held up in rear, not fluent 1st, pushed along after 6th, headway when mistake 3 out, soon beaten, weakened next
led until before 3 out, weakened next, jumped left last
chased leader until after 3rd, not fluent next, went 2nd before 3 out until last, weakened flat
chased leaders, jumped left 1st, went 2nd 5th, led before 3 out, wandered into last, ridden and stayed on well flat
chased leaders, went 2nd after 3rd until 5th, weakened before 3 out
held up in rear on outside, pushed along before 3 out, headway 2 out, went 2nd last, no impression on winner final 100 yards
SOLSTALLA is on a roll and goes well here. She will have to race from out of the handicap upped in grade but can complete the four-timer. Champagne City was in good form at Warwick in the spring but is closely matched with Fix Sun on the form book. Play The Game has the past form to figure but Thahab Ifraj is on a career-high mark and had every chance when favourite last time at Newton Abbot and Constancio hasn’t sparkled in two runs this year.
Fix Sun (FR) 2-1fav (11-12) Held up, closed on inside 4 out, shaken up, lost place and pulled up before 3 out, at Worcester 2m 4f hcp (2) gd in Jun.
Play The Game (IRE) 8-1 (11-7) Disputed lead until led after 1st, raced keenly, 5 lengths clear at 5th, reduced advantage when slight mistake 3 out, pushed along and headed before next, ridden and lost place before last, no extra, 5th of 7, 31l behind Dollar Value (10-11) at Downpatrick 2m 3f Yielding in Aug.
Constancio (IRE) 17-2 (11-12) Prominent, led approaching 5th where not fluent and soon headed, ridden approaching 2 out, soon weakened, last of 8, 27 1/4l behind Alqamar (11-7) at Cartmel 2m 1f hcp (3) gd in Jul.
Champagne City 3-1 (10-13) Led until 3rd, chased leader until after 4 out, outpaced after next, hung left and rallied before not fluent last, went 2nd flat, no impression on winner, 2nd of 4, 7 1/2l behind Fix Sun (11-7) at Warwick 2m hcp (2) gs in May.
Thahab Ifraj (IRE) 11-8fav (10-3) Led until after 3rd, chased leader until 6th, went 2nd again final bend, 1 length down when mistake 2 out, held after, 2nd of 4, 2 1/2l behind Chez Hans (11-6) at Newton Abbot 2m 2f hcp (3) gd in Jul.
Solstalla 5-1 (11-3) Held up, headway 4 out, travelled well to join leaders 2 out, ridden to lead last, ran on well, won at Worcester 2m hcp (4) gd in Jul beating Long Call (10-11) by 1/2l, 8 ran.
