held up, mid-division, pushed along and headway over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
prominent, ridden over 1f out, chased winner final furlong
tracked leader, led over 7f out, driven along over 2f out, ridden and kept on gamely final furlong
slowly into stride, always behind
dwelt, towards rear, pushed along over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, ran on final furlong, nearest finish
towards rear, headway 3f out, weakened over 1f out
prominent, pushed along over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on same pace
in touch, outpaced over 2f out, stayed on final furlong
led, headed over 7f out, remained in touch, chased along over 3f out, soon beaten
towards rear, driven and headway over 2f out, weakened final furlong
Nonrunner
Prairie Law has strong claims in this grade and gets the verdict ahead of Marcus Eille and Cream Of Esteem. The Ian Williams trained gelding ran no sort of race at Brighton last time, but had previously finished a close up third behind Arabian Moon at Windsor. If he decides to put in a similar effort he should be capable of beating the poor bunch. Marcus Eile is well in on official ratings and ran well last time when chasing home Alani over two miles. The drop in trip should not be a problem and he looks a threat to all. Cream Of Esteem was a beaten favourite in a selling handicap last time, but wasn't beaten far behind Whirling. The best outsider here could be Lord Mayfair, who has been taking on much better opposition than this. However Prairie Law has to be the pick on recent form.
Marcus Eile (IRE) 10-3fav (9-8) In touch, pushe along over 3f out, ridden and every chance approaching final furlong, no extra, 3rd of 10, nk behind Alani (8-2) at Catterick 2m sll (6) gf.
Prairie Law (GER) 11-2jt-fav (9-4) Tracked leaders, ridden and weakened quickly approaching final furlong, 14th of 18, 11l behind Forever My Lord (8-9) at Brighton 1m 4f sll hcp (6) gf.
Royal Awakening (IRE) 50-1 (8-13) Missed break, towards rear stands' side, never dangerous, 7th of 18, 13l behind Lord of The East (9-1) at Newcastle 7f app clm (6) gd in Jul.
Awaken 40-1 (9-1) Towards rear, headway on inner over 1f out, ran on final furlong, 3rd of 16, 6l behind Golden Spectrum (9-6) at Beverley 1m sll (6) gd in Apr.
Efimac 25-1 (8-5) Mid-division, outpaced 3f out, soon ridden, rallied inside final furlong, never troubled leaders, 4th of 11, 3l behind Whitethorne (8-9) at Carlisle 7f fll hcp (5) gd in Jul.
Cream of Esteem 7-2fav (8-13) Mid division, pushed along over 4f out, headway and every chance over 1f out, stayed on same pace, 2nd of 10, 2l behind Whirling (9-1) at Beverley 1m 4f 3yo sll hcp (5) gd in Jul.
Lord Mayfair (USA) 66-1 (8-12) Always behind, 11th of 14, 16l behind African Breeze (8-10) at Pontefract 6f 3yo hcp (5) gd.
Azahara 25-1 (7-9) Towards rear, driven along 4f out, never dangerous, 6th of 7, 24l behind Without A Trace (9-0) at Pontefract 1m 4f fll hcp (5) gf in Jul.
