held up in touch, headway 2f out, one pace in 4th inside final furlong
led, ridden and headed over 1f out, soon weakened
tracked leaders, ridden and weakened over 1f out
prominent, ridden over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
slowly away and went left start, towards rear, headway over 1f out, soon ridden, kept on to take 2nd place towards finish, held close home
mid-division, headway and edged left over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong
prominent, ridden over 1f out, soon led, held on well towards finish
slowly away, towards rear, pushed along over 4f out, weakened over 3f out
towards rear, pushed along over 4f out, never dangerous
mid-division, pushed along over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
Air Raid and Dawn Breaking are both penalised for winning in testing ground at Thirsk and Pontefract respectively while Highest Rank failed to cope under a penalty last time having won at Carlisle earlier. Several were placed on their latest starts including AGAR’S PLOUGH, who went close at Ascot last month when finishing in front of a subsequent winner, and he gets the vote on that form. Chief Justice and Sunstorm also found only one too good last time while Mont Kinabalu was third at Beverley and Maghaweer and Epic Fantasy look likely to improve on the back of recent debuts.
Air Raid 12-1 (9-2) Close up, led over 1f out, ridden inside final furlong, held on well, won at Thirsk 7f stks (4) sft in Sep beating Qianlong (9-2) by 3/4l, 12 ran.
Dawn Breaking 11-2 (8-12) Made all, ridden over 1f out, held on well towards finish, won at Pontefract 6f stks (4) hvy in Sep beating Se You (9-2) by 1/2l, 8 ran.
Highest Rank (IRE) 4-1 (9-8) Close up, ridden over 2f out, lost place over 1f out, 10th of 13, 16 3/4l behind Poets Dream (9-2) at Thirsk 7f stks (4) sft in Sep.
Agar's Plough 5-1 (9-2) Chased leaders, driven to challenge over 2f out, led over 1f out, headed well inside final furlong, edged right, kept on, 2nd of 7, 1/2l behind Elector (9-2) at Ascot 7f stks (4) sft in Sep.
Chief Justice 2-1fav (9-2) Dwelt, towards rear, headway 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on well to take 2erousnd place towards finish, 2nd of 13, 2 1/2l behind Rastacap (8-11) at Newcastle 6f stks (4) pol in Sep.
Cristal Spirit 16-1 (9-0) Slowly into stride, always towards rear, 14th of 15, 21 1/2l behind Thrave (9-0) at Newmarket 7f mdn stks (4) gs in Sep.
Maghaweer (IRE) 8-1 (9-2) Slowly into stride, towards rear, headway on inside 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong, 4th of 12, 5l behind Sarookh (9-2) at Kempton 6f stks (5) pol in Sep.
Mont Kinabalu (IRE) 7-2 (9-2) In touch, ridden over 1f out, kept on and no extra towards finish, 3rd of 6, 1/2l behind Buckstopper Kit (9-2) at Beverley 7f stks (5) sft in Sep.
Sunstorm 33-1 (9-5) Went left start, led, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra, 2nd of 9, 1 1/4l behind Ventura Royal (9-0) at Redcar 7f mdn stks (4) gs in Sep.
Angel Carlotta (IRE) 33-1 (9-0) Always behind, last of 9, 17 1/4l behind Ventura Royal (9-0) at Redcar 7f mdn stks (4) gs in Sep.
Marcella 50-1 (9-0) Dwelt, behind and outpaced, soon pushed along, never a factor, last of 12, 34 1/4l behind This Girl (9-0) at Haydock 6f mdn fll stks (5) hvy in Sep.
Sempre Presto (IRE) 9-4fav (9-0) Chased leaders and pushed along at times, outpaced 2f out, kept on again inside final furlong, went 4th final stride, 4th of 6, 5 1/2l behind Bee Ina Bonnet (9-0) at Beverley 7f fll stks (5) sft in Sep.
Epic Fantasy 50-1 (9-2) Towards rear, headway towards far side of group over 1f out, went never nearer 3rd inside final furlong, 3rd of 15, 8 1/4l behind Emaraaty (9-2) at Newbury 7f stks (4) gd in Sep.
