chased leaders, outpaced halfway, beaten over 2f out
chased leaders, under pressure 2f out, no impression
tracked leaders, effort over 2f out, kept on same pace approaching final furlong
keen early, tracked clear leader, took closer order over 2f out, led over 1f out, driven clear inside final furlong, easily
raced wide, set very strong pace and soon 6 lengths clear, headed over 1f out, weakened quickly
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A difficult race to open the card with question marks against Zanetto and Fever Few on current form. Tifl faces a stiffer task than he faced when scoring narrowly on Monday but Malcolm The Pug looks interesting at this level based on his close fourth at Chepstow in July. RED TROOPER was well supported in similar company last time but the slower ground probably turned against him. Lightly raced and with a hood fitted for the first time he is taken to recover those recent losses.
Divine Call 20-1 (8-12) Chased leaders, pushed along over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 8th of 11, 7l behind La Isla Bonita (8-13) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (6) pol in Aug.
Head Space (IRE) 66-1 (9-10) Slowly into stride, always behind, last of 11, 12 1/4l behind Bogsnog (9-7) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp (6) pol in Aug.
Red Trooper (FR) 7-4fav (9-7) Went right start, keen tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, weakened tamely final furlong, 6th of 8, 9 1/2l behind African Blessing (9-7) at Leicester 7f stks (5) gs in Aug.
Malcolm The Pug (IRE) 6-1 (9-10) Mid-division, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace, 5th of 9, 4 1/4l behind Hamish Mcgonagain (9-8) at Nottingham 5f hcp (6) gs in Aug.
Verdi (IRE) 33-1 (8-12) Tracked leaders, pushed along halfway, weakened over 1f out, 11th of 14, 10 1/2l behind Ebitda (9-5) at Yarmouth 5f hcp (6) gf in Aug.
Zanetto 22-1 (10-0) In touch, ridden and weakened over 1f out, last of 7, 11 1/2l behind Meshardal (9-2) at Catterick 6f hcp (4) gf in Jul.
Tifl 14-1 (8-12) In touch, headway chasing leaders halfway, 2nd over 1f out, strong challenge inside final furlong, led post, won at Chepstow 6f stks (6) gd in Aug beating Dream Farr (9-8) by ns, 10 ran.
Fever Few 14-1 (8-9) Tracked leaders, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 8th of 9, 9 1/2l behind In The Spotlight (9-7) at Yarmouth 6f hcp (5) gf in Aug.