led early, chased leaders until ridden and weakened over 3f out
towards rear, soon outpaced, stayed on well final furlong, nearest at finish
chased leaders, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened
tracked leaders, ridden to lead 2f out, stayed on well
behind and pushed along, never dangerous
outpaced behind, stayed on from over 1f out, never on terms
soon led, headed well over 4f out, ridden to lead again over 2f out, soon headed, one pace
slowly into stride, towards rear, ridden and headway over 2f out, chased winner final furlong, no impression
dwelt, soon tracking leaders, led well over 4f out, headed over 2f out, weakened final furlong
chased leaders, ridden and weakened over 3f out
MINUS FIFTEEN gets our vote in this contest, ahead of Always A Rock and Paraguay. Both his wins have come on the all weather in similar events; once here and also at Kempton, but at 7 furlongs. However, the step up in trip doesn't look like it'll pose a problem, and it may have been just a poor draw which hindered him last time out at Kempton. Neil Callan rides the track really well, and goes into the meeting looking for his 100th winner here. Always A Rock needs to rediscover the form of earlier in the year when landing a hat-trick of wins for Mark Johnston, in better company than this. Expect him to be raced prominently. Paraguay won 4 handicaps back in May and June, but all off a lower mark than he's on now, and he's yet to be placed in 7 starts on the all-weather, but he should be better than some of these. For our pick though, we'll side with Minus Fifteen.
El Dececy (USA) 20-1 (9-5) Mid-division, ridden over 2f out, headway and effort over 1f out, on far rail, no extra, one pace final furlong, 5th of 11, 4l behind Multakka (8-13) at Kempton 1m hcp 0-85 (4) pol.
Vainglory (USA) 11-1 (8-10) Held up, ridden 3f out, no impression, 8th of 13, 6l behind Oat Cuisine (8-11) at Newmarket 1m hcap (3) gf.
Sign of The Cross 8-1 (9-9) Pulled hard mid-division, ridden over 3f out, weakend 2f out, 9th of 11, 8l behind Mazaaya (9-3) at Leicester 1m 2f hcp 0-75 (5) gd in Aug.
Majuro (IRE) 20-1 (8-10) Mid-division, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 10th of 11, 21l behind Bolodenka (9-1) at Ayr 1m hcap (2) hvy.
August Gale (USA) 25-1 (9-4) In touch until weakened over 2f out, 12th of 13, 45l behind Wind Star (9-8) at Musselburgh 1m 1f clm (5) sft.
Always A Rock (IRE) 14-1 (9-2) Chased leaders until ridden and lost place over 3f out, 15th of 17, 24l behind Medici Pearl (8-12) at Redcar 1m hcp 0-85 (4) gs.
Minus Fifteen (IRE) 7-2 (8-13) Prominent, pushed along 3f out, chased winner over 1f out, until inside final furlong, unable to quicken after, 3rd of 8, 3 1/2l behind Priti Fabulous (8-9) at Kempton 1m 3yo hcp (4) pol.
Paraguay (USA) 10-1 (9-5) Towards rear, ridden along and headway over 2f, stayed on final furlong, 4th of 12, 4 1/2l behind Jonny Lesters Hair (8-13) at Beverley 7f hcp 0-75 (5) sft.
Intersky Charm (USA) 10-1 (8-11) Keen, tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace, 4th of 13, 2 1/2l behind Aboriginie (8-9) at Great Leighs 1m 2f hcap (4) pol.
Captain Royale (IRE) 16-1 (9-0) Held up in rear, ridden and struggling over 2f out, 8th of 10, 9l behind Myanmar (8-9) at Sandown 7f 3yo hcp (4) sft.
