held up, pushed along on outside over 2f out, headway 1f out, edged left and went 2nd well inside final furlong, stayed on, not trouble winner
tracked leaders, challenged 3f out, led 2f out, ridden out, stayed on
dipped every so slightly start, disputing lead until 2f, stayed on same pace inside final furlong
stumbled start, soon switched left to race far side, chased leaders, improved to dispute lead from over 4f out until 2f out, lost 2nd well inside final furlong
started very slowly, always behind
chased leaders, driven over 2f out, soon beaten
disputed lead until over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
Swinley Forest opened his account with a victory at Kempton but has been raised 7lb and a couple of these look set to strike off their current marks. Silver Samurai was no match for the winner when second at Haydock though will be sharper for the outing but WAR DEFENDER may edge this having shown further improvement when going close at Newcastle last time on his handicap debut. Novice winner Count Of Amazonia can only improve on last month’s poor effort at Newbury and should do so dropping down in class while El Naseri is preferred of the remainder after a better effort at Ayr last time.
Count Of Amazonia (IRE) 17-2 (9-0) Tracked leader until over 2f out, chased leaders, weakened inside final 2f, 7th of 12, 16 1/2l behind Johan (9-5) at Newbury 1m hcp (3) gd in Jun.
Silver Samurai 4-1 (9-2) Towards rear, headway over 2f out, ridden to chase winner over 1f out, kept on same pace, 2nd of 9, 5 1/2l behind Finest Sound (9-5) at Haydock 1m hcp (4) gs in Jun.
Swinley Forest (IRE) 9-2 (9-3) Close up, ridden and headway over 1f out, led approaching final furlong, ran on, won at Kempton 1m hcp (5) pol in Jul beating Jalwan (9-5) by 1 1/2l, 13 ran.
War Defender 11-2 (8-10) Keen towards rear, midfield halfway, short of room when pushed along 3f out, switched left over 2f out, ran on strongly final furlong but not reach winner, 2nd of 9, 3/4l behind Canagat (9-8) at Newcastle 1m hcp (4) pol in Jul.
Bravo Faisal (IRE) 80-1 (8-12) Held up, switched to near side and ridden 2f out, weakened 1f out, 10th of 13, 11 1/4l behind Tiger Crusade (8-12) at Doncaster 7f hcp (3) gd in Jul.
El Naseri (IRE) 4-1jfav (9-6) Slowly into stride, behind, kept on final furlong, never going pace to get involved, 7th of 9, 3 3/4l behind Three Coins (9-7) at Ayr 7f hcp (4) sft in Jul.
Bavardages (IRE) 7-1 (9-8) Tracked leaders on outside, weakened inside final 2f, eased when beaten inside final furlong, 11th of 12, 6 1/4l behind Royal Big Night (9-11) at Ayr 1m hcp (5) gd in Jul.
