held up in touch, headway on outside over 2f out, soon chased front pair, ridden over 1f out, outpaced inside final furlong, lost 3rd final strides
tracked leaders, challenged over 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, kept on well final furlong
tracked leaders, outpaced over 2f out, switched outside over 1f out, soon ridden, kept on under pressure inside final furlong, took 3rd final strides, no impression
slowly into stride, held up in rear, struggling 4f out, lost touch over 2f out
held up in touch, ridden and unable to quicken over 2f out, never threatened leaders
tracked leader, led narrowly well over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong
led, driven over 3f out, ridden and headed well over 2f out, soon outpaced, weakened 1f out
NonRunner
Mutadaffeq beat Atkinson Grimshaw, due to run earlier on the card, over track and trip earlier this week while Ad Libitum showed further progress when scoring here earlier in the month. Snax also won here before disappointing at Doncaster but Be Perfect’s earlier success came in a claimer at Catterick. Armandihan has been threatening to win a handicap for the first time having slipped down the weights but MULTELLIE looks on course to end a long losing run off his current mark after finding only one too good at Hamilton a week ago and he gets the nod in a tight contest.
Armandihan (IRE) 14-1 (9-11) 2nd of 13, 2 1/4l behind Magellan (9-10) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (4) pol in Jul.
Eskendash (USA) 8-1 (8-12) Held up, effort over 2f out, never going pace to get on terms, 6th of 14, 2 1/2l behind Villette (8-11) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (4) pol in Jun.
Be Perfect (USA) 5-1 (10-0) Always prominent, headway to lead 3f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra in 3rd inside final furlong, 3rd of 7, 2 1/4l behind Archive (9-4) at Carlisle 1m 6f hcp (5) gf in Jul.
Mr Sundowner (USA) 33-1 (9-0) Last to break, held up in last pair, headway on inside 4f out, ridden 3f out, weakened 2f out, last of 5, 14 1/2l behind Mutadaffeq (9-9) at Ripon 1m 4f hcp (4) gf in Jul.
Ad Libitum 7-4fav (9-4) Reared and awkwardly away close up in 4th, disputed 3rd 7f out, ridden to chase leader over 1f out, driven inside final furlong, wore down leader to lead final strides, won at Ripon 1m 4f hcp (4) gf in Jul beating Eyecatcher (9-0) by nk, 4 ran.
Multellie 13-2 (9-0) Took keen hold, led, hard pressed over 3f out, headed over 2f out, soon ridden, kept on, no chance with winner final furlong, 2nd of 4, 4 1/2l behind Theglasgowwarrior (9-11) at Hamilton 1m 4f hcp (4) gf in Jul.
Snax 6-1 (8-5) Led, headed over 3f out, soon weakened, last of 6, 10 3/4l behind Saving Grace (8-12) at Doncaster 1m 4f hcp fll (4) gf in Jul.
Mutadaffeq (IRE) 11-8fav (9-9) Chased leaders, went 2nd over 1f out, led inside final furlong, stayed on well, won at Ripon 1m 4f hcp (4) gf in Jul beating Atkinson Grimshaw (10-1) by 3/4l, 5 ran.