held up, dropped to rear 7f out, ridden over 2f out, kept on to go a never dangerous 4th inside final furlong
steadied start, in rear, improved to track leader halfway, ridden 3f out, hampered and switched left 2f out, led inside final furlong, ran on
set steady pace, ridden and came stand side over 2f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, rallied and ran on
tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, went 3rd inside final furlong, no trouble leaders
tracked leader, ridden over 3f out, weakened final furlong
raced keenly in rear, ridden over 2f out, not trouble leaders
LIGHT BLOW was unfancied for her handicap debut in a better race than this at Beverley and ran accordingly. Today's longer trip will suit and Sir Henry Cecil's filly is preferred to Bow River Arch, who still looks too high in the weights and is closely matched with Blazing Field on their running at Sandown in July. Native Colony failed to run his race on the Fibresand at Southwell last time but August's Yarmouth winner is not out of this, while Handles For Forks has place claims again.
Bow River Arch (USA) 5-2fav (8-8) Held up in last trio, headway and bumped 3f out, not clear run and switched to inside over 2f out, soon chasing leader, driven and every chance over 1f out, stayed on same pace final furlong, 3rd of 8, 6l behind Money Money Money (9-9) at Lingfield 2m hcp 0-75 (5) gd in Jul.
Light Blow (USA) 7-1 (8-10) Led, ridden and headed 2f out, soon edged left, no extra inside final furlong, 6th of 7, 8l behind The Bells O Peover (8-12) at Beverley 1m 4f 3yo hcp 0-85 (4) gf in Sep.
Native Colony 7-2 (9-2) Tracked winner until 10f out, soon ridden and last, weakened 7f out, tailed off, 6th of 7, well behind All My Heart (8-13) at Southwell 1m 6f hcp 0-75 (5) fbs in Aug.
Handles For Forks (IRE) 5-1 (8-6) Bumped start, held up, headway over 3f out, edged right and stayed on inside final furlong, not able to challenge, 4th of 12, 3 1/2l behind May Contain Nuts (8-12) at Pontefract 2m 1f hcp 0-75 (5) gf in Sep.
Strewth (IRE) 12-1 (8-7) Tracked leaders, ridden and weakened over 2f out, last of 9, well behind Aiken (9-2) at Ascot 1m 4f 3yo hcp 0-85 (4) gs in Jul.
C P Joe (IRE) 6-1 (9-3) Towards rear, headway 5f out, hung left 4f out, plugged on one pace, 4th of 9, 31l behind Final Liberation (9-4) at Nottingham 2m 3yo hcp 0-65 (6) gf in Jul.
Blazing Field 10-1 (8-1) Prominent, ridden over 2f out, lost place and hampered over 1f out, 9th of 13, 16l behind Manifestation (9-0) at Doncaster 1m 7f hcp 0-85 (4) gd in Aug.