slowly into stride, held up in rear but in touch, switched right and effort over 2f out, weakened entering final furlong
driven forward to lead, ridden and headed over 2f out, stayed same pace approaching final furlong
always prominent, led over 2f out, ridden out
held up in rear, headway over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, never reached leaders
keen in touch, headway over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
prominent, outpaced over 2f out, rallied entering final furlong, no extra towards finish
ISSUE is still entirely unexposed and could be the one to beat on handicap debut. Thecornishbarron is seemingly on a very fair mark and may strip fitter after his run last time while Stosur has fallen to an attractive mark and gets the services of David Egan who is proving well worth his 5lb claim this season.
Rubensian 8-1 (9-10) Held up behind, headway over 1f out, ridden and no extra inside final furlong, 5th of 9, 12 1/4l behind Arab Moon (8-13) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (4) pol in Aug.
Stosur (IRE) 16-1 (9-9) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace, no impression over 1f out, 5th of 11, 6 1/2l behind Multicultural (9-4) at Yarmouth 7f hcp (5) gf in Aug.
Blaze Of Hearts (IRE) 16-1 (10-0) Chased leaders, pushed along 3f out, ridden and weakened inside final 2f, 6th of 10, 10 1/4l behind Fast And Hot (9-13) at Windsor 1m 2f hcp (5) gs in Jul.
Thecornishbarron (IRE) 16-1 (10-2) Led early, tracked leader until 4f out, tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong, 5th of 7, 10l behind Oh It's Saucepot (9-7) at Yarmouth 1m 1f hcp (6) gs in Aug.
Life Of Luxury 10-1 (9-6) Led early, tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, ran on final 100 yards, went 3rd post, 3rd of 13, 1l behind Prancing Oscar (9-5) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f mdn hcp (6) pol in Jul.
Navajo Storm (IRE) 14-1 (9-4) Prominent on outside, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 13, 10 3/4l behind Nazzaa (9-10) at Nottingham 1m 2f hcp (6) gd in Aug.
Issue 7-4fav (9-0) Held up, towards rear, pushed along and headway 3f out, ridden 2f out, stayed on to go 2nd inside final furlong, no threat to winner, 2nd of 8, 1 1/4l behind Kicking The Can (9-9) at Newcastle 1m 2f mdn stks (5) pol in Nov.