led until over 2f out, chased leaders, ridden and weakened over 1f out
held up towards rear, headway on inside over 3f out, tracking leaders going well over 2f out, soon ridden and every chance, 4th and one pace inside final furlong
steadied start, held up in last pair, msteady headway on outside 2f out, soon chasing leaders, led entering final furlong, strongly pressed in closing stages, held on
pressed leader until 3f out, chased leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened soon after
slowly into stride, never travelled in rear, never a factor
tracked ledaers, 2nd 3f out, led over 2f out, headed entering final furlong, chased winner and rallied in closing stages, always held
mid-division, some headway under pressure over 2f out, weakened 2f out, eased
took keen hold tracking leaders, 3rd edging left when not clear run over 1f out, soon switched left, kept on in closing stages, always held
mid-division, headway over 2f out, 5tth and one pace inside final furlong
chased leaders on outside, pushed along and weakened 3f out
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Ixelles Diamond is consistent but is proving hard to win and finished behind Live Dangerously over track and trip at the start of the month. John Bridger's charge beat Rouge Nuage here subsequently and will be a threat to all again. Three-year-olds Fast Dancer and Amazing Charm could also figure and Comino returned to form when making all at Thirsk last month. MIME DANCE (NAP) goes well here and is now 2lb lower than when scoring at Chepstow in July. Edward Greatrex takes off a further 7lb and Andrew Balding's four-year-old looks worth an interest having been short of room when just behind Clockmaker at Chester earlier this month.
Clockmaker (IRE) 12-1 (9-6) Led, ridden 2f out, headed inside final furlong and dropped to 3rd, kept on, lost 3rd last strides, 4th of 11, 2 1/2l behind Marcret (9-9) at Chester 1m hcp (3) sft in Sep.
Mime Dance 8-1 (9-4) Held up in mid-division on inside, headway over 2f out, ridden chasing leaders over 1f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong, no extra towards finish, 5th of 11, 3 1/4l behind Marcret (9-9) at Chester 1m hcp (3) sft in Sep.
Liberty Jack (IRE) 5-1 (9-10) Mid-division, effort over 2f out, weakened closing stages, 8th of 10, 6 1/4l behind Crazy Chic (9-9) at Kempton 7f hcp (4) pol in Sep.
Comino (IRE) 16-1 (9-0) Broke well, made all, ridden over 1f out, held on well towards finish, won at Thirsk 7f hcp (3) gd in Aug beating Steel Train (9-10) by 3/4l, 14 ran.
Ganymede 14-1 (9-5) Slowly into stride and went right start, soon recovered chasing leaders far side, ridden and weakened entering final furlong, 9th of 16, 6 3/4l behind Magnus Maximus (9-7) at Ascot 6f hcp (4) gs in Sep.
Gold Hunter (IRE) 40-1 (9-5) Tracked leaders, closed over 4f out, led over 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 9, 6 3/4l behind Aqua Ardens (9-10) at Chepstow 7f hcp (4) sft in Sep.
Strike A Light 14-1 (9-0) Took keen hold, held up, pushed along and hanging left when weakened over 2f out, 6th of 8, 16 1/4l behind Subtle Knife (9-0) at Lingfield 1m hcp fll (4) gd in May.
Live Dangerously 11-2fav (8-10) In touch in 5th, headway on outside over 2f out, soon tracking leaders, led over 1f out, ridden clear final furlong, eased close home, won at Epsom 7f hcp (4) gd in Sep beating Cricklewood Green (9-4) by 1 1/4l, 10 ran.
Ixelles Diamond (IRE) 3-1fav (9-3) Last to break, held up, headway over 2f out, pressing leaders when rider dropped rein briefly over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, 3rd of 7, 2 1/2l behind Harlequin Striker (9-6) at Epsom 7f hcp (4) sft in Sep.
Amazing Charm 9-2 (9-0) Led, ridden when hard pressed 2f out, headed narrowly over 1f out, rallied and every chance inside final furlong, just held, 2nd of 8, shd behind Bipartisan (9-0) at Thirsk 1m mdn fll stks (4) gs in Sep.
Fast Dancer (IRE) 8-1 (8-13) In touch, ridden when every chance approaching final furlong, no extra inside final furlong, 2nd of 10, 1 1/4l behind Gramercy (9-9) at Chester 7f hcp (3) gd in Sep.
Rouge Nuage (IRE) 6-1 (9-1) Took keen hold, held up towards rear, pushed along over 2f out, headway under pressure chasing leaders over 1f out, went 2nd well inside final furlong, no impression, lost 2nd close home, 3rd of 10, 2l behind Live Dangerously (8-10) at Epsom 7f hcp (4) gd in Sep.
