led, headed over 2f out, bumped when weakening over 1f out
behind, ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong
always towards rear
tracked leaders, faded inside final furlong
in rear, headway over 2f out, soon not much room, kept on to lead well inside final furlong
with leader, led over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on
tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, no extra towards finish
held up mid-division, pushed along 3f out, weakened 2f out
held up mid-division, ridden over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
held up mid-division on outer, headway 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on towards finish
with drawn
Al Muheer ran well last time at Chester and has won three times over this course and distance under Patrick Vaughan, though never in this grade. Qaffaal has improved with experience this year and the Musselburgh runner-up still looks fairly treated. Red Unico is also running well but Kodiac Lady is probably in the handicapper's grip at present and was beaten by Gabrial The Thug here at the start of the month. DEPTH CHARGE never got competitive at Kempton last time and was eased in the closing stages. Dropped a further 2lb since, Jeremy Noseda's maiden is starting to look very well treated and could be worth persevering with. Manolito has a penalty for getting of the mark at Kempton but can't be ignored and is preferred to New Stream of the others.
Al Muheer (IRE) 20-1 (10-11) Pulled hard tracking leaders, effort over 1f out, stayed on same pace final furlong, 2nd of 11, 1 1/2l behind Baltic Prince (10-6) at Chester 1m hcp (4) gd in Sep.
Gabrial The Thug (FR) 8-1 (9-0) In rear, pushed along over 2f out, never dangerous, 7th of 10, 15 1/4l behind Empress Ali (9-10) at Chester 1m 2f hcp (4) sft in Sep.
New Stream (IRE) 7-1 (9-9) Prominent, ridden over 2f out, no chance with winner inside final furlong, stayed on same pace, went 2nd close home, 2nd of 11, 6l behind Predominance (9-5) at Chepstow 7f mdn stks (5) sft in Sep.
Qaffaal (USA) 8-1 (9-8) Held up in touch, wide on bend over 4f out, headway over 1f out, stayed on into 2nd towards finish, 2nd of 10, 1 1/4l behind Azrur (9-8) at Musselburgh 7f hcp (6) gf in Sep.
Manolito 11-4fav (9-1) Held up, headway on outside over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, 4th of 8, 2l behind Slovak (9-0) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (5) pol in Sep.
Virtual Reality 20-1 (8-6) Tracked leader, ridden over 2f out, led over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on, 4th of 11, 2l behind Mister Mayday (9-8) at Leicester 1m hcp (5) gs in Sep.
Red Unico (IRE) 4-1fav (8-13) Tracked leaders, ridden inside final 2f, stayed on to chase winner final furlong, held near finish, 2nd of 10, 1/2l behind Venus Marina (9-4) at Yarmouth 7f hcp (5) gs in Aug.
Starlight Genie 14-1 (9-1) Chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened, last of 11, 24 1/4l behind Gen I Am (8-11) at Lingfield 7f hcp fll (5) gf in Jun.
Kodiac Lady (IRE) 7-1 (9-6) Mid-division, headway over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, stayed on same pace final furlong, 4th of 10, 2 1/2l behind Dark Wonder (9-3) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (6) pol in Sep.
Depth Charge (IRE) 9-2fav (9-0) Held up towards rear, ridden inside final furlong, kept on and no impression, 9th of 12, 4 1/4l behind Twenty One Choice (9-9) at Kempton 7f hcp (5) pol in Sep.
Amazing Star (IRE) 66-1 (9-3) Slowly into stride, towards rear, weakened over 3f out, last of 12, 34 1/2l behind Pink Ribbon (8-13) at Lingfield 1m hcp (5) pol in Sep.
Big McIntosh (IRE) 7-1 (11-0) Tracked leaders and keen, weakened from 4 out, 6th of 8, dist behind Hadfield (11-0) at Worcester 2m mdn (5) gs in Sep.
