held up in rear, ridden over 1f out, stayed on nearest finish
led, headed over 4f out, tracked leader after, ridden and weakened over 1f out
towards rear, pushed along halfway, pulled up over 1f out, dismounted
chased leaders, keen, switched right approaching final furlong, driven and ran on near finish
keen, held up, improved halfway, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on
led over 4f out, ridden over 1f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong
keen, close up, ridden and every chance entering final furlong, weakened near finish
The William Haggas-trained Algharb won at the third time of asking when landing a Ripon maiden earlier this month and faces a much stiffer task on his debut in a handicap today so preference is for another debutant in the grade Wrighty Almighty, who gets the vote over stablemates Dixieanna and Disguise. The last mentioned finally opened his account when landing a Redcar maiden last time but, having had six starts already the chances are that the handicapper has got his mark about right. Barry Hills other runner Dixieanna also won last time and seemed to handle the faster conditions better when doing so at Doncaster; she has to be respected along with Richard Hannon's Aastral Magic, who was not beaten far at Goodwood last time. David Loder's Captain Johnno has run well off similar marks before and is another worthy of a mention but the vote goes to Wrighty Almighty. Jeremy Noseda has his string in good for m at present and the son of Danehill Dancer made a tidy start to his career when making a winning debut at Doncaster. The 76-rated Diamond Katie was a head behind him that day and, with further improvement to come, the selection looks to be potentially well treated off a mark of 76 himself.
Amazin 66-1 (9-0) Slowly into stride and always struggling in rear, last of 14, 24l behind Sky Crusader (8-7) at Epsom 7f 3yo hcp (2) gd.
Aastral Magic 25-1 (9-1) Prominent, pushed along and lost place inside final 2f, one pace after, 5th of 9, 1 1/2l behind Keyaki (9-4) at Goodwood 7f fll hcp (4) gd.
Captain Johnno (IRE) 6-1 (8-11) Held up, pushed along halfway, headway under pressure approaching final furlong, kept on, 3rd of 7, 2 1/2l behind Danzili Bay (8-11) at Leicester 6f 3yo stk 0-80 (4) gf in May.
Game Lad 33-1 (9-0) Held up and keen, ridden over 2f out, kept on final furlong, never on terms, 7th of 13, 7l behind Tax Free (9-0) at Doncaster 7f 3yo hcp (4) gf.
Wrighty Almighty (IRE) 7-1 (8-13) Slowly away, behind, ridden and headway over 2f out, ran on to lead towards finish, won at Doncaster 6f mdn aut stk (5) gf beating Diamond Katie (8-8) by a hd, 15 ran.
Dixieanna 9-4fav (8-5) Held up, headway 2f out, led over 1f out, pushed out final furlong, won at Doncaster 6f mdn aut stk (5) gf in May beating Aegean Dancer (8-10) by 1l, 10 ran.
Disguise 2-1fav (9-0) Tracked leader, led 2f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on well, won at Redcar 6f 3yo mdn aut (5) gf in May beating Aegean Dancer (9-0) by 2 1/2l, 10 ran.
Algharb 4-7fav (9-0) With leaders, led on bit over 1f out, soon shaken up, ran on well inside final furlong, easily, won at Ripon 6f mdn aut stk (6) gf beating Billy One Punch (9-0) by 3l, 8 ran.
