held up, pushed along 2f out, no impression
disputed lead on inner, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong
made all, pressed closely final furlong, ran on well
chased leaders on outside, headway approaching final furlong and every chance, could not go pace of leaders in 3rd
chased leaders, headway on outside 2f out, every chance final furlong, kept on same pace
always towards rear, never a factor
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Glory Fighter, a winner here last year, looked ready to strike again when narrowly beaten at Carlisle last month. Iain Jardine also runs course regular Never Dark but, along with Good Luck Fox, he finished behind Sound Of Iona at Haydock nine days ago. The latter was due to run here last night, however. Having been gelded in April, City Walk is worth a market check on his reappearance but REBEL AT DAWN is a tough sprinter who has shown up well in decent company this year and he’s overdue another success. He does have three lengths to find with Digital on York running but is 6lb better off and has the plum draw with his old rival on the outside.
City Walk (IRE) 5-1 (9-7) Tracked leaders, ridden and effort over 2f out, challenged over 1f out, no impression towards finish, 2nd of 6, 2 1/4l behind Hamish Macbeth (9-2) at Yarmouth 6f hcp (3) gf in Sep.
Rebel At Dawn (IRE) 12-1 (8-7) Chased leaders, ridden and pressed leader 2f out, every chance 1f out, no extra, 5th of 12, 3 1/4l behind Blackrod (8-9) at York 5f hcp (2) gd in Aug.
Glory Fighter 11-1 (9-12) Held up, headway 2f out, ridden to lead approaching final furlong, headed towards finish, 2nd of 11, 3/4l behind Sound Reason (9-7) at Carlisle 5f hcp (4) gd in Aug.
Never Dark 11-2 (9-7) Chased leaders, ridden to challenge over 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, no extra towards finish, 6th of 10, 1 1/2l behind Sound Of Iona (8-7) at Haydock 5f hcp (4) gf in Sep.
Good Luck Fox (IRE) 9-4fav (9-5) Chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, faded inside final furlong, 7th of 10, 3 1/4l behind Sound Of Iona (8-7) at Haydock 5f hcp (4) gf in Sep.
Sound Of Iona 7-1 (8-7) Held up rear of mid-division, raced keenly, ridden and headway over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on well, won at Haydock 5f hcp (4) gf in Sep beating Buniann (8-13) by 1/2l, 10 ran.
Digital (IRE) 5-1 (8-4) Tracked leader, ridden 2f out, led 1f out, kept on well, headed close home, 2nd of 12, nk behind Blackrod (8-9) at York 5f hcp (2) gd in Aug.