wore hood to post, stumbled and hampered leaving stalls, steady headway out wide chasing leaders 3f out, ridden to lead and hung right inside 2f, stayed on gamely
slowly into stride, soon pushed along and racing in mid-division, headway chasing leaders edging left over 1f out, never going pace to reach leaders
chased leaders out wide, weakened inside final 2f
held up off the pace towards rear, headway out widest chasing leaders 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, just held
raced keenly chasing leaders, slightly hampered inside final 5f, pushed along 3f out, weakening when slightly hampered 2f out
chased leaders, not much room on inside bend over 4f out, weakened inside final 2f
led and set good pace, strongly pressed 3f out, ridden and headed inside final 2f, soon lost 2nd, hung left and weakened over 1f out
held up off the pace in rear, headway towards outside over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, not reach winner
quickly away, chased leaders, weakened over 1f out
raced keenly, chased leader, challenged 3f out, ridden and lost 2nd 2f out, soon weakened
Island Bandit landed a hat-trick when scoring again at Sandown and is penalised while Liangel Hope is upped in class bidding for a four-timer. There was cut in the ground when Snapcracklepop won over track and trip recently and Nuvolari is preferred after going close at Haydock but CROUPIER (NAP) looks the one to side with. The latter was having his first outing of the year when third of four in a higher grade contest at Newmarket and the Crisfords’ yard continues to fire-in the winners. Dairerin travels over from Ireland 7lb higher than when scoring at Galway while Ana Gold is preferred to Unsung Hero of the rest.
Croupier (IRE) 6-1 (8-12) Tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace, 3rd of 4, 4 1/2l behind Bay Of Honour (9-3) at Newmarket 1m hcp (2) gf in Aug.
Dairerin 3-1 (10-1) Mid-division, ridden into 6th 3f out, no impression in 4th 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 5th of 11, 2 1/4l behind Sir Antonino (9-7) at Galway 1m 1f hcp Good - Yielding in Jul.
Nuvolari 9-2 (9-10) In rear, nudged along to improve over 3f out, driven and headway 2f out, stayed on strongly final furlong, 2nd of 10, nk behind Delorean (9-7) at Haydock 1m hcp (4) gd in Aug.
New Pursuit (IRE) 16-1 (8-13) Prominent, pushed along over 2f out, soon lost place, faded inside final furlong, 12th of 16, 11 1/2l behind Empirestateofmind (9-10) at Thirsk 1m hcp (3) gs in Jul.
Island Bandit (IRE) 16-1 (8-8) Chased leaders, ridden and switched to rail 2f out, led 1f out, stayed on gamely when challenged well inside last, just prevailed, won at Sandown 1m hcp (4) gd in Aug beating Ikhtiraaq (9-10) by hd, 14 ran.
Snapcracklepop 11-2 (8-13) Tracked leaders on inside, pushed along over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, went 2nd edged left and stayed on inside final furlong, led final 100 yards, won at Windsor 1m hcp (4) gs in Aug beating Kaatibb (9-9) by 1/2l, 10 ran.
Liangel Hope (IRE) 9-2 (9-8) Midfield, ridden and headway 2f out, joined leader when bumped 1f out, ran on well to lead inside final furlong, won at Salisbury 1m hcp (5) gf in Aug beating Codify (9-2), 8 ran.
Ana Gold 7-1 (8-10) Rear mid-division, pushed along and headway over 2f out, ridden in 3rd 1f out, kept on one pace, 3rd of 14, 3l behind Tarrabb (9-4) at Haydock 1m hcp fll (4) gd in Aug.
Freddy Robinson 11-1 (8-2) Tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened 1f out, 6th of 9, 10 1/4l behind Visibility (8-9) at Pontefract 1m 2f hcp (4) gf in Jun.
Unsung Hero (IRE) 5-6fav (9-9) Soon led, steadied back to track leaders over 5f out, chased winner over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on one pace final furlong, 2nd of 3, 3/4l behind Loquace (9-10) at Brighton 1m hcp (6) gf in Aug.
