held up towards rear, headway over 1f out, stayed on well inside final furlong, never troubled leaders
led, ridden over 2f out, headed inside final furlong, soon weakened
in touch, headway halfway, every chance over 1f out, soon outpaced, kept on well towards finish
tracked leader, switched left to challenge over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, held on well under pressure
chased leaders, lost place halfway
prominent, ridden to challenge 2f out, soon weakened
held up, pushed along halfway, headway over 1f out, kept on well inside final furlong, not reach winner
behind, headway half way, soon under pressure and no impression
Nonrunner
Hoh Mike is a capable performer and deserves to get his head in front in a race of this nature but more solid claims are held by Desert Lord, who gets the vote with Enticing rated the pick of the remainder. The selection put a couple of below par efforts behind him when finding just the two-year-old Kingsgate Native too good in the Group 1 Nunthorpe last month and a reproduction of that form really should suffice for Kevin Ryan's gelding. Mutawaajid lost no caste in defeat in Haydock's Sprint Cup last time and has to be respected along with Richard Hannon's relatively lightly raced Sonny Red. Andrew Balding's Siren's Gift has more to do than when landing a conditions race at Leicester last time and a bigger threat is likely to come from the consistent Enticing. Desert Lord has solid claims though and he is preferred.
Mutawaajid (AUS) 33-1 (9-3) Chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, one pace, 4th of 14, 2 1/2l behind Red Clubs (9-3) at Haydock 6f Grp 1 (1) gf.
Desert Lord 20-1 (9-11) Led, ridden, headed over 1f out, stayed on final furlong, not pace of winner, 2nd of 16, 2l behind Kingsgate Native (8-1) at York 5f Grp 1 (1) gd in Aug.
Judd Street 18-1 (9-9) Chased leaders far side, ridden well over 1f out, led far side group just inside final furlong, kept on, no impression with stands side group, 10th of 21, 4 1/2l behind Fullandby (8-13) at Doncaster 6f hcap (2) gf.
Rowe Park 20-1 (9-5) Tracked leader, led going well 2 out, driven and headed entering final furlong, soon outpaced, 3rd of 15, 2 1/2l behind Indian Trail (8-13) at Sandown 5f hcp 0-100 (2) gf.
The Jobber (IRE) 13-8fav (8-7) Keen, tracked leaders, joined winner entering final furlong, every chance when ridden and carried head high, not quicken near finish, 2nd of 5, nk behind Siren's Gift (8-1) at Leicester 5f stk (4) gf.
Bertoliver 12-1 (9-6) Led, headed over 2f out, ridden and weakened final furlong, 5th of 9, 6l behind Bee Eater (9-8) at Newmarket 6f hcp 0-90 (3) gf in Aug.
Enticing (IRE) 7-2fav (8-8) In touch stands side, ridden over 2f out, kept on well to go 2nd inside final furlong, 2nd of 17, 2l behind Moorhouse Lad (9-0) at Goodwood 5f Grp 3 (1) gd in Aug.
Siren's Gift 3-1 (8-1) Tracked leader, ridden to lead 1f out, ran on, won at Leicester 5f stk (4) gf beating The Jobber (8-7) by a nk, 5 ran.
Hoh Mike (IRE) 10-1 (9-9) Behind, ridden over 1f out, stayed on well inside final furlong, never nearer, 6th of 16, 3l behind Kingsgate Native (8-1) at York 5f Grp 1 (1) gd in Aug.
Hogmaneigh (IRE) 5-1 (9-9) Towards rear, soon chased along, never troubled leaders, 7th of 9, 4 1/2l behind Galeota (9-9) at Doncaster 5f lst stk (1) gf.
Sonny Red (IRE) (8-11) In touch centre, stayed on from over 1f out, nearest finish, 4th of 12, 2l behind Electric Beat (9-2) at Baden-Baden 6f Grp 2 (1) gd in Aug.