wore hood to post, pressed leader, led over 3f out, came clear final 2f, stayed on strongly
steadied start, held up in rear, headway out wide chasing leaders over 2f out, stayed on in 4th inside final furlong, not pace to challenge
tracked leaders, pushed along in 4th over 3f out, ridden and weakened inside final 2
raced keenly tracking leaders, ridden over 2f out, plugged on in 3rd final furlong
held up and behind, stayed on past weakening rivals inside final furlong, never a factor
slight lead, headed over 3f out, lost 2nd over 2f out, weakened soon after
held up in last trio, never on terms
mid-division, pushed along and outpaced when not clear run on inside over 2f out, soon switched left, ridden and plugged on inside final furlong
slowly into stride, held up in 6th, good headway tracking leaders 5f out, went 2nd over 2f out, soon ridden, stayed on same pace, no chance with winner
NOBLE PATRON has taken time to get his head in front but scored decisively over course and distance last time and faces similar conditions today. Power Station who came good at Salisbury and he should also be competitive off a 6lb higher mark. Breguet Boy's form is hard to catch right but could be interesting on a first run for Michael Attwater while Sun Festival is unexposed, though ahs also switched stables.
Noble Patron (IRE) 9-4 (9-2) Led early, tracked leader, led over 1f out, clear inside final furlong, comfortably, won at Windsor 1m hcp (4) gf in Jul beating Sir Edward Elgar (9-3) by 2 1/4l, 4 ran.
Daphne May 13-2 (9-4) Dwelt in touch centre, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong, 5th of 6, 21 1/4l behind Sweet Enough (9-5) at Yarmouth 1m hcp fll (4) gd in Aug.
Power Station 7-2 (9-4) Made all, ridden over 1f out, ran on, won at Salisbury 1m hcp (5) gd in Aug beating Mercurius Power (9-4) by 3 1/4l, 6 ran.
Breguet Boy (IRE) 12-1 (9-9) Chased leaders on inside, ridden over 1f out, weakened into 4th final 100 yards, 4th of 8, 3l behind Tellmeyourstory (8-11) at Carlisle 1m hcp (4) gf in Jul.
Shackleton Hero (IRE) 13-2 (9-7) Mid-division, 7th halfway, ridden and no impression 2f out, soon no extra, 7th of 8, 12 1/4l behind Cisco Disco (8-13) at Listowel 7f hcp Good - Yielding in Jun.
Sun Festival 8-1 (9-6) Steadied and went left start, held up tracking leaders in 4th, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and unable to quicken over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, 3rd of 7, 2l behind Graystone (8-12) at Yarmouth 1m hcp (5) gf in Jul.
Mabre (IRE) 6-1 (9-5) In rear, ridden 2f out, never trouble leaders, last of 7, 6 1/4l behind Overwrite (10-0) at Bath 1m hcp (4) gd in Aug.
Captain Claret 7-2jfav (9-7) In touch, headway and close up 5f out, pushed along over 2f out, kept on one pace final furlong, 3rd of 9, 5 1/4l behind Fitzrovia (8-10) at Bath 1m hcp (5) gd in Aug.
Mumtaaz (IRE) 11-2 (9-13) Raced wide until switched right to lead6f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, no extra, 4th of 12, 5 1/4l behind Crema Inglesa (9-3) at Sandown 1m hcp (5) gs in Aug.
