keen held up, headway 9f out, ridden 3f out, weakened 2f out
in touch in rear, ridden over 3f out, headway over 1f out, kept on to chase easy winner inside final furlong
tracked winner, ridden over 3f out, weakened and lost 2nd inside final furlong
keen tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out
made all, ridden over 1f out, ran on, comfortably (hand timed)
in touch, lost place 10f out, ridden over 3f out, headway over 1f out, kept on same pace
Portrait only beat Bee Jay Kay by half-a-length over 1m4f at Bath and is 7lb worse off here. Though there may be more come over this longer trip, we'll take on Sir Mark Prescott's filly in her bid for a four-timer in this higher grade. LADY PIMPERNEL was just outbattled by Debdebdeb over this trip at Sandown three weeks ago and lost nothing in defeat and fourth Sizzler may struggle to reverse that form on only 3lb better terms. Henry Candy's filly can open her seasonal account with Interior Minister getting little respite from the handicapper and Sandown scorer Lion Beacon letting supporters down at Haydock off his new mark.
Interior Minister 14-1 (9-6) Led, headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 6, 14l behind Emerging (9-2) at Doncaster 1m 4f 3yo hcp 0-85 (4) gd.
Lion Beacon 5-2fav (9-3) Chased leader until 2f out, soon ridden, weakened over 1f out, 7th of 9, 9l behind Great Hall (9-7) at Haydock 1m 6f 3yo hcp 0-100 (2) gf in Jul.
Portrait 3-10fav (9-7) Made all, ridden clear over 2f out, unchallenged, won at Bath 1m 2f fll hcp (5) fm in Jul beating Banreenahreenkah (9-4) by 5l, 4 ran.
Lady Pimpernel 5-2fav (9-2) Led until narrowly headed 9f out, chased leader, led again 7f out, narrowly headed over 3f out, ridden to lead again 2f out, stayed on well until headed and not pace of winner inside final furlong, 2nd of 6, 2l behind Debdebdeb (9-4) at Sandown 1m 6f 3yo hcp 0-90 (3) gf in Jul.
Sizzler 10-1 (9-3) Tracked leading trio, went 3rd 5f out until over 3f out, ridden and outpaced 2f out, stayed on to 4th final 100 yards, 4th of 6, 4 1/2l behind Debdebdeb (9-4) at Sandown 1m 6f 3yo hcp 0-90 (3) gf in Jul.
Bee Jay Kay 25-1 (8-3) Mid-division on outside, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace, never on terms, 6th of 13, 6l behind Retirement Plan (9-5) at Goodwood 1m 3f 3yo hcp 0-90 (3) gd.