held up in last pair, headway on outside over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, went 2nd towards finish, not reach winner
led, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, weakened and lost 2 places towards finish
in touch on inside, not much room 2f out, plugged on, no threat
chased leader until inside final 2f, weakened final furlong
slowly into stride, held up and behind, headway on inside 2f out, no room on rails from over 1f out, switched right and ran on towards finish, went 3rd and never able to challenge
chased leaders on outside, carried head high edged left and weakened inside final 2f
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Most of these can be given a chance including last year’s winner Gworn but Pudding Chare is upped in class off a higher mark after winning over 1m1f here. Parole finished in front of Royal Shaheen when scoring over today’s trip at Redcar recently though Atkinson Grimshaw and stablemate Oriental Tiger are both making their seasonal debuts. Throckley has claims on a recent second at Doncaster but EXHORT found only one too good in a higher grade contest at Musselburgh and Richard Fahey’s filly gets another chance with this extra distance likely to suit.
Atkinson Grimshaw (FR) 13-8fav (9-7) Keen, tracked leader, led over 6f out, headed entering final furlong, faded, 3rd of 7, 3l behind Pivoine (9-3) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (4) pol in Aug.
Throckley 17-2 (9-6) Tracked leader, led over 2f out, headed over 1f out, stayed on same pace, 2nd of 6, 2 1/2l behind Francis Xavier (9-3) at Doncaster 1m 2f hcp (4) gf in Jun.
Gworn 22-1 (10-3) Keen held up, dropped to rear 4f out, last of 8, 21 3/4l behind Wor Lass (9-11) at Musselburgh 1m 6f hcp (4) gd in Jun.
Rebel Cause (IRE) 10-1 (11-0) Mid-division, headway 2f out, soon every chance, faded inside final furlong, 8th of 19, 6 3/4l behind Tomahawk Kid (11-0) at Doncaster 1m 2f hcp (5) gs in Oct.
Exhort 5-2 (8-11) In touch, headway when hung left over 1f out, ridden to chase winner inside final furlong, stayed on towards finish, 2nd of 6, 1 1/2l behind Dynamic (9-10) at Musselburgh 1m hcp fll (3) gd in Jun.
Parole (IRE) 8-1 (8-9) Mid-division, headway over 2f out, switched right to challenge over 1f out, stayed on strongly to lead closing stages, won at Redcar 1m 2f hcp (4) gf in May beating Scottish Summit (9-4) by 1/2l, 8 ran.
Pudding Chare (IRE) 50-1 (9-2) Close up, ridden to lead over 1f out, pressed inside final furlong, held on towards finish, won at Ayr 1m 1f hcp (6) gf in May beating John Honeyman (9-8) by nk, 11 ran.
Royal Shaheen (FR) 16-1 (9-5) Mid-division, headway over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, never a threat, 6th of 8, 2 1/2l behind Parole (8-9) at Redcar 1m 2f hcp (4) gf in May.
Oriental Tiger 8-1 (9-10) Keen, in rear, headway when switched sharply left over 2f out, led over 1f out, ridden clear, won at Hamilton 1m 3f hcp (5) gs in Jul beating Isharah (9-2) by 2 1/2l, 7 ran.
