chased leaders on inside, effort to challenge over 2f out, soon driven and outpaced, stayed on under pressure to go 2nd final 50 yards, no chance with winner
close up on outside, lost place 3f out, behind final 2f
mid-division, lost place over 4f out, no danger after
slowly into stride, in rear, headway and effort over 2f out, ridden to chase winner over 1f out, soon no impression, lost 2nd final 50 yards
chased leader to halfway, soon outpaced, no impression final 2f
led, ridden and headed over 2f out, soon lost place, stayed on same pace from over 1f out, no chance with leaders
held up towards rear in touch, headway on outside 3f out, led over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on well to go clear final furlong, comfortably
Providing he copes with the ground, which he should, ASRAAB is going to be hard to beat despite this looking a warm handicap. Godolphin's Oasis Dream colt won a maiden that's worked out very nicely as a juvenile and returned to the track with a luckless second at Salisbury having been extremely well-backed beforehand. He's up 4lb but should have drawn improvement from that run and can defy the handicapper on his way to better things. Kalk Bay is a half-brother to the yard's crack sprinter King's Apostle so this drop back from a mile won't be a problem and he clearly likes to get his toe in, but defying a 9lb rise in this higher grade will surely not be easy. Bowmaker looked unlucky on his handicap debut at Lingfield back in the spring and has been off the track since taking in a fair Newmarket handicap so a market check is advised as the best is probably to come while stable companion Al Farahidi would be a threat if allowed to dominate although the ground may be slower than ideal for him.
Mistic Magic (IRE) 17-2 (9-12) Led early, in touch on stands side rail, lost place over 2f out, soon weakened, last of 8, 15l behind Alice Alleyne (9-2) at Goodwood 6f flls hcp 0-95 (3) sft in Aug.
Al Farahidi (USA) 5-1 (8-13) Led, headed over 3f out, chased leader, weakened over 2f out, last of 11, 20l behind Oil Strike (8-12) at Lingfield 6f hcp 0-95 (3) pol.
Bowmaker 14-1 (8-13) Led group of 4 in centre and overall, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong, 6th of 13, 7l behind Meezaan (8-12) at Newbury 7f 3yo hcp 0-95 (3) gd in Apr.
Kalk Bay (IRE) 11-4fav (8-11) Raced centre, held up, headway over 3f out, led group over 2f out, led, edged right and overall leader inside final furlong, stayed on well, won at Newmarket 1m 3yo hcp 0-85 (4) sft in Aug beating Ingleby Spirit (9-8) by 2 1/4l, 9 ran.
Unshakable Will (IRE) 12-1 (8-8) Led until over 2f out, soon ridden, weakened final furlong, 7th of 10, 7l behind Kakatosi (8-8) at Sandown 7f 3yo hcp 0-95 (3) gf in Jul.
Tres Coronas (IRE) 9-1 (8-9) Led, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, soon weakened, last of 7, 10l behind Oriental Scot (8-9) at Thirsk 1m 3yo hcp 0-95 (3) gf.
Little Scotland 11-2 (9-3) In rear, ridden over 2f out, keeping on when short of room inside final furlong, 4th of 7, 4l behind Wake Up Call (9-10) at Yarmouth 7f flls hcp 0-85 (4) gs in Aug.
Asraab (IRE) 6-5fav (9-6) Dwelt, soon tracking leaders on inside, not clearest of runs and switched left 2f out, chased winner 1f out, driven and stayed on well towards finish, always just held, 2nd of 9, nk behind Thrill (9-2) at Sandown 7f 3yo hcp 0-90 (3) gd in Aug.
