chased leader, led 7f out, headed over 2f out, no impression on winner final furlong, kept on
slowly into stride, always towards rear
mid-division, ridden and effort over 2f out, no impression and edged left over 1f out, weakened
chased leaders, ridden and effort from 2f out, unable to quicken over 1f out, kept on
chased leaders on outside, ridden over 2f out, hung right over 1f out, one pace
mid-division, ridden over 3f out, some headway over 1f out, never dangerous
always towards rear
slowly into stride, held up towards rear, ridden over 3f out, modest late progress
led, headed 7f out, chased leader, led again over 2f out, stayed on well
chased leaders on inside, lost place over 3f out
How Bizarre had Ghayyar back in third when scoring at Beverley last month and was placed over 7f here last time. But WHATWOULDYOUKNOW won over today’s distance at Redcar before going close again on his latest start and Richard Guest’s charge looks capable of scoring off his current mark on that evidence. Dark Devil has been thereabouts over 1m2f lately but Ascot Week has proven best over shorter trips so far with all four wins coming over a mile.
How Bizarre 7-1 (9-5) Made most until over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 3rd of 8, 3/4l behind Rux Ruxx (9-10) at Musselburgh 7f hcp (4) sft in Aug.
Battle Of Marathon (USA) 8-1 (8-9) Close up, ridden and headway over 1f out, one pace final furlong, 4th of 7, 5l behind Mandarin (9-8) at Newmarket 1m 4f hcp (4) gf in Aug.
Jacob Black 20-1 (9-4) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 11th of 12, 12 1/2l behind Donnelly's Rainbow (8-5) at Musselburgh 7f hcp (5) gd in Aug.
Whatwouldyouknow (IRE) 5-1 (11-2) In touch, headway over 3f out, chased winner over 1f out, stayed on same pace, 2nd of 10, 1 1/4l behind Luna Magic (10-11) at Beverley 1m hcp (6) gs in Aug.
Ghayyar (IRE) 11-2jfav (10-0) Held up in touch, ridden over 1f out, weakened towards finish, 6th of 16, 4 1/4l behind Royal Shaheen (9-11) at Carlisle 1m 1f hcp (5) gs in Aug.
Zeshov (IRE) 20-1 (10-0) Slowly into stride, in rear, driven 2f out, plugged on into modest 4th inside final furlong, 4th of 7, 6l behind Pioneering (9-12) at Musselburgh 1m 1f hcp (5) sft in Aug.
Dark Devil (IRE) 9-4fav (11-8) Held up towards rear, headway over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, faded inside final furlong, 4th of 9, 12 1/2l behind Gravity Wave (11-5) at Nottingham 1m 2f hcp (6) hvy in Aug.
Straight Ash (IRE) 4-1jfav (10-13) Held up, headway over 1f out, ran on into 2nd inside final furlong, never reached winner, 2nd of 8, 2l behind Rosy Ryan (9-11) at Beverley 1m hcp (6) gs in Aug.
Ventura Royal (IRE) 9-2 (9-13) Led, joined over 2f out, soon driven, ridden and headed inside final furlong, one pace, 4th of 8, 5 1/2l behind Rosemay (8-12) at Hamilton 1m hcp fll (5) gd in Jul.
Lucky Violet (IRE) 17-2 (9-9) Mid-division, effort 2f out, no impression, well held final furlong, 5th of 7, 7 1/4l behind Pioneering (9-12) at Musselburgh 1m 1f hcp (5) sft in Aug.
Ascot Week (USA) 8-1 (11-8) Held up, headway 3f out, ridden and every chance over 1f out, kept on one pace, 3rd of 14, 4 3/4l behind Insurplus (10-6) at Redcar 1m hcp (5) gd in Jul.
