held up in touch, ridden over 3f out, hung left 2f out, no headway
chased leaders, not much room and lost place just over 3f out, behind after
held up in touch, weakened well over 1f out
led, driven over 2f out, edged right inside final furlong, soon headed, not quicken
held up, came wide entering straight, never dangerous
held up, driven along over 2f out, good headway well over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on
held up, ridden and came wide entering straight, headway and switched left over 1f out, not trouble leaders
prominent, went 2nd 4f out, every chance over 2f out until hung right from just over 1f out, no extra
held up, headway on outside over 3f out, staying on when carried right from just over 1f out until just inside final furlong, not reach leading pair
chased leader 3f, remained close up until one pace inside final furlong
steadied start, in rear, not clear run over 3f out, never troubled leaders
Nonrunner
A big enough field to consider for this handicap and we take the well drawn Smart Ass to score, with Apply Dapply, Way To The Stars and Turkish Sultan others for the short list. Smart Ass goes well at this trip and his yard have had a winner this week, so he should be able to maintain the sort of form that has seen him runner up on his last two starts at Yarmouth and Newcastle. The ground is a slight concern, but we think he will just have the edge. Apply Dapply did it tough in winning a 6f Pontefract maiden on heavy and only just failed to follow up on good ground at Lingfield over this trip next time. Perhaps she didnt take to Southwell when last seen out in July, but she has to overcome a break now and for that reason is opposed. Way To The Stars went well over 7f on soft at Leicester last time and is due to go up 1lb from tomorrow, so should not be far away again off this mark and could prove better than Turkish Sultan, who is well drawn but has yet to convince on soft ground. But Smart Ass also has a good berth from stall two here and can take advantage.
Turkish Sultan (IRE) 12-1 (9-3) Held up, headway over 1f out, stayed on well final furlong, 3rd of 15, 6l behind Edaara (8-12) at Leicester 7f 3yo mdn (5) sft.
Apply Dapply 5-1 (9-8) Held up, pushed along before halfway, never dangerous, 8th of 13, 6l behind Scuba (9-1) at Southwell 6f hcp 0-75 (5) fbs in Jul.
Charlton 8-1 (8-13) Behind, ridden along over 3f out, kept on steadily from over 1f out, but not trouble leaders, 5th of 11, 4 1/2l behind Kasumi (8-7) at Sandown 7f 3yo hcp (5) gf in Sept.
River Kintyre 14-1 (8-9) Held up in rear, ridden 2f out, beaten when hung badly to stand's side rail from over 1f out, 12th of 16, 6l behind Trimlestown (8-13) at Newbury 7f hcp 0-80 (4) gd in Sept.
Way To The Stars 16-1 (9-1) Went right start, behind, headway over 1f out, stayed on final furlong, not reached winner, 2nd of 15, 1l behind Middleton Grey (9-6) at Leicester 7f app hcp (5) sft.
Smart Ass (IRE) 7-1 (8-8) In touch, effort over 2f out, went 2nd entering final furlong, kept on, 2nd of 14, 2l behind Passion Fruit (9-7) at Newcastle 7f fll hcp (5) gd in Sept.
Princess Lavinia 20-1 (8-13) Always towards rear, 8th of 15, 14l behind Major Magpie (9-3) at Pontefract 1m hcp 0-75 (5) gs in Sept.
The London Gang 16-1 (8-13) Towards rear far side, ridden halfway, stayed on well inside final furlong, 5th of 17, 4 1/2l behind Word Perfect (8-12) at Ayr 6f hcp 0-70 (5) sft in Sept.
