steadied start, held up, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, nearest finish
always behind
pushed along in rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, nearest finish
tracked winner, ridden halfway, weakened over 2f out
held up, ridden 3f out, no impression
tracked leaders, chased winner 3f out until over 1f out, soon weakened
raced wide, behind, hung right final 2f
pulled hard, held up in touch, ridden to chase winner over 1f out, no impression final furlong
made all, ridden clear over 1f out, edged right and stayed on inside final furlong
close up, ridden and effort over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
The return to Southwell can help Tiny Tim, who is selected in preference to Sion Hill and Munaawesh. The latter does have to better his recent starts though, and is not one to rely upon too heavily. That said he is unexposed on this surface and does not have much to find to make the frame ion this company. Sion Hill almost got off the mark here in a seller last week and is also entitled to go close if repeating the effort this evening. However, the former Sir Michael Stoute inmate is way too unpredictable to be confidently recommended. The same has to be said of Xaloc Bay, who is a previous course and distance winner but has done nothing to suggest that an end to his fourteen-race losing streak is imminent. Therefore, we take another chance with Tiny Tim, whose rider takes a very handy 7lb off his back with his claim, which can make all the difference if he runs up to his recent level of form.
Compton Bay 20-1 Led until over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 9th of 10, 14l behind Air Of Esteem at Southwell 1m stk fbs.
Hormuz (IRE) 10-1 Led, ridden approaching 3f out, weakening when headed 2f out, 10th of 15, 19l behind Dancing Tilly at Carlisle 1m 1f stk (H5) gf in Sept.
Jessie 16-1 Slowly into stride, soon outpaced, 8th of 9, 10l behind Mutassem at Southwell 7f stk fbs.
Munaawesh (USA) 7-1 Chased leaders to 2f out, weakened quickly, last of 13, 19l behind Halcyon Magic at W'hampton 1m 1f stk pol.
Ollijay 8-1 Always towards rear, 9th of 13, 10l behind Halcyon Magic at W'hampton 1m 1f stk pol.
Sion Hill (IRE) 11-1 Mid-division, headway over 2f out, ridden to chase winner over 1f out, ran on, 2nd of 12, 1/2l behind Zafarshah at Southwell 7f sll gs.
Tancred Miss 16-1 Mid-division, pushed along over 3f out, no impression final 2f, 9th of 12, 17l behind Eastern Hope at Newcastle 1m clm (F) sft in Aug.
Tiny Tim (IRE) 7-2fav Tracked leader, led 2f out, hung right, headed 1f out, ran on, 3rd of 11, nk behind Rathmullan at Brighton 7f stk gd.