chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, no extra well inside final furlong
held up, headway when hampered over 1f out, ran on, not reached winner
chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace
chased leaders, ridden when switched right over 1f out, one pace inside final furlong
hung right, with winner 3f, weakened well over 1f out
slowly into stride, mid-division, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on, never troubled leaders
made all, ridden over 1f out, ran on
slowly into stride, behind, kept on from over 1f out, never dangerous
slowly into stride, mid-division, ridden and headway over 1f out, never troubled leaders
in touch, ridden halfway, soon weakened
slowly into stride, always towards rear
The vote here goes to Salon Prive ahead of Imtalkinggibberish. It is an interesting move to drop Salon Prive to five furlongs following good runs at six and seven, but a repeat of either of his last two efforts ought to be good enough to secure a big run and we will back the trainer's judgement in his choice of trip. Blue Moon Hitman has a chance based on his June maiden run on Lingfield's turf but hasn't really built on that, but Imtalkinggibberish has been knocking at the door of late, including here, and should be in the shake-up again. To be fair, the others seem to need to improve by a few pounds to feature so Salon Prive has a good chance to earn some winning brackets and is taken to do just that.