held up in rear, headway on outside over 2f out, shaken up inside final 2f, stayed on and every chance inside final furlong, ridden out, held near finish
pressed leader, ridden over 2f out, soon lost place, weakened final furlong
held up in 4th, driven and headway inside final 2f, soon ridden, ran on well inside final furlong to lead towards finish
led, ridden and headed over 1f out, kept on, no extra in 4th final 50 yards
tracked front pair, driven to challenge between rivals inside final 2f, led over 1f out, ridden inside final furlong, kept on, headed towards finish
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Archive was only headed inside the final furlong when second over course and distance last time. Big Sigh has only run once this season and that was in June and some rain wouldn’t have come amiss. POETIC STEPS is hard to catch right but now on a lower mark than when winning at the track in May. He was second over this trip at Wetherby the following month and his turn may have come around again, though soft going last time would not have suited Something Brewing and Falcon's Fire runs his best races here.
Archive (FR) 3-1jfav (9-7) Towards rear, headway over 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, 2nd of 11, 1 1/2l behind Chebsey Beau (9-7) at Musselburgh 1m 6f hcp (5) gd in Sep.
Big Sigh (IRE) 9-1 (9-7) Led, 5 lengths clear halfway, headed 2f out, weakened entering final furlong, 5th of 8, 4 3/4l behind Bailarico (8-9) at Nottingham 1m 6f hcp (5) gf in Jun.
Restive (IRE) 16-1 (9-9) Tracked leaders, went 2nd over 10f out, driven 2f out, no extra inside final furlong, 4th of 7, 15 3/4l behind Great Beyond (8-13) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (4) pol in Sep.
Poetic Steps (FR) 8-1 (8-13) Led after 2f, ridden and headed over 1f out, faded inside final furlong, 4th of 7, 6l behind Regal Mirage (9-13) at Beverley 1m 4f hcp (5) gs in Aug.
Falcon's Fire (IRE) 9-1 (8-6) Led, headed 5f out, tracked leader, ridden and every chance over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 5th of 11, 14l behind Chebsey Beau (9-7) at Musselburgh 1m 6f hcp (5) gd in Sep.
Something Brewing (FR) 8-1 (9-9) Mid-division, headway over 2f out, soon chasing leaders, weakened final furlong, 4th of 11, 12 1/2l behind So Near So Farhh (8-3) at Carlisle 1m 6f hcp (6) hvy in Sep.