in touch in rear, ridden over 1f out, not trouble leaders
keen tracked leaders, pushed along 2f out, ridden entering final furlong, stayed on to go 3rd towards finish
soon tracked leader, ridden and every chance over 1f out, driven to lead narrowly inside final furlong, ran on
led, ridden over 1f out, headed narrowly inside final furlong, ran on
tracked leaders, effort on inner over 1f out, no impression final furlong
close up, ridden 2f out, faded inside final furlong
NonRunner
Big Tour will be all the better for his reappearance run for his in-form yard and has every chance judged on last season's progressive handicap form. Horsted Keynes and Sea Fox are solid but appear in the grip of the handicapper and Sans Souci Bay goes up in grade after coming back to form the last twice. Regulator generally seems to run to his mark but the return to front-running tactics worked the oracle with Rogue last time and he'll probably set out to do likewise here under the same apprentice. He is 5lb higher here though and HAKEEM (NAP) may have his measure. The Haggas gelding, expected to improve after just four starts on turf, posted a sound effort in a decent mile handicap at Haydock last time. He's worth trying at this furlong shorter trip and remains on a workable mark.
Horsted Keynes (FR) 8-1 (9-1) Steadied start, held up in rear, headway on outside over 2f out, ridden and every chance inside final furlong, ran on, 2nd of 6, 1/2l behind Lady Freyja (8-2) at Yarmouth 7f hcp (3) gf in Jun.
Sea Fox (IRE) 9-1 (9-8) Led, ridden over 1f out, headed and no extra near finish, 3rd of 8, nk behind Aces (10-0) at Newmarket 7f hcp (2) gf in Jun.
Hakeem 9-2 (9-2) Held up, headway on outside over 2f out, close 3rd over 1f out, no impression on winner inside final furlong, kept on, 3rd of 7, 3 3/4l behind Mythical Madness (9-12) at Haydock 1m hcp (3) gf in Jul.
Rogue 10-1 (9-2) Made most, shaken up over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on well final furlong, won at Sandown 7f hcp (3) gf in Jul beating Los Camachos (9-3) by 1 1/2l, 6 ran.
Regulator (IRE) 8-1 (8-9) Soon tracking leader, every chance 2f out, lost place 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 7th of 8, 6 1/2l behind Ventura Knight (9-0) at Hamilton 1m hcp (2) gf in Jul.
Sans Souci Bay 25-1 (9-6) Towards rear, pushed along 3f out, ridden and headway approaching final furlong, soon edged right, ran on to lead final strides, won at Chester 7f hcp (4) gd in Jul beating Logi (9-8) by shd, 11 ran.
Big Tour (IRE) 11-2 (9-12) Tracked leader, led 2f out, soon headed, weakening when hampered inside final furlong, 6th of 9, 8l behind Power of Darkness (8-6) at Salisbury 1m hcp (2) gf in Jun.