chased leaders, pushed along halfway, every chance inside final furlong, kept on
held up, effort over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
prominent, ridden and every chance over 1f out, no extra final furlong
led, headed over 2f out, rallied and led again over 1f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong
held up, effort over 1f out, stayed on well
held up, in touch, headway over 2f out, soon chasing leaders, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on
prominent, keen hold, led over 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong
slowly into stride, held up, chased leaders over 1f out, kept on same pace
slowly into stride, held up in touch, ridden to challenge over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
This is a very tricky handicap to end the card and a narrow vote is given to Ede's Dot Com, with Bateleur and Astroangel put forward as the likelty dangers. The selection was an impressive winner on his second outing beating a decent type in Early Promise. He did well on his handicap debut at Wolverhampton considering he seemed to hate the surface and back on turf we should see plenty of improvement. Bateleur won a similar race to this in good style last time and could still be on a handy mark. Astroangel has gone close on a couple of occasions this season and may do best of the low weights. Everymanforhimself is also worthy of respect despite top-weight, but Ed's Dot Com is open to more improvement and he gets our vote.
Everymanforhimself (IRE) 5-2 (9-2) Chased leaders, driven over 2f out, ridden and effort over 2f out, stayed on to chase winner final furlong, held towards finish, 2nd of 6, 1 1/2l behind Stevie Gee (9-2) at Ripon 6f 2yo lst stk (1) sft in Aug.
High Style 3-1fav (9-6) Held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, driven over 1f out, chased winner final furlong, 2nd of 10, 1 1/2l behind Dolly Coughdrop (8-6) at Catterick 6f 2yo hcp (4) sft in Aug.
Ede's Dot Com (IRE) 7-2fav (9-2) Chased leaders, outpaced over 2f out, rallied over 1f out, soon hung left, kept on, 3rd of 10, 3l behind Sweet Candy (8-7) at W'hampton 6f 2yo hcp (5) pol in Jul.
Just Dust 7-1 (9-0) Held up in touch, effort over 2f out, soon faded, 7th of 8, 10l behind College Scholar (9-2) at Newmarket 6f 2yo hcp (4) sft in Aug.
See In The Dark (IRE) 12-1 (9-0) Raced far side, held up, never near leaders, last of 20, 30l behind Cheap Street (9-0) at Newmarket 6f 2yo aut (2) sft in Aug.
Bateleur 12-1 (9-1) Towards rear, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, led and edged left inside final furlong, ran on to lead close home, won at Nottingham 6f 2yo hcp 0-75 (5) gd beating Gap Princess (8-4) by 1/2l, 15 ran.
Star Strider 15-2 (9-4) Held up, driven and beaten over 2f out, 10th of 14, 12l behind King Charles (9-1) at Lingfield 7f 2yo hcp 0-75 (5) gd.
Astroangel 6-1 (8-6) Verly slowly into stride, some headway over 2f out, not sustained, 7th of 12, 7l behind Goose Green (8-8) at Warwick 7f 2yo hcp 0-75 (5) gs.
Persian Fox (IRE) 13-2 (9-0) Soon led, headed over 4f out, remained prominent until weakened well over 1f out, 12th of 15, 13l behind The Illies (9-1) at Bath 1m 2yo hcp 0-75 (5) gf.