in rear, switched left 1f out, hampered inside final furlong, always behind
mid-division, headway and switched right entering final furlong, never troubled leaders
led after 1f, clear 2f out, ridden over 1f out, headed near finish, regained lead post
mid-division, came wide entering straight and hung left, soon lost place
led 1f, remained prominent, pushed along over 3f out, ridden to chase winner briefly 2f out, not much room on inside over 1f out, stayed on same pace
tracked leaders until weakened well over 1f out
prominent, chased winner over 4f out until ridden 2f out, weakened over 1f out
tracked leaders, switched right over 2f out, chased winner well over 1f out, soon hung badly left, no extra well inside final furlong (placed 4th)
tracked leaders, raced keenly, not much room and lost place over 2f out, no impression when not much room inside final furlong
slowly into stride, towards rear, headway on inside well over 1f out, soon badly hampered, switched right inside final furlong, ran on towards finish (placed 3rd)
soon behind, always in rear
slowly away, took keen hold, headway halfway, not clear run well over 1f out, led near finish, headed post
slowly into stride, in rear, ridden over 2f out, hung left over 1f out, never dangerous
This is a low grade but competitive handicap in which THE CITY KID's course form is enough to sway us just in favour of that one ahead of Poppy's Rose while Bertie Southstreet looks and each-way play. Four of the pick's six career victories have come at this venue with the latest coming off this mark. He's been off the boil a bit since but there have been signs of life in his last two runs so it is possible for him to get back to winning ways. Poppy's Rose is yet to win on the polytrack but her two near misses this summer when two pounds worse off show she does handle it and her mark is also a plus. Bertie Southstreet has been running with some success in sellers recently but now back in the handicap ranks he should go well enough to get some minor prizes having only found an inform runner too good off five pounds higher in December at this level. Dickie Le Davoir is really well treated based on his turf mark but he¿s no where near as good on the polytrack so the slighter safer option might be The City Kid.
Bahamian Bliss 7-1 (9-4) Chased leaders until ridden and outpaced 2f out, no headway after, 8th of 11, 8l behind Rondeau (9-8) at Lingfield 6f hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Jul.
The City Kid (IRE) 4-1fav (9-1) Mid-division, ridden along and headway over 2f, one pace final furlong, 5th of 14, 3 1/2l behind Norcroft (9-6) at Southwell 7f hcap (6) fbs in Jan.
Bertie Southstreet 7-1 (9-5) With leaders, led 3f out, headed well over 1f out, weakened approaching final furlong, 7th of 15, 7l behind Cwmni (8-1) at Bath 6f sell stks (5) gd in Jul.
Dhhamaan (IRE) 15-2 (9-2) Tracked leader, led 4f out, headed approaching final furlong, soon weakened, 7th of 11, 6l behind Kyleene (9-8) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp 0-70 (5) pol.
Bertie Vista 7-1 (9-8) Raced keenly in mid-division, headway 2f out, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 15, 9l behind Union Jack Jackson (8-7) at Beverley 7f clm stks (5) gd.
Cactus Curtsey 33-1 (9-0) Restless in stalls, in touch, pushed along 3f out, soon driven and beaten, 5th of 7, 26l behind Sterling Sound (9-0) at Ascot 1m 3yo mdn (4) gf in Jul.
Gioacchino (IRE) 7-1 (8-9) Tracked leaders, ridden halfway, weakened quickly final furlong, 11th of 12, 6l behind Neo's Mate (8-10) at Catterick 6f hcp 0-60 (6) sft in Jul.
Poppy's Rose 4-1 (9-4) Held up towards rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, not clear run and switched left inside final furlong, stayed on, 4th of 14, 2 1/4l behind Rafta (9-3) at Thirsk 6f fll hcp (5) gd in Jul.
Great Knight (IRE) 15-2 (9-7) Mid-division, outpaced over 2f out, weakening when not much room over 1f out, last of 12, 11l behind Connor's Choice (8-11) at Lingfield 6f sell stks (6) gf.
Dickie Le Davoir 9-2 (9-10) Slowly into stride, in rear, ridden over 2f out, effort 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 8th of 11, 18l behind C'mon You Irons (9-7) at Pontefract 6f hcp 0-75 (5) sft in Jul.
Ay Tay Tate (IRE) 9-1 (8-11) Always behind, pushed along, struggling 3f out, 7th of 8, 16l behind Flying Silks (8-11) at Pontefract 1m 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) gd.
Loyal Royal (IRE) 25-1 (9-2) Slowly into stride, towards rear, effort over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 10th of 16, 8l behind Rock Anthem (9-5) at Lingfield 1m hcp 0-65 (6) gf.
Mafaheem 20-1 (9-6) Slowly away, well outpaced in rear, made some headway final furlong, no danger, 8th of 16, 11l behind Mr Skipiton (9-6) at Yarmouth 6f hcp 0-60 (6) gd in Jul.
