held up in touch, smooth headway over 3f out, tracked winner and grabbed rail inside final 3f, upsides from 2f out, stayed challenging until found no extra, held final 100 yards
held up in touch, pushed along 3f out, soon outpaced
tracked leader to halfway, prominent, led over 4f out, strongly pressed from 2f out, driven and stayed on gamely to assert final 100 yards
steadied start, held up in rear, switched to outside 4f out, headway on wide outside to track leading pair 2f out, pushed along and kept on well towards finish
held up, ridden 3f out, soon weakened
held up towards rear, headway approaching 3f out, modest 4th over 1f out
chased leaders, went 2nd halfway until over 4f out, weakened from 2f out
pulled hard, soon led, very wide on 1st turn, headed over 4f out, weakened quickly over 2f out
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Nonrunner
We start the evening with a wide open amateur riders' handicap and while Mustajed and Maslak are potentially well treated we make preference for the on form FALCON ROCK. With most of the selection's six pound penalty for a comfortable enough victory last time negated by his pilot's claim, he should continue in a rich vein of form as long, as expected, he stays this far. Mustajed's last two victories came on the all-weather surfaces the most recent off a mark five pounds higher. He is just as effective on turf so looks well weighted. Maslak finished second best off this mark last time and comes into this race better off with his jockey taking three pounds off his back. In the past he has won when 15lbs higher in the ratings and while those performances are fading memories a return to form might be on the cards. Randama Bay is capable of better than he's shown recently and as such is possibly well treated while State General looks in with a chance given his weight for age allowance. Not the most straight forward start to the card but Falcon Rock looks the the best option.
Falcon Rock (IRE) 11-4fav (9-13) Dwelt, held up, headway and switched left over 1f out then right, driven to lead well inside final furlong, won at Windsor 1m 2f hcp 0-75 (5) in Jul beating Wing Play (9-11) by 1l, 13 ran.
Crossbow Creek 50-1 (9-8) Dwelt, always towards rear, 13th of 15, well behind Overrule (9-6) at Carlisle 1m 3f hcp 0-80 (4) gf in Jun.
Maslak (IRE) 12-1 (10-0) Held up in touch, led over 2f out, soon ridden, headed narrowly well inside final furlong, ran on, 2nd of 13, nk behind Sporting Gesture (8-7) at Pontefract 1m 4f hcp 0-70 (5) gd in Jul.
Mustajed 6-1 (8-12) Soon settled in touch, challenged over 3f out, led over 2f out, headed well over 1f out, no chance with winner, lost out battle for 2nd, 3rd of 10, 5l behind Sir Boss (9-7) at Ffos Las 1m 4f hcp 0-75 (5) gd in Jul.
State General (IRE) 8-1 (9-2) Held up in 6th, driven along over 2f out, soon weakened and eased, last of 7, 18l behind Final Victory (9-3) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Jun.
Apache Fort 12-1 (8-10) In touch, ridden 3f out, weakened 2f out, 6th of 7, 17l behind Silent Applause (9-0) at Newmarket 1m 4f hcp 0-75 (5) gf in Jun.
Captain Oats (IRE) 16-1 (9-12) Held up, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on final furlong but never trouble leaders, 4th of 10, 8l behind Iguacu (9-11) at Nottingham 1m 2f (6) gd in Jul.
Wicksy Creek 100-1 (9-12) Keen, tracked leaders, chased leader over 4f out, ridden and every chance over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 5th of 12, 14l behind Bavarica (10-9) at Newmarket 1m 2f am hcp 0-70 (5) gd in Jul.
Force Group (IRE) 11-2 (8-8) Dwelt, tracked leaders, went far side over 7f out, led that group 3f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 3rd of 7, 2 1/2l behind Coeur de Lionne (8-12) at Newmarket 1m 4f hcp 0-85 (4) gd.
Randama Bay (IRE) 11-2 (11-2) Held up in mid-division, ridden 3f out, no headway, soon beaten, 8th of 11, 9l behind Gallego (10-8) at Salisbury 1m am hcp 0-75 (5) gf in Jul.
Drum Major (IRE) 15-2 (9-0) Led, strongly pressed 2f out, headed and weakened over 1f out, 10th of 11, 13l behind Isabelonabicycle (9-1) at Kempton 2m hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Jul.
Blockley (USA) 10-1 (10-13) Held up, ridden over 2f out, never nearer, 6th of 12, 15l behind Bavarica (10-9) at Newmarket 1m 2f am hcp 0-70 (5) gd in Jul.
Megalala (IRE) 7-1 (10-0) Led, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, edged left and soon one pace, 5th of 7, 3 1/2l behind Hollow Green (9-7) at Windsor 1m 4f hcp 0-70 (5) gd in Jul.
