chased leader until over 8f out, pushed along over 3f out, weakened from over 1f out
chased leaders, ridden and edged left 2f out, edged left inside final furlong, lost 3rd and no extra towards finish
held up towards rear, raced keenly, last 7f out, lost touch final 3f
led, ridden and headed 2f out, stayed on, no impression inside final 100 yards
slowly into stride, held up in rear, effort on outside over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
held up towards rear, closed over 5f out, nowhere to go from over 2f out until inside final furlong, stayed on well inside final 100 yards, went 3rd towards finish
chased leaders, went 2nd over 8f out, led 2f out, stayed on well
Barenboim was second over 1m2f here before his latest fourth at Lingfield but Silvestris has a poor strike-rate and ran a shocker at Yarmouth two weeks ago. Pure Bubbles looks to have every chance eased in grade and dropped in the weights but the step up in trip could be troublesome for Zhang Fei, who was well beaten over a mile last time. KELMSCOTT would probably have gone close over 1m4f at Brighton last time had he not missed the break. He is an improving gelding and blinkers are added today.
Pure Bubbles (GER) 14-1 (8-7) Prominent early, soon steadied mid-division on inside, plugged on between horses inside final furlong, never going pace to threaten, 5th of 11, 4 1/2l behind Lydford (9-10) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (3) pol in Aug.
Silvestris 7-2 (9-5) Led, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened final furlong, last of 6, 16l behind Ace Rothstein (9-6) at Yarmouth 1m 3f hcp (5) gd in Aug.
Wonder Ajaya (IRE) 40-1 (9-2) Midfield, pushed along over 2f out, soon ridden, plugged on one pace final furlong, 4th of 10, 13l behind Mo'assess (9-2) at Kempton 1m stks (4) pol in Aug.
Barenboim 9-2 (8-0) Led, pushed along 3f out, ridden and headed just inside final furlong, no extra towards finish, 4th of 12, 2 1/2l behind Anythingtoday (9-10) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (3) gf in Aug.
Kelmscott (IRE) 15-8 (8-11) Dwelt in rear, ridden and headway entering final 2f, one pace final furlong, 4th of 8, 1 1/4l behind Ravens Ark (9-10) at Brighton 1m 4f hcp (4) gf in Aug.
Zhang Fei (FR) 10-3fav (9-8) Soon tracking leader and raced keenly, led after 1f until inside final 5f, led again narrowly over 2f out until over 1f out, weakened final furlong, last of 9, 6 1/4l behind Sharla (9-4) at Kempton 1m hcp (5) pol in Aug.
Liberated Lad 33-1 (8-8) Raced wide chasing leaders, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 8, 6 1/2l behind Just Jacob (9-2) at Newbury 1m 2f hcp (5) gd in Aug.