held up in rear, headway on outside over 2f out, ran on closing stages, nearest finish
held up in rear, under pressure over 2f out, soon beaten
tracked leader, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
slowly into stride, raced freely in midfield, headway to chase leaders after 2f, ridden to challenge over 2f out, weakened final furlong
midfield, headway over 1f out, chased leaders inside final furlong, stayed on well
in touch, headway approaching final furlong, never able to challenge
took keen hold tracking leaders, ridden to lead inside final furlong, soon hard pressed, held on gamely
led, hard driven over 2f out, headed inside final furlong, rallied closing stages, kept on well
Bonfire Heart, only beaten a head in a nursery on Tapeta earlier this month, is rated 4lb higher than Leicester and Southwell third Seychelloise but she's no world-beater. Thames Knight can improve on his debut at Kempton but SOUK AL TAHAB won't need to be anything special to make a winning debut. His dam is a daughter of Seattle Slew so he should handle the surface.
Glorious Dancer 20-1 (9-5) Held up behind, pushed along over 3f out, never dangerous, last of 12, 22l behind Stake Acclaim (9-5) at Doncaster 6f 2yo mdn (5) sft.
Pyroclastic (IRE) Tagula colt out of Gypsy Royal.
Samsamsam 20-1 (9-5) Dwelt and bumped start, in touch, pushed along over 2f out, soon struggling, 8th of 12, 19l behind Mujassam (9-5) at Newbury 6f 2yo mdn (4) sft in Oct.
Souk Al Tahab (IRE) Arcano colt out of Quiet Dream.
Thames Knight 40-1 (9-2) Always towards rear, 11th of 14, 10l behind Victory Megastar (9-5) at Kempton 7f 2yo mdn stks (5) pol.
Azamaara (IRE) 20-1 (9-0) Mid-division, pushed along over 1f out, soon faded, 12th of 13, 24l behind Caltra Colleen (8-11) at Doncaster 7f mdn (5) gd in Jun.
Bonfire Heart 5-1 (9-7) Chased leader, ridden 2f out, edged left and led approaching final furlong, headed final strides, 2nd of 7, hd behind The Fairy (9-6) at Wolverhampton 6f 2yo hcp 0-65 (6).
Seychelloise 8-1 (9-0) Slowly away towards rear, pushed along after 2f, ridden and headway over 1f out, edged right and kept on final furlong, 3rd of 9, 3l behind Spirit of Zeb (9-5) at Southwell 5f 2yo mdn stks (5) fbs.