dwelt, soon in touch, hard ridden and kept on same pace final 2f
behind, reluctant and tried to stop over 5f out, tailed off
mid-division, effort on wide outside over 2f out, soon weakened
behind, pushed along from 4f out, switched to wide outside and driven over 2f out, soon beaten
dwelt, behind, headway over 2f out, stayed on under pressure final furlong, never reached leaders
in touch until weakened over 2f out
made most and set strong pace, ridden and headed 2f out, soon edged left under pressure, weakened approaching final furlong
in touch, ridden and headway over 2f out, driven to lead inside final furlong, just held on, all out
chased leaders, led 2f out, kept on well until headed inside final furlong, unable to quicken near finish
dwelt, soon in mid-division, effort when not clear run on rail over 2f out, squeezed through over 1f out, strong run inside final furlong, just failed
slowly into stride, behind, some late headway, no danger
pulled hard and soon with leaders, weakened and eased 2f out
dwelt, soon chased leaders, pushed along 4f out, weakened over 2f out
Firewire won with plenty in hand at Kempton last week and is taken to follow up under a 6lb penalty with Giunchiglio and Russian Comrade rated the main dangers. The selection signalled that his turn would soon come when chasing home Must Be Magic at the Sunbury venue last month and could hardly have obliged in more impressive fashion when returning to the course on Wednesday, beating Somayda by four lengths. Still well handicapped on the pick of last season's form, the Brooke Sanders-trained five-year-old is the one they all have to beat. Giunchiglio is still a maiden but has shown enough in recent outings to suggest he is capable of taking a hand off his current mark, while James Tuck's Russian Comrade has his first outing since winning a handicap at Navan in June and could be interesting on his British debut. The lightly raced Samar Qand and Henry Candy's Amnesty are others worthy of a mention but in a poor contest Firewire is a confident selection.