prominent, ridden over 2f out, soon beaten, weakened over 1f out
chased leader stands side, ridden 2f out, no extra final 150 yards
chased leaders, outpaced 3f out, went 3rd and kept on inside final 100 yards
bumped start, chased leaders, hard ridden and went 2nd over 1f out, no impression on winner inside final furlong, kept on
led stands side, headed 3f out, beaten over 1f out, no extra
awkward and went left start, prominent, led 3f out, driven over 1f out, ran on well
Jojo Rabbit has struggled since scoring over track and trip on his seasonal debut but Dusky Prince was beaten in a higher grade at Goodwood when bidding for a four-timer having earlier beaten Leodis Dream at Doncaster. SILKY WILKIE is still improving and, having escaped a penalty for winning an apprentices’ race at Haydock last week, Karl Burke’s charge gets the vote to go in again.
Jojo Rabbit 20-1 (9-7) Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened quickly, last of 8, 11 1/2l behind Only Spoofing (9-3) at Musselburgh 5f hcp (3) gd in Jul.
Silky Wilkie (IRE) 16-5fav (9-10) Handy, led 2f out, soon pushed along, edged left and ran on well inside last, did enough, won at Haydock 5f hcp (4) gd in Aug beating Kimngrace (9-8) by 1/2l, 13 ran.
Abate 16-1 (9-5) Prominent, ridden over 2f out, edged right and beaten over 1f out, no extra final 75 yards, 7th of 12, 2 3/4l behind Many A Star (9-7) at Goodwood 6f hcp (2) gf in Jul.
Dusky Prince (IRE) 6-1 (9-2) Prominent, led 2f out, edged left over 1f out, ridden and headed entering final furlong, no extra towards finish, 4th of 12, 3 1/2l behind Get Ahead (9-9) at Goodwood 5f hcp (3) gf in Jul.
Leodis Dream (IRE) 16-1 (11-7) Close up in centre, every chance when ridden 2f out, stayed on strongly inside final furlong, just failed, 2nd of 20, nk behind Birkenhead (10-13) at York 5f hcp (4) gf in Jul.
Good Luck Fox (IRE) 8-1 (9-0) Mid-division far side, pushed along and weakened approaching final furlong, 9th of 10, 12 3/4l behind Intrinsic Bond (10-0) at Thirsk 5f hcp (4) gs in Jul.
Ballet Steps 28-1 (9-0) Outpaced, 11th of 12, 22 1/2l behind Get Ahead (9-9) at Goodwood 5f hcp (3) gf in Jul.