tracked leaders, keen, ridden 2f out, kept on
tracked leaders, ridden and lost place 3f out, soon one pace
slowly into stride and in rear, ridden 2f out, headway on outside soon after, challenged leader final furlong, led post
prominent, ridden 2f out, led over 1f out, challenged and headed post
mid-division and keen, ridden 2f out, kept on
slowly into stride, never a factor
led, ridden over 2f out, headed and weakened over 1f out
mid-division, ridden and weakened over 2f out
keen in mid-division, ridden and headway over 2f out, chased leaders approaching final furlong, running on near finish
in touch, ridden 2f out, held when approaching final furlong
keen in mid-division on inside, ridden and hampered approaching final furlong, no chance after
soon tracking leaders, ridden when hanging right from over 1f out, weakened quickly
Nonrunner
Night Storm can land a hat-trick at the expense of Top Mark, Franksalot and Pink Bay in yet another hard one to call. This race mirrors most of the card at Salisbury today, and only a tentative vote goes to Night Storm who has been in good form of late, gaining back-to-back victories at Brighton and Bath over the past few weeks. She remains well handicapped compared to last year and is obviously over her back problems now. Top Mark ran his best race of the season when second at Leicester recently, and with ground and trip to suit again, he should be involved in the finish along with Franksalot who has been placed a couple of times already. Pink Bay came good at Chepstow last time and has a light weight considering that she may have more improvement to come, and along with the likes of Balerno and Lay A Whisper, can ensure that punters face a real head-scratcher. It is more in hope than optimism then that Night Storm is put forward as the solution.
Franksalot (IRE) 7-1 (8-11) Held up, ridden and headway over 1f out, ran on final furlong, 4th of 13, 2l behind Councellor (9-1) at Epsom 7f hcp (5) gd.
Hey Presto 12-1 (8-13) Held up, switched left over 4f out, rapid headway halfway, chased winner 2f out, no extra inside final furlong, 5th of 17, 3l behind Warden Warren (8-3) at Leicester 7f hcp (5) gf.
Top Mark 8-1 (8-12) Pulled hard, held up, headway and hung right over 1f out, stayed on final furlong, 2nd of 17, nk behind Warden Warren (8-3) at Leicester 7f hcp (5) gf.
Edge Fund 11-1 (8-8) Always in rear, 12th of 16, 26l behind Trevian (8-4) at Chepstow 1m hcp (5) gd in Aug.
Lay A Whisper 7-2 (8-7) Led for 2f, remained close up, every chance well over 1f out, no extra final furlong, 4th of 6, 5l behind Transvestite (9-3) at Goodwood 1m 3yo hcp (4) gf in Aug.
Balerno 8-1 (9-2) Held up, headway 2f out, led 1f out, kept on well inside final furlong, won at Chepstow 7f stk 0-60 (6) gd in Aug beating Craic Sa Ceili (8-13) by 1/2l, 13 ran.
Pink Bay 12-1 (9-1) Always in touch, headway 2f out, ridden to lead 1f out, kept on well, won at Chepstow 6f 3yo mdn hcp (6) gf in Aug beating Dorn Hill (7-11) by a nk, 19 ran.
Night Storm 4-1fav (9-1) Held up mid-division, headway 3f out, ridden to lead well over 1f out, ran on well, won at Bath 7f hcp (6) hrd beating Polar Dawn (9-4) by 3l, 14 ran.
