soon prominent and led after 2f, ridden 2f out, responded to pressure and ran on well to just hang on
mid-division, headway over 2f out, soon under pressure and faded
midfield, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
mid-division on far side rail, effort over 2f out, quickened to challenge, just failed
broke awkwardly but soon recovered to track leaders, under pressure 2f out, stayed on same pace
showed pace to dispute early lead, came under pressure well over 2f out, weakened in final furlong
early speed to take up prominent position, ridden 3f out, under pressure soon after, stayed on
slowly away, towards rear, ridden over 2f out, never a factor
slightly worse than mid-division, plugged on at one pace but never close enough to threaten
towards rear, ridden over 2f out, made little impression
Ancient Times has failed to build on a debut third at York but still has the beating of Swooper on these terms. But SHAYKHOON finished a promising third at Lingfield behind Tanfantic, rated 86, on his introduction and Richard Fahey’s colt should figure again on that evidence. Jacattack ran well on soft going at Musselburgh earlier and is another to consider while Mops Gem is preferred to King'slove of the remainder.
Ancient Times 16-1 (9-2) Led 2f, chased leader until over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 4th of 13, 6 1/4l behind Mamba Wamba (8-11) at York 5f stks (3) gd in Sep.
A Pint Of Bear (IRE) Kodi Bear gelding out of Heart Of An Angel.
Arfinn Rose 150-1 (9-5) Raced wide close up, ridden and weakened over 2f out, last of 13, 29 3/4l behind Kool Moe Dee (9-5) at Southwell 6f mdn stks (5) pol in Aug.
Barbaroma (IRE) 16-1 (9-5) Close up, pushed along 3f out, soon lost touch, last of 14, 22 1/2l behind Fantasy Master (9-5) at Nottingham 5f mdn stks (4) gd in Sep.
Drink Talking Bated Breath gelding out of Astrodonna.
Jacattack (IRE) 11-4fav (9-5) Taken to post early, tracked leaders, ridden and unable to quicken over 1f out, kept on same pace, 4th of 14, 5l behind Fantasy Master (9-5) at Nottingham 5f mdn stks (4) gd in Sep.
Shaykhoon 10-3 (9-2) Tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, hung under pressure but kept on into third entering final furlong, 3rd of 10, 1 1/2l behind Tanfantic (9-9) at Lingfield 6f stks (5) pol in Aug.
Swooper 9-1 (9-5) Dwelt and veered left exiting stalls, pushed along to soon lead in centre, ridden and headed entering final 2f, weakened entering final furlong, last of 8, 23l behind Burning Cash (9-5) at Chepstow 5f mdn stks (5) gd in Jul.
Driftwood Footstepsinthesand filly out of Bonfire Heart.
King'slove 22-1 (9-0) Raced keenly in rear, pushed along under hands and heels over 1f out, kept on one pace final furlong, 5th of 7, 5 3/4l behind Black Sparrow (9-0) at Lingfield 5f fll stks (5) pol in Aug.
Mops Gem 80-1 (8-11) Chased leaders, weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 9, 3 3/4l behind Minsky (9-2) at Yarmouth 6f stks (5) gf in Sep.
Sovereign Moon 200-1 (9-0) Dwelt in touch, pushed along over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 7th of 8, 14 3/4l behind Ballyconneely Bay (9-5) at Pontefract 6f mdn stks (5) gs in Sep.
Walter 50-1 (9-0) Always in rear, never involved, 11th of 12, 9 1/4l behind Madreselva (8-11) at Redcar 5f stks (5) gd in Sep.
