behind, headway on inside and hung badly left from over 1f out, staying on when not clear run and eased well inside final furlong, never able to challenge
chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, weakened final furlong
chased leaders on inside, pushed along over 2f out, hung left and ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
slowly into stride, towards rear, headway on inside when not clear run over 1f out, no headway when in the clear inside final furlong
raced wide, held up towards rear, headway on wide outside, stayed on under pressure inside final furlong, led final strides
raced wide, chased leaders, ridden to challenge over 1f out, stayed on to lead well inside final furlong, headed towards finish
Another open-looking handicap. Imperial Empire only beat Forbidden Land a short-head over 7f at Sandown and the runner-up is now a pound better off so there should be little between them again. Dramatic Sands has improved since stepped up to a mile. He was second at Windsor and then beat HEXAGON a neck at Kempton but connections of the latter will fancy their chances of turning the tables on slightly more favourable terms as the Acclamation gelding would have caught the winner in another couple of strides. Qaaddim has been thereabouts in the majority of his starts and should be winning soon while a case can also be made for Incinerator and Pitchcombe with the latter running well at Newbury after winning at Kempton.
Hexagon (IRE) 11-2 (9-7) Outpaced in rear, finally picked up over 1f out, ran on strongly inside final furlong, not reach winner, 2nd of 5, nk behind Dramatic Sands (9-5) at Kempton 1m (4) pol in Sep.
Dramatic Sands (IRE) 4-1 (9-5) Raced keenly, made all, ridden over 1f out, held on gamely, won at Kempton 1m (4) pol in Sep beating Hexagon (9-7) by nk, 5 ran.
Incinerator 11-4 (9-2) Keen led, pushed along and headed over 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong, last of 5, 11 3/4l behind Lucander (8-12) at Doncaster 1m (2) gf in Sep.
Forbidden Land (IRE) 7-2 (8-13) Steadied start, in touch in rear, headway 2f out, soon every chance, unable to quicken inside final furlong, kept on one pace, 4th of 5, 1 3/4l behind Lucander (8-12) at Doncaster 1m (2) gf in Sep.
Imperial Empire 5-2fav (9-1) Tracked leading trio, pushed along over 2f out, ridden to challenge inside final furlong, stayed on to lead towards finish, held on gamely, all out, won at Sandown 7f (4) gf in Aug beating Forbidden Land (9-4) by shd, 8 ran.
Impatient 4-1 (9-4) Raced wide in rear, pushed along over 2f out, never near leaders, 8th of 13, 11 1/4l behind Miss Yoda (9-5) at Sandown 1m stks (4) gd in Sep.
Qaaddim (IRE) 3-1fav (9-7) Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, kept on under pressure final furlong, 3rd and held near finish, 3rd of 10, 1 1/4l behind Royal Ambition (9-5) at Salisbury 7f (5) gd in Sep.
Pitchcombe 12-1 (8-4) Led, ridden 2f out, headed entering final furlong, one pace and lost 2nd towards finish, 3rd of 11, 2 3/4l behind Separate (9-2) at Newbury 7f (3) gd in Sep.
