edged right leaving stalls, chased leaders, pushed along and outpaced over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
led, pushed along and headed over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong
awkward leaving stalls, held up in rear, pushed along over 2f out, kept on one pace final furlong
prominent, led over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on gamely final furlong
in touch, nudged along over 2f out, ridden to challenge inside final furlong, ran on but always held by winner
GOLDEN VOICE (NAP) has now won three of his last four outings having scored again at Sandown last time. Eased down in the closing stages, he hasn’t finished winning yet. Azano had slipped down the weights before winning over a mile here last month while Volatile Analyst returns to today’s trip having won a Listed sprint at Doncaster earlier this year. Lion Tower has faced tougher tasks than this since winning at York in June and is preferred to Scottish Summit.
Volatile Analyst (USA) 80-1 (9-8) Raced centre, held up off the pace and always towards rear, 23rd of 26, 24 1/4l behind Rohaan (9-12) at Ascot 6f hcp stks (2) gf in Jun.
Azano 8-1 (10-2) Made all, driven out, won at Redcar 1m hcp (3) gf in Jul beating Encourageable (8-13) by 1l, 5 ran.
Scottish Summit (IRE) 12-1 (9-11) Mid-division, headway and ridden over 1f out, faded final 100yds, 6th of 10, 4 3/4l behind Eilean Dubh (9-7) at York 1m hcp (2) gf in Jul.
Lion Tower (IRE) 33-1 (8-9) Raced near side, chased leader, led group over 1f out until inside final 100 yards, not pace of leaders in centre, and dropped to 3rd in group towards finish, 9th of 21, 3 1/2l behind Fresh (9-0) at Ascot 7f hcp stks (2) gf in Jul.
Golden Voice 6-4fav (9-9) Wore hood to post, held up in last pair, steady headway out wide over 2f out, led inside final furlong, soon quickened clear, easily, won at Sandown 7f hcp (3) gd in Jul beating Cabinet Of Clowns (8-12) by 1 1/2l, 7 ran.