steadied start, held up in rear, headway over 3f out, not reached leaders over 1f out, kept on one pace
in touch, ridden along over 3f out, no headway final 2f, kept on one pace
close up, led over 4f out, driven approaching final furlong, stayed on until caught final strides.
tracked leaders, pushed along over 4f out, good headway 1f out, strong run well inside final furlong to lead final strides
led until headed over 4f out, stayed chasing leader until weakened 1f out
started very slowly, raced wide behind, ridden along over 3f out, soon outpaced and weakened quickly 2f out
tracked leader, ridden 3f out, kept on until weakened approaching final furlong
towards rear, headway on outside 2f out, ran on strongly inside final furlong to take 3rd towards finish
slowly into stride, soon in mid-division, ridden 3f out, no progress 2f out, soon weakened
Withdrawn
Le Chiffre was a little disappointing last time but John Harris's 6-year-old gets the vote to recoup the losses at the main expense of Arctic Desert and Dancing Deano. The selection has two things in his favour here; he returns to the all-weather and he is back over a trip that clearly suits. Furthermore, he is not badly drawn and he can regain the winning thread. Arctic Desert has won his last two races, both by a narrow margin, he has a good draw today and he is entitled to be thereabouts at the finish. Dancing Deano has got some solid form and the yard do well here, but he has never won beyond 7f and for that reason we will take him on today. Motu is another who has a good draw but he is unproven over the trip. With all this in mind, for the winner we will stick with Le Chiffre.
Petrosian 66-1 (8-4) Keen, tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 13, 20l behind Irony (9-2) at Leicester 7f hcp 0-80 (4) gd.
Arctic Desert 7-2 (9-0) Dictated steady pace, went to rail and quickened over 2f out, hard ridden final furlong, held on, all out, won at Sandown 1m clm (5) gf beating Optimus (9-4) by a shd, 6 ran.
Dancing Deano (IRE) 4-1co-fav (9-6) Slowly into stride, soon ridden along in mid-division, weakened over 2f out, 8th of 13, 12l behind My Mentor (9-10) at Southwell 7f hcp 0-70 (5) fbs.
Steig (IRE) 10-3 (9-7) Held up in touch, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong, 3rd of 7, 2l behind Ten To The Dozen (9-0) at Warwick 1m clm (5) gf.
Le Chiffre (IRE) 6-4fav (8-13) Prominent, effort 2f out, not quicken over 1f out, stayed on one pace, 6th of 15, 6l behind Mannello (9-4) at Brighton 7f sll (6) gf.
Time To Regret 40-1 (9-5) Mid-division, ridden along, headway 2f out, kept on final furlong, 4th of 15, 1l behind Emperor's Well (9-4) at Thirsk 1m hcp (6) gf.
General Feeling (IRE) 8-1 (9-1) Slowly into stride, headway over 3f out, soon one pace, 6th of 11, 9l behind Lunar River (9-12) at W'hampton 1m 1f hcp 0-60 (6) pol.
Wogan's Sister 16-1 (9-1) Slightly hampered start, soon in mid-division, switched right over 2f out, no real headway, 7th of 13, 12l behind Willie Ever (9-6) at W'hampton 1m 1f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Jun.
Casablanca Minx (IRE) 7-2 (9-7) Held up, ridden over 1f out, ran on final furlong, 5th of 11, 9l behind Lunar River (9-12) at W'hampton 1m 1f hcp 0-60 (6) pol.
Hawa Khana (IRE) 14-1 (8-8) Tracked leader, led over 4f out, headed 3f out, ridden and weakened well over 1f out, 6th of 8, 15l behind Blue Savannah (8-4) at Southwell 1m 3yo clm (5) fbs.
Motu (IRE) 16-1 (9-2) Held up, ridden and headway on inside over 1f out, kept on, 4th of 10, 3 1/2l behind Willie Ever (9-4) at W'hampton 7f hcp 0-65 (6) pol.
Painted Smile (IRE) 40-1 (9-8) Went right start, mid-division, ridden 3f out, weakened 2f out, 5th of 12, 15l behind St Trinians (8-12) at W'hampton 1m 1f mdn aut stk (6) pol.
Bonny's Babe 66-1 (8-7) Always in rear, 16th of 17, 23l behind Boldinor (9-2) at Leicester 6f app hcp (5) gd.
