pressed leader, led 2f out, ridden over 1f out, edged slightly right, held on well
towards rear, not clear run and effort well over 1f out, soon hung left, never on terms
held up in rear, not clear run well over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, nearest finish
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, lost place over 1f out
towards rear, took keen hold, headway over 1f out, went 2nd and edged left entering final furlong, ran on well, not reach winner
led, headed 2f out, weakened entering final furlong
chased leaders, ridden and lost place over 2f out
pulled hard, chased leaders, driven and hung left over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong
This is the evening's feature and it's quite competitive. Bath runner-up Entertaining Ben looks the pick of the three-year-olds, ahead of Kestrel Call, but Rich Again can never be left out of calculations around here. However, along with Desert Strike, he finished behind ETERNITYS GATE at Chelmsford last month and is worse off at the weights. Ivan Furtado's charge is also a course and distance winner and gets the nod today. Oriental Relation is held by the selection on Pontefract running in June but is better on the all-weather so could reach the frame.
Eleuthera 10-1 (9-6) Chased winner until ridden inside final furlong, no extra, 4th of 10, 5 1/2l behind Aprovado (9-2) at Redcar 6f hcp (5) gd in Sep.
Oriental Relation (IRE) 14-1 (9-1) Tracked leader, ridden over 1f out, lost place inside final furlong, 8th of 13, 5l behind Seamster (9-1) at Thirsk 5f hcp (4) gf in Aug.
Red Stripes (USA) 50-1 (9-2) Tracked leaders, lost place well over 1f out, 10th of 15, 5 1/2l behind Orient Class (8-11) at Haydock 5f hcp (4) gd in Sep.
Rich Again (IRE) 6-1 (9-6) Towards rear, headway and not much rom 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 7th of 12, 4 1/4l behind Top Boy (9-7) at Chelmsford City 5f hcp (4) pol in Aug.
Kestrel Call (IRE) 12-1 (8-12) Mid-division, weakened over 1f out, last of 9, 16 3/4l behind Swirral Edge (8-8) at Thirsk 5f hcp (4) sft in Aug.
Eternitys Gate 20-1 (9-3) Slowly into stride, towards rear, headway 1f out, ridden and kept on inside final furlong, 6th of 12, 3 3/4l behind Top Boy (9-7) at Chelmsford City 5f hcp (4) pol in Aug.
Entertaining Ben 33-1 (9-4) Led, driven over 1f out, ridden inside final furlong, kept on, headed narrowly near finish, 2nd of 5, nk behind Lapilli (9-13) at Bath 5f hcp (5) fm in Aug.
Desert Strike 33-1 (9-2) Held up mid-division, lost place over 3f out, last of 12, 7 3/4l behind Top Boy (9-7) at Chelmsford City 5f hcp (4) pol in Aug.
Noble Asset 25-1 (9-0) Led, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 10, 3 1/2l behind Fast Act (9-5) at Windsor 5f hcp (4) gs in Sep.
