led to post early, keen in touch in rear, ridden over 2f out, no impression
close up, ridden and headway approaching final furlong, driven and stayed on to go 2nd post
tracked leaders, pushed along 3f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed entering final furlong, lost 2nd post
tracked winner, pushed along 3f out, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong
pushed along to soon lead, ridden and headed over 1f out, rallied to lead again entering final furlong, ran on
GRANDEE (NAP) has been quite highly tried so far this year. He had excuses at Hamilton last time and should get back to winning ways here as long as there is a reasonable gallop. Rory And Me has been lightly raced and makes his handicap debut, though lacks a recent run. Contrebasse probably needs a bit further and has been out of sorts, along with Bolder Bob, but Kensington Art was only headed in the final strides over 2m at Musselburgh two weeks ago so should appreciate the drop back in trip.
Bolder Bob (IRE) 100-1 (9-4) Sweating, led, headed over 3f out, soon weakened, 10th of 11, 20 1/2l behind Mr Carpenter (8-7) at York 1m 4f hcp (3) gs in Jul.
Grandee (IRE) 15-2 (9-11) Held up in mid-division, headway on outside 2f out, soon hung right, ridden and kept on same pace inside final furlong, 5th of 10, 1 3/4l behind Heart Of Soul (9-3) at Hamilton 1m 5f hcp (4) gs in Jul.
Rory And Me (FR) 14-1 (9-11) Tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, 8th of 10, dist behind Lady Scatterley (9-0) at Pontefract 1m 4f mdn stks (5) sft in Oct.
Contrebasse 28-1 (8-10) Held up, ridden over 3f out, weakened 2f out, 12th of 14, 23 1/4l behind Vindolanda (8-13) at Haydock 1m 6f hcp (4) sft in Jul.
Kensington Art 5-2fav (9-0) Midfield, pushed along over 2f out, joined leaders, led 1f out, passed inside final furlong, 2nd of 6, 1/2l behind Clearance (9-2) at Musselburgh 2m hcp (5) gd in Jul.