held up in mid-division, pushed along over 3f out, headway over 2f out, one pace and no impression from over 1f out
mid-division, headway over 2f out, edged left well over 1f out, soon weakened
chased leaders, pushed along 4f out, lost place over 3f out, soon behind
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, went 2nd over 1f out, no impression on winner, lost 2nd well inside final furlong
slowly into stride, in rear, well behind final 3f
slowly away, behind headway 2f out, stayed on from over 1f out, went 2nd well inside final furlong, no impression on winner
chased leader, led well over 1f out, soon edged right, clear inside final furlong, comfortably
led, headed over 2f out, one pace inside final furlong
Ballet Red was only beaten a head over 7f on debut at Kempton and she’ll go close here if transferring that form to Turf. Two Blondes has been placed in four of his six starts but he’s never really looked like winning so far and could find at least one too good again. West End Charmer was quite well backed at Goodwood eight days ago but weakened quickly once headed. However, he’ll come on for the experience and ROBERT FITZROY is also open to plenty of improvement. Easy to back at Newmarket last month, Michael Bell’s gelding ran green but was staying on once the penny dropped and the extra furlong should be right up his street.
Jacko (IRE) Dark Angel colt out of Tartessian.
Robert Fitzroy (IRE) 33-1 (9-2) Towards rear, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 6th of 11, 4 1/2l behind Dubai Dominion (9-2) at Newmarket 7f stks (4) gs in Jul.
Summa Force (IRE) 25-1 (9-2) In rear and soon pushed along, well beaten over 2f out, 10th of 11, 17l behind Triggered (9-2) at Ffos Las 6f stks (5) gd in Aug.
Two Blondes (IRE) 11-1 (8-8) Raced keenly, held up towards rear, switched sharply left to outside 2f out, soon hung right and no headway, 12th of 17, 7 1/4l behind More Than This (9-5) at Goodwood 7f (2) gd in Aug.
Alcatraz Island (GER) Rock Of Gibraltar gelding out of African Queen.
The Olympian (IRE) Olympic Glory gelding out of Basira.
West End Charmer (IRE) 7-2 (9-0) Led, headed over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened, last of 8, 12 3/4l behind Duke Of Hazzard (9-0) at Goodwood 7f mdn stks (2) gf in Aug.
Ballet Red (FR) 50-1 (9-0) Tracked leaders, went 2nd from 2f out, driven 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, closing towards finish, just held, 2nd of 8, hd behind Spirit Kingdom (9-0) at Kempton 7f fll stks (4) pol in Jun.
