led soon pressed, hit 4th, headed after 2 out, soon rallied, no extra closing stages
chased leaders, led after 2 out, hard ridden last, stayed on well
chased leaders, hard driven to challenge after 2 out, kept on same pace approaching last
prominent early, jumped slowly throughout, lost place after 2nd, behind after 4th, tailed off before 3 out, mistake next, soon pulled up
driven forward to press leader, lost place 4th, under pressure when mistake next, soon tailed off, rallied before last, stayed on
Innocent Touch came best in a fight to line over track and trip last month but the runner-up has been beaten in both subsequent starts. MISTER UNIVERSUM is preferred given Dan Skelton’s charge won in this grade at Warwick before beaten in Listed company in July and may improve for a recent wind operation. Cool Sky has been beaten on the Flat since winning over timber at Aintree in May but is 7lb higher today while Mad Jack Mytton has yet to show any improvement for a slide down the weights and Cut The Corner can race off a lower mark reverting to hurdling.
Mad Jack Mytton (IRE) 5-2jfav (11-12) Tracked leader, mistake 7th, slow 4 out, weakened 2 out, 4th of 5, 16 3/4l behind Capitoul (12-5) at Worcester 2m hcp (3) gd in Jun.
Innocent Touch (IRE) 6-1 (12-1) Chased leaders, not fluent 3rd, went 2nd before 3 out, led after 2 out, driven approaching last, headed narrowly flat, rallied to lead close hom, won at Stratford 2m hcp (3) gd in Aug beating Parthenius (11-10) by nk, 9 ran.
Mister Universum (GER) 11-1 (11-0) Chased leaders, outpaced after 3 out, rallied next, weakened flat, 5th of 13, 8 1/2l behind L'inganno Felice (11-5) at Market Rasen 2m 1f hcp lst (1) gd in Jul.
Cut The Corner (IRE) 5-2 (12-2) Held up in 4th, headway after 9th, ridden approaching 4 out, outpaced 3 out, weakened next, 4th of 5, 10 3/4l behind I'dliketheoption (10-11) at Worcester 2m hcp (3) gd in Jul.
Cool Sky 12-1 (9-2) Mid-division, ridden and effort on outside over 4f out, edged right over 2f out, stayed on same pace from over 1f out, 4th of 14, 19 1/2l behind Lil Rockerfeller (8-13) at Goodwood 2m 5f hcp (2) gd in Aug.
