tracked leaders, ridden to challenge in 2nd inside final furlong, stayed on to lead towards finish
slowly into stride and hood removed late, held up in rear, headway on outside over 1f out, ran on into never nearer 3rd inside final furlong, no chance with 1st 2
chased leaders on inside, pushed along over 3f out, ridden inside final 2f, weakened over 1f out
led, ridden and headed 1f out, lost 2nd and weakened inside final furlong
held up in touch, lost place and towards rear before halfway, switched right inside final 2f, some late headway, not trouble leaders
slowly into stride, raced keenly on wide outside towards rear, pushed along over 2f out, never a factor
chased leader, driven to lead 1f out, headed and outpaced close home
Manorah finished just in front of Elisheba when placed at Newmarket last time and that pair are hard to separate. Scheme finished runner-up when upped to 1m4f at Newcastle on her handicap debut but drops down in trip in first-time headgear for this. Cheekpieces are also applied to CANTINIERE (NAP) and she gets the vote back over today’s trip having finished a close-up third in a higher grade handicap at Chelmsford on her penultimate start - Saeed bin Suroor’s yard has hit top form in the last few days. Something went amiss with Snowdon last time but she’d been threatening to score before that.
Cantiniere (USA) 6-1 (10-0) Towards rear, headway over 1f out, kept on towards finish, 5th of 9, 1 1/4l behind Attainment (9-6) at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (4) pol in Jul.
Geetanjali (IRE) 16-1 (9-0) Held up in 6th on outside, headway over 1f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong, 5th of 8, 4l behind Mandarin (9-3) at Windsor 1m 2f hcp (4) gf in Jul.
Snowdon 10-1 (9-8) Held up, ridden over 3f out, soon struggling, last of 8, 24 1/4l behind Cockalorum (9-11) at Ripon 1m 2f hcp (4) gd in Jul.
Elisheba (IRE) 6-1 (9-0) Keen tracked leaders, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed entering final furlong, kept on one pace, 4th of 6, 2 1/4l behind Clarion (8-11) at Newmarket 1m 2f hcp fll (3) gf in Aug.
Manorah (IRE) 15-8fav (8-13) Led, headed 7f out, tracked leader, ridden and every chance over 1f out, one pace inside final furlong, 3rd of 6, 2 1/4l behind Clarion (8-11) at Newmarket 1m 2f hcp fll (3) gf in Aug.
Narjes 16-1 (9-6) Dwelt in touch in rear, headway 2f out, ridden and kept on one pace final furlong, 3rd of 6, 4l behind Data Protection (9-11) at Epsom 1m 1f hcp (4) gd in Aug.
Scheme 2-1fav (9-7) Held up in touch, outpaced over 4f out, rallied over 2f out, chased leaders over 2f out, kept on well under pressure, not pace of winner, 2nd of 6, 1 3/4l behind Soloist (9-5) at Newcastle 1m 4f hcp fll (5) pol in Aug.