held up, headway on outside over 2f out, led well over 1f out, just nudged out inside final furlong, readily
took keen hold, prominent, ridden and edged left 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
led early, held up in touch, switched left well over 1f out, soon went 2nd, stayed on, no impression on winner
tracked leaders, took keen hold, not clear run well over 1f out, soon went 3rd, stayed on, no impression on winner
prominent, niggled along and lost place over 3f out, not much room 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
soon led, headed well over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
Childesplay hasn't progressed as expected and Miss Lillie may struggle in this grade. Something was amiss with Diamond Lady at Newmarket last time but a blanket could have been thrown over her, the runner-up Lady Horatia and third-placed Marjong when she won at Nottingham in June. With those three closely matched the vote goes to INTERCEPTION, beaten less than a length in both of her latest outings and looking capable of scoring off her current mark.
Interception (IRE) 9-4fav (9-10) Steadied in rear, not clear run over 2f out, headway to chase leaders over 1f out, ran on, 4th of 9, 3/4l behind Ishiamber (9-12) at Kempton 7f fll hcp (4) pol in Aug.
Lady Horatia 7-2 (9-0) Steadied and switched right start, towards rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, no impression inside final furlong, 3rd of 7, 2l behind Meeting Waters (9-3) at Musselburgh 7f flls hcp 0-130 (3) gd.
Diamond Lady 16-1 (8-11) Dwelt, soon prominent, weakened over 2f out, last of 12, 23l behind Mr Win (9-0) at Newmarket 6f 3yo hcp 0-90 (3) gf in Aug.
Marjong 5-1 (9-7) Slowly into stride, held up in 5th, headway on inside over 1f out, 4th and one pace inside final furlong, 4th of 8, 3 1/2l behind Secret Success (9-7) at Lingfield 7f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Aug.
Childesplay 11-8fav (8-11) Tracked winner, ridden over 1f out, weakened and lost 2nd place inside final furlong, last of 3, 9l behind Brown Diamond (9-0) at Sandown 7f mdn fll stks (5) gs in Aug.
Miss Lillie 12-1 (8-12) Pulled hard tracking leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 9, 2 3/4l behind Ishiamber (9-12) at Kempton 7f fll hcp (4) pol in Aug.