slowly away, always in rear
keen early tracked leader, led 2f out, ridden and ran on
keen in rear, ridden 3f out, ran on final furlong, never near leaders
pulled hard tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, kept on one pace
led, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened final furlong
close up, ridden and slightly outpaced halfway, headway over 1f out, effort to press winner approaching final furlong, edged right and kept on one pace
raced wide, held up in touch, ridden 2f out, effort approaching final furlong, kept on same pace
close up, ridden 3f out, weakened 2f out
slowly away, behind and outpaced
Atlantic Story has won 11 times on the Polytrack and would have made short work of these in his heyday. But how much ability he retains after a lengthy absence is open to conjecture. Unlimited is usually thereabouts in this grade and will be pressing for a place again while Qeethaara won four times at Kempton between January and March and has her sights lowered here. BAWAARDI appears to have the best recent form, however, having beaten Unlimited in a C&D seller three runs ago. Not disgraced in better company at Haydock and Ayr since, he can get back to winning ways today. St Oswald was in decent form earlier in the year but seems to reserve his best for the Fibresand.
Atlantic Story (USA) 25-1 (9-3) Keen in rear, ridden over 2f out, heavily eased final furlong, virtually pulled up, last of 12, well behind Dunelight (9-3) at Wolverhampton 7f Listed stks (1) pol in Mar '11.
St Oswald 12-1 (8-7) Slowly into stride, soon tracking leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 12, 12l behind Able Master (9-0) at Ayr 7f hcp 0-85 (4) gf in Jun.
Unlimited 8-1 (9-13) Reared start, chased leaders, effort over 1f out, switched right inside final furlong, kept on well towards finish, 3rd of 4, 1 1/4l behind Bunce (9-8) at Windsor 6f sell stks (6) sft in Jun.
Qeethaara (USA) 25-1 (9-4) Raced wide towards rear, never on terms, 11th of 13, 22l behind Hurricane Spirit (9-4) at Kempton 1m app hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Jun.
Ansells Pride (IRE) 9-2 (9-0) Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong, last of 7, 16l behind Hierarch (9-0) at Brighton 7f hcp 0-65 (6) gf in Jun.
Bawaardi (IRE) 16-1 (8-11) Slowly into stride, soon pushed along in rear, never near leaders, 8th of 12, 6l behind Ginger Jack (9-0) at Ayr 7f hcp 0-85 (4) gf in May.
Buaiteoir (FR) 12-1 (9-10) Dwelt, always behind, 12th of 13, 28l behind Shamir (10-0) at Kempton 1m hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Jun '11.
Clearing House 5-1 (9-10) Held up in touch, headway over 2f out, ridden to challenge over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 4th of 11, 3l behind Kipchak (9-9) at Lingfield 1m hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Jun '11.
Tata Corner (IRE) 150-1 (10-12) Tracked leader until before 4th, weakened approaching 3 out, pulled up before 2 out, in a race won by Paddy Partridge (11-5) at Market Rasen 2m 1f sell hdl (4) gd in Jun, 7 ran.