tracked leading pair on inside, 2nd over 1f out, ridden to challenge inside final furlong, stayed on all the way to the line, always held
held up in 5th, raced keenly and tracked leading trio 5f out, outpaced over 2f out
made all, stayed on gamely, bit in hand
raced keenly tracked winner until ridden over 1f out, stayed on same pace in 3rd
raced keenly in 4th, dropped to rear 5f out, soon pushed along and weakened 4f out
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Charlie Fellowes’ handicappers have been carrying all before them and MANKAYAN contributed to the tally in a big field at Doncaster last month. He then chased home a back-to-form Look Closely at Ascot with the winner franking the form last week. Despite another 3lb rise, the top weight will be hard to beat. Matewan is a model of consistency who handles all types of going but the handicapper probably has his measure at present. Mr Carpenter showed a big improvement to score at 100/1 at York while Damage Control is back in the right grade. Kitten's Dream handled the step up in distance at Beverley but this is a much tougher assignment.
Mankayan (IRE) 4-1 (9-8) Edged right start, chased leader, led 9f out, headed 2f out, held inside final furlong, stayed on, 2nd of 10, 2l behind Look Closely (9-12) at Ascot 1m 4f hcp (3) gf in Jul.
Archie Perkins (IRE) 33-1 (8-4) Prominent, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened, 21st of 22, 22 1/2l behind Sinjaari (8-11) at York 1m 2f hcp (2) gd in Jul.
Frankel's Storm (8-10) 5th of 7, 14l behind Pocket Square (8-10) at Deauville 1m Grp 3 stks (1) hvy in Oct.
Damage Control 14-1 (8-7) Close up, pushed along and every chance over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 5th of 10, 3 3/4l behind Mambo Nights (8-12) at Goodwood 1m 4f hcp (2) gd in Jul.
Kitten's Dream 15-8 (9-3) Slowly into stride, soon in touch, good headway on outside 2f out, ridden and quickened to lead entering final furlong, hung right towards finish, won at Beverley 1m 4f hcp (6) gf in Jul beating By Jove (9-2) by 1l, 7 ran.
Matewan (IRE) 11-2 (10-0) Chased leaders, closed from 3f out, led over 1f out, soon headed, no impression on winner towards finish, 2nd of 9, 1 3/4l behind King's Charisma (9-0) at Thirsk 1m 4f hcp (4) gd in Jul.
Mr Carpenter (IRE) 100-1 (8-7) Last to break, held up in rear, headway on outside 3f out, led well over 1f out, edged left inside final furlong, held on well, won at York 1m 4f hcp (3) gs in Jul beating Sweet Celebration (9-1) by nk, 11 ran.
Prince Imperial (USA) 9-1 (9-9) Mid-division, weakened final 2f, 11th of 12, 30 1/4l behind Matthew Flinders (9-2) at Doncaster 1m 2f stks (5) gf in Jun.
