led, jumped right 4th, ridden after 10th, headed before 3 out, soon weakened
held up, not fluent 1st, mistake 4th, shaken up 8th, headway after 11th, 3rd when mistake 3 out, well held by winner from next
chased leader from 1st, not fluent 4th, mistake 7th, challenged 11th, led before 3 out, drawing clear when mistake 2 out, very easily
2nd until the 1st, chased leaders, closed after 4th, ridden and hanging left after 6th, mistake 10th, went 2nd 3 out, well held by winner from next
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River Of Intrigue was engaged to run at Stratford yesterday and Free Range has changed stables and gone up 11lb since winning at Kelso, though doesn’t have many miles on the clock. BLAGAPAR (NAP) has also been lightly raced and his second to Cabaret Queen here last Thursday may turn out to be decent form. He gets 9lb from the top weight so has to be the selection. Morning Herald and General Picton are both from yards that get winners in races of this type.
Free Range (IRE) 9-2 (11-11) Made all, clear briefly 6th, not fluent 8th, clear again 11th, not fluent next, stayed on well, unchallenged, won at Kelso 2m 6f hcp (4) gd in May beating Bocasien Desbois (10-10) by 10l, 7 ran.
Morning Herald 40-1 (11-7) Held up towards rear, pushed along before 7th, tailed off, pulled up, 9th of 12, dist behind Black Sam Bella (11-1) at Uttoxeter 2m 7f hcp (3) gd in May.
Blagapar (FR) 4-1 (11-5) Held up in touch, tracked leaders 10th, went 2nd before 3 out, 2 lengths down last, ridden and kept on flat, always held, 2nd of 7, 2l behind Cabaret Queen (11-8) at Uttoxeter 3m hcp (4) gd in Jun.
General Picton (IRE) 80-1 (10-12) Chased leaders, outpaced before 4 out, plugged on run-in, 4th of 7, 34l behind Champ (11-4) at Warwick 2m 5f (4) gs in May.
River Of Intrigue (IRE) 6-1 (11-3) Led, hit 6th, headed 11th, weakened before 4 out, 6th of 7, dist behind Barton Rose (10-10) at Uttoxeter 2m 4f hcp (4) gd in Sep.