mid-division, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, soon no impression, weakened inside final furlong
slowly into stride, in rear, ridden over 2f out, no impression, some late headway
prominent, ridden over 2f out, soon beaten
prominent, driven over 2f out, no extra well inside final furlong
led, headed over 10f out, driven and outpaced over 2f out, no impression after
held up in mid-division, pushed along over 3f out, effort over 2f out, no impression over 1f out
held up in rear, ridden over 2f out, unable to make any impression
held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, 3rd and edged left inside final furlong, stayed on
slowly into stride, held up towards rear, ridden and headway from over 2f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, stayed on, unable to get on terms with winner
African Star was an 80/1 chance when scoring on fast ground at Lingfield so conditions should be in his favour while Graham has continued in good form since beating two rivals easily at Salisbury. GORDON GREY looked a likely future winner when narrowly beaten at Newmarket but stumbled at the start at Chepstow and never got into contention. Ian Williams' charge can take this though Medieval Gold is probably better than we have seen so far and makes his handicap debut from a lowly mark. Ragosina won over the trip at Newmarket and wasn't stopping when stepped up to 1m4f there earlier this month.
Mythical Guest (IRE) 12-1 (9-7) Chased leaders early, mid-division, switched left and headway over 2f out, no impression on leaders final furlong, 5th of 14, 10 1/4l behind Dunes King (9-7) at Windsor 1m 2f mdn stks (5) gd in Jul.
Graham 7-4fav (9-9) Tracked clear leader, chased winner 3f out, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace and lost 2 places inside final furlong, 4th of 8, 3 1/2l behind True Legend (9-9) at Salisbury 1m 4f hcp (5) gd in Jul.
Ragosina 4-1 (9-8) Tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, not trouble leaders, 3rd of 7, 2 3/4l behind Sid's Annie (10-2) at Newmarket 1m 4f hcp fll (5) gd in Aug.
Divya (IRE) 5-2 (8-12) Raced in close 3rd, pushed along over 2f out, no extra inside final furlong, 5th of 7, 5 1/4l behind Sea Stone (10-1) at Kempton 2m hcp (4) pol in Aug.
Gordon Grey (IRE) 9-2 (8-10) Slowly into stride, held up in mid-division, pushed along over 3f out, no impression, 7th of 8, 5 1/2l behind Totnes (9-4) at Chepstow 1m 2f hcp (3) gs in Aug.
Haaland (IRE) 5-2 (9-9) Went right leaving stalls, chased leaders, nudged along over 3f out, ridden 2f out, no extra over 1f out, 5th of 6, 6 1/4l behind Mirabello Bay (9-1) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Mar.
African Star (IRE) 80-1 (9-6) Tracked leader, led inside final 2f, soon ridden, stayed on, won at Lingfield 1m 4f mdn stks (5) gf in Aug beating Another Run (9-6) by 3/4l, 7 ran.
Edge Of Ember 7-2fav (9-9) Mid-division on inside, angled out and headway over 1f out, no impression final furlong, 6th of 12, 4 1/4l behind Wadacre Gomez (9-4) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (5) pol in Aug.
Sailing On 14-1 (9-6) Pulled hard, soon tracking leaders out wide with no cover, stayed on in 3rd inside final furlong, not quite pace to challenge, 3rd of 7, 1l behind African Star (9-6) at Lingfield 1m 4f mdn stks (5) gf in Aug.
Medieval Gold 18-1 (9-4) Slowly away, in rear, pushed along over 3f out, ran on well final furlong, no danger, 6th of 11, 9 1/4l behind No Surrender (9-4) at Leicester 1m 2f stks (5) gd in Jul.
