pressed leader to over 4f out, soon lost place and outpaced, weakened final 2f
mid-division, driven and lost place 3f out, soon ridden, behind final 2f
slowly into stride, held up behind, ridden and headway inside final 2f, stayed on to chase winner inside final furlong, held near finish
held up behind, headway on outside over 2f out, led inside final 2f, soon ridden, stayed on well final furlong
tracked leaders, went 2nd 4f out, effort over 3f out, ridden and every chance 2f out, lost place over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
tracked leaders, effort over 2f out, ridden and every chance over 1f out until inside final furlong, kept on same pace
led, driven over 2f out, headed when ridden inside final 2f, kept on same pace, no impression in 4th final furlong
Sands Chorus beat Mulligatawny over track and trip back in 2017 but hasn’t won since and the latter has struggled since landing a double earlier in the year. Dawaaleeb has plenty to prove over this far and there are also doubts concerning Fennaan’s ability to last home with all three wins so far coming over 7f. BENADALID scored over today’s trip at Doncaster last month having slid back down the weights and ran well again at Beverley recently. Chris Fairhurst’s charge won off a higher mark at this venue last summer and gets the vote. Aiya has only won on the all-weather so far and stablemate Garden Oasis is preferred.
Mulligatawny (IRE) 25-1 (8-12) Held up in touch, improved 4f out, ridden and weakened 2f out, 9th of 12, 11 1/4l behind Spanish Archer (9-4) at Doncaster 1m 2f hcp (2) gs in Aug.
Dawaaleeb (USA) 12-1 (9-13) Tracked leader, ridden 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong, 7th of 10, 12 3/4l behind Qaysar (10-0) at Newbury 1m hcp (3) gd in Aug.
Fennaan (IRE) 11-2 (9-8) Slowly into stride, held up in rear, pushed along and some progress over 1f out, ridden final furlong, never nearer, 5th of 8, 4l behind Hortzadar (10-0) at Ripon 1m hcp (3) sft in Aug.
Benadalid 5-1 (9-9) Mid-division on inside, driven and headway inside final 2f, ridden and every chance inside final furlong, outpaced towards finish, 3rd of 9, 1 3/4l behind Gossip Column (10-0) at Beverley 1m 2f hcp (4) gs in Aug.
Aiya (IRE) 40-1 (9-2) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, hung right and weakened over 1f out, 8th of 17, 10 1/2l behind Gifts Of Gold (9-12) at Goodwood 1m 1f hcp (3) gf in Aug.
Garden Oasis 16-1 (8-12) Chased leader, ridden over 2f out, every chance over 1f out, not quicken inside final furlong, 3rd of 8, 2l behind Hortzadar (10-0) at Ripon 1m hcp (3) sft in Aug.
Sands Chorus 10-1 (9-2) Led, ridden and headed approaching 2f out, no extra inside final furlong, 5th of 10, 5 1/4l behind Southern Rock (9-6) at Ripon 1m 2f hcp (4) gs in Aug.
