in touch, ridden and headway over 2f out, faded final furlong
towards rear, ridden and headway over 2f out, stayed on final furlong
in touch, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
chased winner, weakened 2f out
held up towards rear, ridden and headway over 2f out, every chance inside final furlong, not quicken
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, every chance inside final furlong, one pace
soon led, ridden over 1f out, stayed on under pressure
slowly into stride, behind, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, one pace
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
in touch, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
always behind
David Nicholls has his string of sprinters in such good form at the moment that Final Tune has to be respected but preference on recent form has to be for Pay Time, with Paddywack rated the best of the remainder. The selection made a highly satisfactory reappearance when chasing home another Nicholls runner Sawwaah in a Redcar claimer and, on that form, he looks worth chancing back in a handicap. Second Reef showed signs of a return to form here last time and would have claims if able to build on that effort, while Whittinghamvillage may do better dropped back in distance. Cut Glass is less exposed than her rivals and Clive Brittain's filly cannot be ruled out on debut in a handicap although a bigger threat is likely to come from David Chapman's evergreen nine-year-old Paddywack, who bounced back to form at Beverley last time. Pay Time has an obvious chance on form though and he gets the vote.
Whittinghamvillage 6-1 (8-12) Chased leaders, weakened over 1f out, 7th of 9, 17l behind Topflight Wildbird (7-12) at Hamilton 1m 1f fll hcp 0-70 (5) gd in Jun.
Final Tune (IRE) 4-1fav (9-7) Towards rear, headway on inner 2f out, one pace final furlong, 5th of 12, 4l behind Our Sheila (9-7) at Catterick 6f 3yo hcp (6) gf in Jun.
Linden's Lady 16-1 (8-7) Mid-division, ridden over 1f out, never on terms, 9th of 12, 7l behind Royal Indulgence (7-11) at Carlisle 1m hcap (5) gd in Jun.
Cut Glass 33-1 (8-8) Slowly into stride, always towards rear, 9th of 11, 23l behind Ahlawy (8-13) at Yarmouth 7f mdn stk (5) gd in May.
Second Reef 12-1 (10-0) Chased leaders, ridden over 3f out, kept on one pace, 4th of 14, 4l behind Carnivore (10-0) at Musselburgh 7f hcap (6) frm in Jun.
Pay Time 66-1 (8-1) Chased leaders, ridden to lead 3f out, soon headed, stayed on under pressure final furlong, 2nd of 14, 1 1/2l behind Sawwaah (9-0) at Redcar 7f clm (5) frm in Jun.
Paddywack (IRE) 11-2fav (9-4) Towards rear, pushed along and headway over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on, won at Beverley 5f app hcp (6) gf in Jun beating Yorke's Folly (9-4) by 1l, 16 ran.
Frimley's Matterry 16-1 (8-11) Behind, headway 2f out, soon ridden, kept on final furlong, no impression, 5th of 14, 4 1/2l behind Sawwaah (9-0) at Redcar 7f clm (5) frm in Jun.