hung right almost throughout, held up in mid-division, headway on outside over 2f out, wide on home turn, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
raced keenly, chased chased leader until well over 1f out, chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, weakened final furlong
led, ridden well over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, not much room and weakened well inside final furlong
held yup in mid-division, headway over 1f out, switched right and ran on inside final furlong to lead well inside final furlong, readily
slowly into stride, took keen hold and held up in rear, headway and edged left over 1f out, hung left and kept on inside final furlong, not reach leaders
steadied and switched left start, held up in rear, headway over 1f out, hung left and ran on inside final furlong, went 2nd final strides, not reach winner
took keen hold, chased leaders, ridden and weakened over 1f out
held up in mid-division on inside, pushed along halfway, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
fly-jumped start, soon chased leaders, went 2nd well over 1f out, ridden to lead and hung badly left inside final furlong, headed and no extra well inside final furlong, lost 2nd final strides
chased leaders, pushed along 3f out, ridden over 1f out, weakening when carried left and hampered well inside final furlong
chased leaders on inside, ridden and every chance inside final furlong, weakened well inside final furlong
Nonrunner
Harmony Bay won over 6f at Salisbury last week and stays this longer trip while Tulip Dress is upped 5lb for winning over today’s distance at Leicester where she beat Marcle. ENCORE MOI (NAP) has not won anywhere yet but was narrowly beaten here on her penultimate start and she gets the vote in first-time blinkers with Luke Morris taking over the reins. Guanabara Bay has slid down the weights and Luang Prabang has been left on the same mark despite getting steadily closer.
Harmony Bay (IRE) 5-1 (9-7) Chased leaders, led 1f out, ran on well, clear inside final 100 yards, won at Salisbury 6f hcp (6) gs in Sep beating Nidnod (8-7) by 3 1/4l, 11 ran.
Ginger Joe 16-1 (9-7) Raced wide, in touch, ridden and headway over 1f out, faded inside final furlong, 7th of 10, 3 1/2l behind Mango Chutney (9-3) at Thirsk 7f hcp (6) gf in Jul.
Marcle (IRE) 11-1 (8-11) Tracked leader, ridden 3f out, no extra final 2f, 5th of 9, 5 3/4l behind Mia Tesoro (9-3) at Bath 1m hcp (5) fm in Aug.
Luang Prabang (IRE) 12-1 (9-6) Held up towards rear, headway between horses over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, not reach leaders, 4th of 9, 1 1/2l behind Don't Blame Me (9-7) at Kempton 6f hcp (6) pol in Aug.
Sexton Blake (IRE) 9-1 (9-2) Slowly into stride, chased leaders, effort over 2f out, weakened entering final furlong, 6th of 9, 5 1/4l behind Dear Bruin (9-6) at Lingfield 6f hcp (5) gf in Aug.
Guanabara Bay (IRE) 11-4jfav (9-7) Tracked leaders, challenged over 2f out, every chance over 1f out, no extra final 100 yards, 5th of 8, 6l behind Fleeting Dream (9-2) at Salisbury 6f hcp (6) gs in Sep.
Rock Warbler (IRE) 33-1 (8-6) Keen led 1f, tracked leaders, weakened over 2f out, last of 7, dist behind Shawaahid (9-6) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (4) pol in Aug.
Tulip Dress 33-1 (8-13) Outpaced and behind, good headway approaching 2f out, led inside final furlong, ran on, won at Leicester 7f hcp (6) gf in Aug beating Marcle (9-7) by 1 3/4l, 14 ran.
Encore Moi 9-2 (9-4) Tracked leaders, switched right 2f out, went 2nd over 1f out until inside final furlong, stayed on same pace, 3rd of 12, 2 3/4l behind Broughtons Vision (9-6) at Kempton 1m hcp (6) pol in Aug.
Broughtons Fancy 11-2 (9-0) Held up towards rear, ridden over 2f out, no progress, last of 8, 9 1/2l behind Nag's Wag (9-7) at Kempton 6f hcp fll (5) pol in Aug.
Arlecchino's Rock 11-2 (9-3) Prominent on outside, led 4f out, headed over 1f out, no extra towards finish, 6th of 10, 3 1/2l behind Whipphound (8-9) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp (6) pol in Aug.
Peppard 7-1 (9-3) Took keen hold, tracked leader, led briefly over 2f out, lost 2nd entering final 2f, hung right over 1f out, weakening when hampered approaching final furlong, 5th of 7, 4 3/4l behind African Showgirl (9-1) at Ffos Las 1m hcp (6) gd in Aug.
