in touch, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace from over 1f out, no impression
led, driven and headed inside final 2f, lost place 1f out, weakened final 100 yards
held up behind, headway towards stands' side 2f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on to chase leaders final furlong, no impression
tracked leaders, effort to challenge inside final 2f, soon ridden, kept on and every chance final furlong, no extra towards finish
towards rear, driven to chase leaders over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, no impression
mid-division, outpaced over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
tracked leaders, lost place 2f out, soon weakened, behind over 1f out
pressed leader, driven to lead narrowly inside final 2f, soon ridden, held on well under pressure final furlong
mid-division, headway over 2f out, effort over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong, no impression
towards rear, outpaced 2f out, never able to challenge
tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
mid-dvision, headway over 2f out, soon chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace in 3rd inside final furlong, no impression
chased leaders, ridden and lost place 2f out, weakened over 1f out
Mutamid won over 7f at Kempton recently and stays this longer trip. He should be in the mix along with Ripon runner-up Count Montecristo while Smokethatthunders went close to ending a long losing run when beaten less than a length at Leicester, though has done all his winning so far over shorter trips. ROCKWOOD drops back in distance after a decent effort at York and went close here before that. He won three times at Wolverhampton earlier in the year and a bold bid is expected in this. Pirate's Treasure notched a hat-trick on the all-weather at the start of this year but Al Hamd is preferred off his current mark.
Gerry The Glover (IRE) 9-1 (9-4) Slowly into stride, held up in last trio, plugged on inside final furlong, no threat, 8th of 13, 11 1/2l behind Ice Slice (9-3) at Haydock 1m hcp (3) gd in May.
Count Montecristo (FR) 3-1 (9-3) Slowly into stride, soon led, ridden over 2f out, edged left over 1f out, headed well inside final furlong, held close home, 2nd of 7, nk behind Corton Lad (9-6) at Ripon 1m 2f hcp (4) gd in Jun.
Mustaqqil (IRE) 25-1 (9-9) Held up towards rear, ridden over 2f out, some headway over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 9th of 13, 10 1/2l behind Replenish (9-2) at Newcastle 1m hcp (4) pol in Jun.
Mutamid 2-1fav (9-1) Made all, ridden over 1f out, kept on well, won at Kempton 7f hcp (4) pol in Jun beating Severus (8-13) by 2l, 11 ran.
Pivotman 33-1 (8-11) Held up mid-division, ridden over 2f out, soon headway, weakened over 1f out, 17th of 18, 26 1/4l behind Woody Bay (9-5) at York 1m 1f hcp (4) gs in Jun.
Smokethatthunders (IRE) 5-1 (9-5) Chased leaders, switched right and headway over 1f out, led inside final furlong, headed and no extra close home, 3rd of 5, 3/4l behind Hidden Treasures (8-9) at Leicester 7f hcp (4) sft in Jun.
Thornaby Nash 50-1 (9-7) Always in rear, last of 10, 13l behind Jacbequick (9-7) at Beverley 1m hcp (4) gf in Jun.
Pensax Boy 13-2 (9-5) Towards rear, ridden over 1f out, never dangerous, 11th of 15, 13 1/4l behind Slemy (9-3) at Wetherby 7f hcp (4) gf in May.
Rockwood 8-1 (9-0) Held up mid-division, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on, 4th of 18, 2 1/4l behind Woody Bay (9-5) at York 1m 1f hcp (4) gs in Jun.
Hernando Torres 8-1 (8-7) Held up, headway on outside over 5f out, every chance inside final furlong, held when lost 2nd near finish, 3rd of 7, 1/2l behind Big Time (9-7) at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (4) pol in Jan.
Al Hamd (IRE) 20-1 (9-5) Chased leader, ridden and lost 2nd over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 10, 4 3/4l behind Zealous (9-4) at Doncaster 1m hcp (4) gs in Jun.
Pirate's Treasure 8-1 (9-3) Tracked leaders, switched outside over 1f out, one pace inisde final furlong, ridden and kept on final 100 yards, just failed for 3rd, 4th of 7, 2 3/4l behind Dommersen (9-3) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (4) pol in May.
Border Bandit (USA) 16-1 (9-11) Chased leaders, not much room and lost place over 3f out, not much room over 2f out, weakened, 11th of 13, 10 3/4l behind Weather Front (9-3) at Redcar 1m hcp (5) gs in Jun.
