held up towards rear, headway when not much room over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on well
prominent, ridden and repeatedly bumped from over 1f out until inside final furlong where every chance, hampered and eased towards finish
held up in mid-division, pushed along over 6f out, driven and effort over 1f out, not able to challenge
tracked leaders, ridden on outside over 2f out, hung badly left from over 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, stayed on, just held
tracked leaders, pushed along over 5f out, went 2nd over 4f out, led over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, bumped and unable to quicken
soon mid-division, pushed along 4f out, no impression over 1f out
led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
PERCEUS sets the standard with a mark of 78 and that may prove good enough in this. He finished third at Nottingham earlier in the month but Mountainside has not raced since July. Assagher, Estikhraaj and Vanishing all look likely improvers having made modest debut efforts while Aabir and Takahiro are both related to winners and worth a second glance in the betting on their racecourse debuts.
Aabir (IRE) Invincible Spirit colt out of Phillippa.
Assagher (USA) 5-1 (9-5) Slowly into stride, soon mid-division, headway 2f out, switched right over 1f out, one pace and no impression inside final furlong, 4th of 12, 8l behind Heatstroke (9-5) at Kempton 1m 2yo mdn stks (4) pol in Oct.
Become Aware Sakhee gelding out of Sainte Gig.
Estikhraaj 14-1 (9-5) Mid-division, outpaced 3f out, ridden and stayed on inside final furlong, never reached leaders, 5th of 14, 5l behind Victory Megastar (9-5) at Kempton 7f 2yo mdn stks (5) pol.
Mountainside 6-1 (9-5) Tracked leaders, headway near side over 2f out, ridden chasing leading pair over 1f out until not clear run and switched left inside final furlong, plugged on into 3rd again close home, 3rd of 8, 2 3/4l behind Orlando Rogue (9-5) at Yarmouth 7f 2yo mdn (5) gf in Jul.
Perceus 9-2 (9-5) Close up, pressed winner 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, 3rd of 17, 2l behind Arcano Gold (9-5) at Nottingham 1m 2yo mdn (5) gd.
Takahiro Kyllachy colt out of Marliana.
Devonshire Place (IRE) 16-1 (8-11) Dwelt towards rear, ridden 2f out, never on terms, 10th of 15, 8l behind Suffused (9-0) at Newmarket 7f mdn (4) gs.
Regal Ways (IRE) 9-1 (9-0) Chased leaders, went 2nd 3f out, ridden and no chance with winner over 1f out, lost two places well inside final furlong, 4th of 8, 8l behind Sperry (9-0) at Wolverhampton 7f 2yo mdn fll (5).
Vanishing 25-1 (9-0) Mid-division, well outpaced over 2f out, stayed on again inside final furlong, nearest finish, 5th of 11, 7l behind Alfajer (9-0) at Lingfield 7f 2yo mdn fll (5) pol in Oct.
