slowly into stride and pushed along, mid-division out wide, headway over 1f out, stayed on strongly inside final furlong, led final strides
wore hood to post, started very slowly and awkwardly away, outpaced and always in rear, tailed off
led, pushed along over 2f out, headed inside final 2f, edged left and lost 2nd over 1f out, weakened final furlong
chased leaders, pushed along and outpaced after halfway, headway between horses over 1f out, stayed on same pace in 4th inside final furlong, never going pace to reach leaders
chased leaders out wide, went 2nd over 1f out, edged left and stayed on inside final furlong, led towards finish, headed final stride
chased leader, led inside final 2f, ridden inside final furlong, headed towards finish, no extra in 3rd
chased leaders on inside, pushed along halfway, weakened quickly and raced awkwardly over 1f out
slowly away, outpaced in last pair, some late headway, never dangerous
Noble Title was a fair fourth behind Lakota Blue at Redcar and is closely matched with Newcastle scorer Hougoumont on a line through the winner. Shine's Ambition has placed four times in six starts and will be hard to keep out of the frame again but REZ ran better than expected in a Wolverhampton maiden just over two weeks ago and could find the improvement necessary to take this. No Barrier was thrown in at the deep end at York and is a likely improver.
Hougoumont 5-2 (9-5) Close up, led halfway, ridden and faced strong challenge over 1f out, drifted left inside last, ran on well, just held on, won at Newcastle 6f stks (5) pol in Aug beating Tribal Hunter (9-7) by shd, 14 ran.
Cuttlestone Bridge Camacho gelding out of Compton Bird.
Downtown Dubai (IRE) 7-1 (9-4) Chased leader, pushed along over 2f out, made no impression, 6th of 7, 15 3/4l behind Mischief Magic (9-10) at Newmarket 6f stks (4) gf in Aug.
No Barrier 50-1 (9-7) Prominent, ridden over 2f out, soon beaten, 16th of 17, 14 1/2l behind Desert Order (9-7) at York 7f mdn stks (2) gf in Aug.
Rez (IRE) 25-1 (9-7) Towards rear, pushed along 3f out, headway 1f out, ran on, went 4th towards finish, 4th of 10, 2 1/2l behind Syndicated (9-7) at Wolverhampton 6f mdn stks (5) pol in Aug.
Shine's Ambition (IRE) 13-2 (9-4) Prominent, led 2f out, pushed along over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on well, 2nd of 10, 2 1/2l behind Batal Dubai (9-11) at Newcastle 6f stks (4) pol in Sep.
Guidance Expert Eye filly out of Villa Tora.
Rockonmecca (IRE) El Kabeir filly out of Wings Of The Rock.
Barrolo 100-1 (9-2) Raced wide prominent, pushed along 2f out, weakened final furlong, 9th of 12, 13 3/4l behind Sakheer (9-2) at Haydock 6f stks (4) gf in Sep.
Noble Title 40-1 (9-4) Led, ridden 2f out, headed well over 1f out, kept on one pace, 4th of 14, 2 1/4l behind Lakota Blue (9-7) at Redcar 6f stks (4) gf in Jul.
My Delilah (IRE) Galileo Gold filly out of Paella.
