held up, headway over 5f out, ridden and edged rioght over 1f out, led and driven out final furlong
prominent, ridden 6f out, soon weakened
tracked leaders, ridden over 5f out, weakened over 4f out
slowly into stride, soon tailed off (wore cheek pieces)
mid-division, headway 6f out, ridden to chase leaders 4f out, weakened over 2f out
always behind, tailed off over 4f out
always behind (wore cheek pieces)
soon mid-division, headway over 6f out, ridden 5f out, soon weakened
keen, prominent, led over 8f out, ridden and headed final furlong, stayed on
mid-division, ridden halfway, weakened over 5f out
tracked leaders, ridden 6f out, soon weakened
led, headed over 8f out, stayed prominent, ridden 6f out, every chance 2f out, stayed on same pace
Not a race to get too heavily involved in with a wide range of jockeyship on view but Polish Baron should give a good account and earns the TEAMtalk vote. The five-year-old has won his last two starts on the all-weather and was also second of 16 in a competitive Folkestone handicap in July so will take plenty of beating under his experienced pilot if reproducing the same level of form. Needwood Mystic was disappointing last time but goes well for today's rider as she showed when landing a Carlisle stayers handicap last month and merits plenty of respect. Chaka Zulu has proved a consistent type and is closely matched with Needwood Mystic on Carlisle form so is another to consider while Democracy has place claims if back to his best having run below par of late.