held up towards rear, ridden over 1f out, kept on entering final furlong
in touch, hung left and chased leaders halfway, challenged over 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, no extra towards finish
chased leader, ridden over 1f out, faded inside final furlong
held up in rear, headway to lead over 1f out, soon edged right, held on well towards finish
led, pushed along over 2f out, headed over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
chased leaders, ridden and weakened over 1f out
Nonrunner
Geoff Harker's City of The Kings won well enough when successful at Ripon on Monday but a 6lb penalty for that win may prevent him from following up and preference is for CHEERS FOR THEA, who can gain a deserved success. Tim Easterby's mare has been the model of consistency in recent starts having been placed in each of her three outings since winning at Carlisle in June and she can go one better than at Thirsk last time when narrowly beaten by Signor Verdi. Richard Fahey's Bolodenka has been running well in defeat in recent starts and should again be thereabouts for his in-from yard. Jeremy Noseda's Brannagh struggled off his new mark at Epsom last time and is likely to do so again with a bigger threat likely to come from the consistent Chosen Forever. Cheers For Thea has done little wrong of late though and can resume winning ways.
Iasia (GR) 33-1 (9-12) Raced centre, tracked leaders, joined stands side group 2f out, soon weakened, last of 7, 21l behind Waveband (8-3) at Ascot 7f flls hcp 0-130 (3) gf in Jul.
City of The Kings (IRE) 11-1 (9-12) Held up in 5th, pushed along 4f out, headway to chase leaders 2f out, ridden to lead 1f out, stayed on well, driven out, won at Ripon 1m 2f hcp 0-85 (4) gf beating Veiled Applause (9-4) by 1 1/4l, 9 ran.
Brannagh (USA) 15-8fav (9-12) In touch, outpaced over 3f out, ridden and hung left from over 2f out, ran on inside final furlong, not reached leaders, 4th of 6, 2 1/2l behind Seneschal (9-9) at Epsom Downs 7f hcp 0-85 (4) gd in Jul.
Cheers For Thea (IRE) 17-2 (9-4) Towards rear, not much room 4f out, ridden and headway over 1f out, soon switched right, kept on to take 2nd towards finish, 2nd of 14, 2l behind Signor Verdi (8-13) at Thirsk 1m hcp 0-90 (3) gf in Jul.
Bolodenka (IRE) 12-1 (10-0) Mid-division, headway 3f out, ridden to chase winner over 1f out, no impression final furlong, 2nd of 11, 2 1/2l behind West End Lad (9-13) at Nottingham 1m hcp 0-75 (5) gf in Jul.
Chosen Forever 9-2 (9-12) In rear, outpaced over 4f out, ridden and headway over 2f out, kept on to chase winner inside final furlong, held towards finish, 2nd of 9, 1 1/4l behind One Scoop Or Two (8-10) at Haydock 1m hcp 0-75 (5) gd in Jul.
Global 16-1 (9-9) Held up towards rear, pushed along 1f out, kept on, no impression, 5th of 9, 5l behind Shadowtime (9-8) at Beverley 1m hcp 0-80 (4) gf in Jul.
