Record Breaker is a shadow of himself and impossible to recommend, despite a tumbling handicap mark. Los Nadis is worth a second look, however, having won over hurdles at Perth last month and finished third over a slightly shorter trip here nine days ago. Al Furat has gone up 9lb for a comfortable win at Redcar but that success will have been boosted his confidence and Paul Hanagan is in the saddle this afternoon. The maiden Free Art has his stamina to prove over this trip, however, so we'll give another chance to SILVER TIGRESS, who didn't really get the run of the race when favourite at Catterick last time and has run well in two previous visits to this track.
Gentleman Jeff (USA) 7-2fav (9-3) Prominent, 3rd halfway, smooth headway into 2nd 1 1/2f out, ridden and no impression from over 1f out, kept on same pace, 3rd of 14, 2l behind Prospectorous (9-9) at Dundalk 1m 4f app hcp pol in Sep '10.
Los Nadis (GER) 16-1 (8-13) Mid-division, switched left over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, headway on outside over 1f out, stayed on to chase leading pair final furlong, 3rd of 12, 1 3/4l behind Jonny Delta (8-10) at Musselburgh 1m 5f hcp (4) gd.
Record Breaker (IRE) 12-1 (9-13) Held up, headway 10f out, soon pushed along, chased winner from 6f out, no chance final 3f, 2nd of 7, 20l behind All My Heart (8-13) at Southwell 1m 6f hcp 0-75 (5) fbs in Aug.
Free Art 8-1 (9-4) Tracked leaders, pushed along 4f out, ridden over 2f out, stayed on to go 3rd inside final furlong, no chance with leading pair, 3rd of 8, 11l behind Sangar (8-9) at Ripon 1m 2f 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) sft in Aug.
Northern Acres 66-1 (9-3) Tracked leaders, outpaced over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 12, 21l behind Unknown Rebel (8-13) at Hamilton 1m 3f hcp 0-75 (5) gd in Aug.
Al Furat (USA) 3-1fav (8-3) Mid-division, not clear run over 3f out, switched outside and headway over 2f out, soon challenged and hung left, ridden to lead over 1f out, continued to hang left when clear inside final furlong, stayed on well, won at Redcar 1m 6f hcp 0-65 (6) gd beating Body Language (9-3) by 4 1/2l, 12 ran.
Silver Tigress 13-8fav (9-3) Keen in touch, ridden over 2f out, effort over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, never going pace of leading pair, 5th of 9, 2 1/4l behind Kian's Delight (9-1) at Catterick 1m 4f 3yo hcp 0-60 (6) gd in Aug.
Maid Of Meft 14-1 (9-2) Held up in rear, outpaced on outside over 3f out, never dangerous, 10th of 14, 11l behind Think Its All Over (9-6) at Musselburgh 1m 5f hcp (4) gd.
