held up in rear, ridden 2f out, never able to challenge
behind, headway 2f out, ridden towards second 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, not reached winner
led chasing group, headway over 2f out, ridden and lost 2nd 1f out, kept on final furlong
prominent chasing group, ridden and outpaced 3f out, soon beaten
soon clear, made all, ridden over 1f out, kept on under pressure final furlong, held on near finish
in touch chasing group, outpaced 2f out, soon ridden and no impression
Nonrunner
Always Cruising is given the vote to break his maiden tag at the seventh time of asking at the expense of Hydrophonic and Ceka Dancer. The selection has not been easy to win with but has posted some decent efforts to his name in defeat. He was not beaten far at Beverley when last seen out and as this like one of his easiest tasks for a while he has to be given a fair chance of breaking his duck. Hydrophonic has been improving with experience and ran a blinder to finish second at Thirsk last time out and can once again run into a place. While Ceka Dancer has been frustrating to follow and although he has placed efforts to his name he may fair better in handicaps from now on. So for the winner we return to Always Cruising.
Calcutta Cup (UAE) 13-2 (9-0) Held up in touch, headway to lead over 2f out, headed 1f out, kept on, 2nd of 15, 2l behind Keisha Kayleigh (9-7) at Newcastle 1m 2f hcp 0-70 (5) gs in Jun.
Grey Command (USA) 7-1 (9-2) Held up, headway over 2f out, not much room and switched left over 1f out, one pace final furlong, 6th of 12, 4 1/2l behind Sinbad The Sailor (9-6) at Doncaster 1m 2f 3yo hcp (5) gf in Jul.
Hippolytus 5-1 (9-6) Held up in rear, headway over 2f out, kept on final furlong, 4th of 10, 5l behind Natural Rhythm (8-5) at Haydock 1m 3yo hcp (5) hvy in Jul.
Talon (IRE) 5-1 (8-8) Mid-division, ridden over 2f out, headway and every chance entering final furlong, kept on one pace, 3rd of 10, 1/2l behind Bourse (9-1) at Musselburgh 1m 3yo hcp (6) gf in May.
Ceka Dancer (IRE) 16-1 (9-0) Steadied start and held up in rear, driven over 3f out, kept on under pressure final 2f, no impression, 4th of 9, 12l behind Tcherina (9-11) at Pontefract 1m 4f fll hcp (5) gd in Jul.
Hydrophonic 7-1 (8-5) Mid-division, driven and headway over 2f out, ridden when edged right over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, 2nd of 9, 1 1/2l behind Romantic Destiny (8-12) at Thirsk 7f mdn stk (5) gf in Jul.
Always Cruising (USA) 5-1 (9-6) Held up, headway over 4f out, driven 2f out, edged right over 1f out, stayed on final furlong, 2nd of 9, 1 1/2l behind Trip The Light (8-7) at Beverley 1m 4f hcap (5) gf in Jul.
