led at steady pace, ridden and headed over 2f out, kept on from over 1f out but no match for winner
chased leaders, lost place and pushed along over 3f out, soon weakened
nudged along leaving stalls, tracked leader, led going well over 2f out, soon ridden for effort, stayed on strongly inside final furlong, cosily
in touch, took closer order over 3f out, pushed along over 2f out, no extra from over 1f out
chased leaders, ridden along over 2f out, plugged on one pace final furlong
raced in last, nudged along 3f out, ridden for effort over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong
TRUMPET MAN has taken a while to find his stride but the step up to 2m has brought about clear improvement and he beat an in-form rival by more than five lengths at Nottingham a week ago so should be capable of defying a penalty in this. Both of Al Kout’s win have come over shorter and he appears to have lost his way since a third over course and distance in June while Good View failed to cope with a 6lb rise at Musselburgh and steps up in grade for this. Donnachies Girl is hard to win with while Beverley winner Zihaam has stamina to prove.
Al Kout 8-1 (9-8) Led, clear after 4f, reduced lead 4f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra, last of 4, 5 1/4l behind Rodrigo Diaz (8-8) at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hcp (4) pol in Sep.
Zihaam 18-1 (9-11) Mid-division, pushed 3f out, pulled widest of all to challenge, ridden entering final furlong, just got up, won at Beverley 1m 2f hcp (5) gd in Sep beating Five Helmets (10-0) by 1/2l, 12 ran.
Trumpet Man 4-1 (9-0) Keen tracked leaders, ridden to lead when edged left entering final 2f, ran on strongly inside final furlong, won at Nottingham 2m hcp (4) gd in Sep beating Mr Chua (10-3) by 5 1/2l, 10 ran.
Good View (IRE) 7-2 (10-1) Mid-division then held up towards rear, slightly keen, edged left and good headway 2f out, every chance 1f out, stayed on, 3rd of 11, 4 3/4l behind Ben Lilly (9-3) at Musselburgh 1m 6f hcp (6) gd in Sep.
Donnachies Girl (IRE) 7-2fav (9-6) Close up, pushed along 3f out, ridden to chase winner over 1f out, no impression final furlong, 2nd of 14, 3l behind Card High (8-11) at Hamilton 1m 4f hcp (5) gd in Sep.
Ravenscar (IRE) 40-1 (9-10) Chased leaders, niggled along 3f out, kept on at one pace inside final furlong, 7th of 13, 8l behind Bobba Tee (9-11) at Newcastle 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Sep.
The Resdev Way 25-1 (10-12) Prominent, not fluent 1st, slow 6th, lost place before 3 out, pulled up before 2 out, at Huntingdon 2m 4f hcp (5) gd in Sep.
