held up in mid-division, smooth headway on outside tracking leaders 2f out, 2nd 1f out, ridden and every chance inside final furlong, just failed
headway to lead 11f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened quickly
held up last, headway on outside over 1f out, stayed on into never nearer 4th towards finish
mid-division on inside, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and weakened inside final 2f
held up in last pair, headway on outside over 2f out, soon chased leaders, kept on into 3rd inside final furlong, not pace of 1st 2
always towards rear, never a factor
led over 1f, chased leaders, pushed along over 4f out, weakened over 2f out
mid-division, headway on inside chasing leaders over 2f out, weakened final furlong
soon chased leader, led over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
chased leaders, 2nd going well 2f out, led over 1f out, stayed on gamely, all out
held up towards rear, headway 3f out, chased leaders over 2f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong, lost 4th towards finish
chased leaders on outside, ridden 3f out, weakened rapidly, tailed off
A few catch the eye in this among them the returning Rasmee and the three-year-old Aardwolf, highly tried since winning a Class 2 handicap at Doncaster in May off a 4lb higher mark. BANISH is slipping down the handicap and has already won at Lingfield and Kempton. He ran better than the final result suggests at the latter track 11 days ago and has decent claims in this. Cape Peninsular is very consistent but Monsieur Glory will need to take a further step forward from recent victories at Newbury and Bath on only his second run on an artificial surface. Lopes Dancer and Archipeligo add to the interest in a very competitive opener. 6.10
Cape Peninsular 3-1 (9-7) Went left start, tracked leaders, headway and effort on inside over 2f out, soon ridden, kept on and every chance inside final furlong, no extra towards finish, 4th of 7, 1 1/2l behind Donnachies Girl (8-4) at Newcastle 1m 4f hcp fll (4) pol in Jul.
Be Perfect (USA) 33-1 (9-12) Tracked leader until over 3f out, soon no extra, last of 11, dist behind Barwell (9-1) at Thirsk 1m 4f hcp (4) sft in Sep.
Banish (USA) 14-1 (9-0) Held up mid-division, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 7th of 13, 2 3/4l behind Western Duke (8-11) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (3) pol in Sep.
Icefall (IRE) 40-1 (9-11) Held up mid-division, lost place over 3f out, 10th of 11, dist behind Barwell (9-1) at Thirsk 1m 4f hcp (4) sft in Sep.
Rasmee 7-4 (9-5) Dwelt, close up, chased leader 3f out, led 2f out, ridden and ran on (hand-timed), won at Newcastle 1m 4f mdn stks (5) pol in Oct beating Song Of Namibia (9-12) by 2 3/4l, 7 ran.
Chancery (USA) 9-1 (9-10) Held up behind, effort over 2f out, never dangerous, 7th of 11, 11 1/4l behind Barwell (9-1) at Thirsk 1m 4f hcp (4) sft in Sep.
Luv U Whatever 5-1 (10-4) Tracked leader, under pressure over 3f out, soon lost place, 7th of 8, 16 3/4l behind Sepal (10-6) at Thirsk 1m 4f hcp (6) gd in Aug.
Monsieur Glory 11-4 (9-7) Tracked leaders, 2nd inside final 2f, challenged and edged left over 1f out, led inside final furlong, stayed on well, won at Bath 1m 4f hcp (5) gf in Aug beating Pastoral Music (9-2) by 1 1/2l, 6 ran.
Aardwolf (USA) 33-1 (9-7) Led after 1f, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 9th of 12, 9 1/4l behind Important Mission (8-13) at Chelmsford City 7f hcp (3) pol in Aug.
Lopes Dancer (IRE) 16-1 (9-2) Held up behind, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on to take 2nd place towards finish, 2nd of 11, 3 1/2l behind Barwell (9-1) at Thirsk 1m 4f hcp (4) sft in Sep.
Archipeligo 10-1 (9-10) Mid-division, driven over 2f out, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on to chase leaders inside final furlong, no impression, 5th of 11, 3 1/4l behind Barnaby Brook (8-13) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (5) pol in Sep.
King's Coinage (IRE) 15-2 (8-11) Towards rear, ridden and headway 2f out, not trouble leaders, 6th of 11, 7 3/4l behind Zack Mayo (9-1) at Ripon 1m 4f hcp (4) gf in Sep.
