tracked leaders, ridden to chase winner when stumbled 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong
tracked winner until pushed along over 2f out, no extra inside final furlong
close up in rear, headway over 1f out, joined winner entering final furlong, ridden and found nil towards finish
steadied start, close up, pushed along over 1f out, stayed on to go 3rd inside final furlong, not trouble leaders
made most, joined entering final furlong, ridden and ran on towards finish
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A tricky puzzle to solve further complicated by the fact that Forward Thinker was engaged last night at Newcastle. Stable companion Amandine is very much one for the short-list, however, after a fine run behind Simply Breathless at Ascot. She’s only 2lb higher while Elysium Dream is only a pound higher than when scoring at Brighton last month, though is harder to predict. Salisbury winner HIGHLAND PASS has gone up another 3lb since second on the July Course here last month but William Cox claims 5lb again and Andrew Balding’s filly shouldn’t be far away.
Jousi 80-1 (9-0) Raced centre close up, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 13th of 14, 11 1/2l behind Altyn Orda (9-0) at Newmarket 7f Grp 3 fll stks (1) gd in Oct.
Elysium Dream 11-2 (9-3) Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, soon beaten, last of 6, 9l behind Poet's Vanity (9-9) at Salisbury 6f hcp fll (2) gf in Sep.
Amandine 25-1 (8-4) Held up last, rapid headway towards far side of group chasing leaders over 2f out, led inside final 2f, headed and no extra towards finish, 2nd of 10, 3/4l behind Simply Breathless (8-12) at Ascot 1m hcp fll (2) gf in Sep.
Wicker 33-1 (9-2) Tracked leaders, not clear run over 1f out, edged left entering final furlong, not pace of leaders, 4th of 9, 2 1/4l behind Majboor (9-13) at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (4) pol in Aug.
Highland Pass 11-4 (8-7) Close up, pushed along 3f out, ridden 2f out, headway entering final furlong, ran on towards finish, no threat, 2nd of 5, 3/4l behind Rebel Surge (9-4) at Newmarket 7f hcp fll (4) gf in Aug.
Forward Thinker 5-1 (9-5) In touch, headway over 2f out, every chance over 1f out, led inside final furlong, hung right, all out, just held on, won at Windsor 1m hcp fll (5) gd in Aug beating Choral Music (9-6) by ns, 10 ran.