always behind
slowly into stride, soon in mid-division, pushed along halfway, weakened over 2f out
chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, stayed on same pace
held up towards rear, not clear run and switched right entering final 1f, no impression
soon led, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, weakened towards finish
chased leader, ridden to lead inside final furlong, headed and outpaced by winner final 100 yards
in touch, headway over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, not reached leaders
chased leaders until ridden and weakened final 1f
slowly into stride and always behind
held up in rear, pushed along and no danger final 2f
slowly into stride, outpaced in rear, ran on inside final furlong, nearest finish
held up in rear, good headway on inside over 1f out, soon chasing leaders, quickened between horses to lead final 100 yards, eased near line
chased leaders, pushed along halfway, weakened over 2f out
Another tricky race to call here with DVINSKY given the nod ahead of Bahamian Lad and Imprimis Tagula. The selection has a couple of course and distance wins to his name and has won from higher than today's mark of 75 on more than one occasion. He was not far away off the same rating at Kempton last time and we'll just give him the nod. Bahamian Lad will be popular after winning last time, although he has gone up 5lbs for that and has the worst of the draw to overcome tonight. Imprimis Tagula is potentially well handicapped and goes well over this trip, but has never won away from Southwell, which puts us off. Rio Cobolo is 6lbs higher than when scoring over 7f at Beverley last time and is also effective over this distance, while he appears to go on any surface, so we give him due respect despite his tougher task. Bonnie Prince Blue looks capable of closing the gap on Rio Cobolo based on their Catterick running, now 4lbs better off, but preference here is for Dvinsky.
Bahamian Lad 7-2 (9-6) Tracked leaders, led 1f out, ridden and ran on, won at Wolverhampton 6f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Sep beating Hellbender (9-4) by 2l, 11 ran.
Guertino (IRE) 66-1 (8-11) Chased leaders, ridden halfway, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 7, 9l behind Captain Dunne (8-9) at Beverley 5f cond Stakes (3) gf in Sep.
Imprimis Tagula (IRE) 10-1 (8-8) Behind, ridden halfway, never dangerous, 10th of 12, 10l behind Invincible Lad (8-12) at Southwell 5f hcp 0-90 (3) fbs in Sep.
Sharp Bullet (IRE) 10-1 (9-0) Behind, hard ridden over 1f out, no real impression final furlong, 5th of 8, 6l behind Evelyn May (8-1) at Kempton 5f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Sep.
Bonnie Prince Blue 9-2fav (8-9) Mid-division, ridden halfway, kept on final furlong, 5th of 9, 2 1/2l behind Rio Cobolo (8-4) at Catterick 6f hcp 0-80 (4) sft in Sep.
Lochan Mor 4-1 (9-2) Tracked leaders, not quicken 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 4th of 10, 3 1/2l behind Klynch (9-4) at Haydock 6f 3yo hcp 0-85 (4) sft in Jul.
Kingswinford (IRE) 11-2 (8-4) Tracked leader, hard ridden and effort over 1f out, stayed on well under pressure, 3rd of 14, 3/4l behind Rasaman (9-2) at Chester 6f hcp 0-85 (4) gf in Sep.
Dvinsky (USA) 5-2fav (9-6) Chased leader, ridden and every chance 1f out, not pace of winner inside final furlong, 2nd of 12, 1 1/2l behind Fantasy Gladiator (8-13) at Kempton 6f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Sep.
Rio Cobolo (IRE) 15-2 (8-12) Held up towards rear, headway and switched left over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on, won at Beverley 7f hcp 0-75 (5) gf in Sep beating Inter Vision (9-5) by nk, 14 ran.
Artsu 13-2 (9-4) Mid-division, not clear run over 1f out, switched right and headway entering final furlong, ran on, 6th of 16, 1/2l behind King Of Swords (8-8) at Beverley 5f hcp 0-75 (5) gf in Sep.
Hazelrigg (IRE) 8-1 (9-8) Slowly into stride, in rear, pushed along halfway, soon hung right, ran on inside final furlong nearest finish, 3rd of 9, 1 3/4l behind Mandarin Spirit (8-12) at Hamilton 5f hcp 0-80 (4) gd in Sep.
Green Park (IRE) 4-1 (9-11) Switched right start to race stand side, held up, ridden halfway, never near leaders, 6th of 10, 9l behind Jilly Why (8-10) at Nottingham 5f hcp 0-75 (5) hvy in Jul.
Mey Blossom 4-1fav (9-5) Stumbled badly leaving stalls, mid-division, pushed along 2f out, no headway, 8th of 13, 4 1/2l behind Speedy Senorita (9-1) at Beverley 5f fll hcp (5) gd in Aug.
