made all, shaken up approaching last, never troubled
chased winner, ridden 3 out, not fluent 2 out, no impression, kept on
always last, lost touch from 9th, tailed off
ALCALA is aiming for the five-timer for Paul Nicholls and he has already enjoyed plenty success at this track this summer. He should be able to extend his winning sequence but Exxaro may close the gap a bit having gone down by 33L over C&D in June in a match. Sheer Poetry is unlikely to split the front two on her chase debut assuming all three get around in one piece.
Alcala (FR) 1-25fav (11-8) Made all from sole rival, drew well clear final circuit, unchallenged after, blundered 5 out, canter, won at Newton Abbot 3m 2f (3) gd in Aug beating Quick N' Easy (10-12) by dist, 2 ran.
Exxaro (IRE) 11-4 (11-7) Tracked leader, led 5th, soon headed, led again after 4 out, ridden and headed before last, kept on and no chance with winner, 2nd of 5, 12l behind Nachi Falls (10-5) at Worcester 2m 7f (4) gd in Aug.
Sheer Poetry (IRE) 8-1 (10-11) Held up mid-division, headway 4 out to chase leaders, ridden before 2 out, weakened last, 7th of 11, 18l behind Scoop The Pot (11-12) at Worcester 2m 7f hcp (3) gd in Aug.
