slowly into stride, held up and behind, good headway and went between horses inside final furlong, stayed on to lead near finish
mid-division, headway chasing leaders over 3f out, outpaced entering final 2f, ridden and plenty to do inside final furlong, finished well, not pace to challenge
chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, weakened soon after
led, ridden and strongly pressed from 2f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, soon lost 2nd, weakened final 110 yards
held up towards rear, looking for room briefly over 2f out, soon in the clear and stayed on well inside final furlong, went 4th towards finish
held up in last pair, pushed along and running on when not clear run inside final furlong, ran on well when in the clear, nearest finish
wore hood to post, last pair, very wide home turn, never a factor
mid-division on inside, headway chasing leaders over 2f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, headed final strides
chased leaders out wide, ridden and weakened 3f out, tailed off
chased leader, ridden and every chance over 1f out, lost 2nd entering final furlong, hung right then left inside final furlong, weakened final 110 yards
raced keenly chasing leaders, pushed along over 2f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, just held on for 3rd
mid-division out wide, wide and weakened home turn
Puffin Island won one of these events at Chelmsford last week with Jaffathegaffaback in fifth and can confirm running. But HABANERO STAR has been threatening to score with placed efforts in handicaps and Gay Kelleway’s filly looks set to take advantage of a slide down the weights and finally get off the mark. Carmela Soprano was still beaten a long way when runner-up at Leicester and Mungo's Quest has plenty to prove over this far.
Aiguillette 14-1 (9-5) Mid-division far side, ridden well over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 10th of 13, 7 3/4l behind Eastern Star (9-5) at Leicester 6f stks (6) gf in Jul.
Bbob Alula 8-1 (9-0) Midfield, pushed before 3f out, ridden after 3f out, not pace to challenge but kept on steadily, 5th of 9, 4l behind Incorrigible (9-3) at Brighton 7f hcp (6) gf in Aug.
Cativo Ragazzo 5-1 (9-4) Mid-division, short of room over 2f out, soon ridden, weakened inside final furlong, 8th of 11, 5 1/2l behind Thunderoad (9-1) at Lingfield 1m hcp (6) pol in Jun.
Global Acclamation 13-2 (9-2) Towards rear, ridden and headway over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 11, 11 1/2l behind Holdenhurst (9-7) at Chepstow 7f hcp (6) gd in Jul.
Habanero Star 9-2 (9-1) Held up, ridden 2f out, headway 1f out, ran on well late, 2nd of 16, 2 3/4l behind Lucayan (8-13) at Yarmouth 1m hcp (6) gf in Jul.
Lippy Lady (IRE) 8-1 (9-7) Keen tracked leaders, short of room and hampered over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 7th of 15, 15 1/4l behind Celestial Point (8-9) at Brighton 1m stks (6) gd in May.
Mungo's Quest (IRE) 16-1 (9-1) Pressed leader, ridden over 2f out, every chance over 1f out, no extra towards finish, 4th of 7, 2 3/4l behind He's Our Star (9-9) at Brighton 1m hcp (6) gf in Aug.
Puffin Island (IRE) 6-4fav (9-0) Close up, ridden and headway over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on, won at Chelmsford City 1m stks (6) pol in Aug beating Sovereign Moon (9-0) by 1/2l, 9 ran.
Stormy Chaos (IRE) 100-1 (9-2) Held up in mid division, pushed along 3f out, weakened quickly, never a factor, last of 12, dist behind Merlin's Beard (8-8) at Bath 1m 4f hcp (6) gs in Jul.
Carmela Soprano 12-1 (8-11) Towards rear, pushed along over 4f out, headway over 2f out, chased winner over 1f out, no impression, kept on, 2nd of 9, 7l behind Katie's Kitten (9-9) at Leicester 1m hcp (6) gd in Jul.
Jaffathegaffa 18-5 (9-0) Tracked leaders, led 5f out, ridden over 1f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong, 5th of 9, 3l behind Puffin Island (9-0) at Chelmsford City 1m stks (6) pol in Aug.
Owens Lad 11-1 (8-13) Disputed lead early, pressed leader, led over 2f out, headed over 1f out, soon beaten, 8th of 11, 8 1/2l behind My Little Queens (9-2) at Musselburgh 1m hcp (6) gd in Jun.
