midfield, pushed along to chase leader over 2f out, kept on one pace
midfield, pushed along to dispute lead over 2f out, led inside final furlong, headed close home
chased leader, pushed along over 2f out, made no impression from over 1f out
held up in rear, pushed along over 2f out, driven to dispute lead 1f out, stayed on
led, pushed along when challenged over 2f out, no extra final furlong
Lord Rapscallion showed a bit more last time at Epsom and the assessor is finally dropping him down the weights but Mick Appleby has a good record with his participants in this race so recent Lingfield scorer COME ON GIRL is most interesting despite no wins from 14 previous starts on Turf. Strike missed the break at Salisbury though he’s very lightly raced for his age and Wentworth Falls was second in this race last year when running off a 3lb higher mark. Mister Bluebird has already notched up handicap victories at Ascot and Musselburgh this term and can't be ignored under 5lb claimer Harry Davies.
Lord Rapscallion (IRE) 33-1 (9-8) Awkward start, towards rear, effort and headway 3f out, chased leaders over 2f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 9th of 14, 8 1/4l behind Yaaser (8-8) at Doncaster 7f hcp (3) gf in Aug.
Verreaux Eagle (IRE) 4-1 (10-1) Chased leader, disputed lead 3f out, driven over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 5th of 6, 4 1/4l behind Liangel Hope (9-6) at Haydock 7f hcp (5) gd in Aug.
Revolutionise (IRE) 18-1 (10-3) Chased leaders, asked for effort over 2f out, no extra soon after, last of 8, 12 1/4l behind Yoshimi (9-10) at Leicester 7f hcp (5) gf in Aug.
Strike 11-4jfav (10-0) Slowly into stride and pushed along early, off the pace in last trio, headway on inside over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, went 3rd towards finish, 3rd of 7, 3l behind Michaels Choice (10-2) at Salisbury 6f hcp (5) fm in Jul.
Come On Girl 6-1 (9-3) Raced wide in touch, ridden and headway approaching final furlong, led towards finish, ran on, won at Lingfield 6f hcp (5) pol in Aug beating Meydan Rose (9-12) by 1/2l, 10 ran.
Mister Bluebird 9-2fav (9-12) Close up, ridden, led and wandered 2f out, headed under 1f out, gradually faded, 5th of 17, 5 1/4l behind Devil's Angel (9-8) at Haydock 6f hcp (4) gd in Aug.
Wentworth Falls 25-1 (9-9) Missed break, held up in rear, pushed along over 2f out, made no impression, 15th of 20, 10 3/4l behind Good Earth (9-5) at York 6f hcp (4) gf in Jul.