slowly away, in rear, in touch, pushed along and switched right over 1f out, soon not clear run, never able to challenge
dwelt, towards rear, pushed along 2f out, ridden and headway over 1f out, ran on well final 110 yards to lead closing stages
led narrowly, ridden and headed over 1f out, gradually weakened
mid-division, pushed along and headway over 1f out, ridden and pressed leader final 110 yards, kept on, no match for eventual winner
pressed leader, pushed along well over 1f out, led over 1f out and soon ridden, faced challenged final 110 yards, no extra and headed closing stages
mid-division, pushed along over 2f out, outpaced over 1f out and beaten
tracked leaders, pushed along over 2f out, ran on same pace
MERSEA has plenty of pace but won over Carlisle’s stiff 6f two runs ago so should last home here and the bottom weight has the inside draw. Grant Tuer also runs Glorious Angel while Minnetonka ended a long losing run at Wolverhampton two runs ago but Kitai may be a bigger danger as she travelled strongly for a long way in a Listed race here last time and won here and at Carlisle over the summer. Unequal Love was a well-beaten favourite at York four weeks ago but rattled up a hat-trick beforehand while Hello Queen has only been beaten once in four runs so far this year.
Kitai (IRE) 9-2 (9-1) Chased leaders on inside, not clear run turning in, soon switched left, no headway when in the clear, 6th of 11, 9 1/2l behind Believing (9-6) at Pontefract 6f lst fll stks (1) gf in Aug.
Unequal Love 4-1fav (9-5) Close up, headway 2f out, ridden and weakened inside final furlong, 10th of 18, 12 1/4l behind Nigiri (8-9) at York 7f hcp fll (2) gf in Aug.
Glorious Angel (IRE) 12-1 (9-9) Raced wide pressed leader, led 2f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, stayed on, 2nd of 7, 1 3/4l behind Roman Dragon (9-11) at Chester 6f hcp (3) gs in Sep.
Minnetonka (IRE) 8-1 (9-10) Mid-division, headway going well 2f out, switched right over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on well, won at Wolverhampton 6f hcp (4) pol in Sep beating International Girl (9-12) by 1/2l, 12 ran.
Hello Queen (IRE) 15-2 (9-8) Made all, pushed along 2f out, hard pressed inside final furlong, ran on strongly inside final 110 yards, drifted sharply to the right and bumped rival well inside final 50 yards, always doing enough, won at Doncaster 6f hcp (4) sft in Jul beating Harry's Halo (9-6) by 1/2l, 7 ran.
Shandy Star (IRE) 12-1 (9-8) Prominent, ridden over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 7th of 11, 11 1/4l behind Rock Of England (9-6) at Carlisle 6f hcp (4) gd in Aug.
Mersea (FR) 13-2 (10-1) Chased leaders out wide, pushed along and every chance 2f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on towards finish, 3rd of 11, 1l behind Jordan Electrics (9-8) at Carlisle 5f hcp (5) gf in Sep.
