held up in close 5th, headway to chase leader on inside over 2f out, led over 1f out, came clear final furlong, easily
chased leading pair, wide straight, driven and weakened entering final 2f
held up in last pair, headway on inside 2f out, switched left over 1f out, stayed on to 2nd final 100 yards, never any chance with easy winner
slowly into stride, held up in rear, pushed along and no progress over 3f out, headway over 1f out, stayed on to dispute well held 2nd inside final furlong, one pace in 3rd final 100 yards
chased leader until over 2f out, soon weakened and eased over 1f out, tailed off
in touch in 5th, pushed along over 3f out, went modest 3rd under pressure 2f out, weakened over 1f out
led and set strong pace, ridden 2f out, headed over 1f out, soon no chance with easy winner, lost 2 places final 100 yards
Nonrunner
Plenty in with a chance including C&D winner Inef and May's Beverley winner Danderek. Eagle Nebula's three wins this season all came over a longer distance, though he was only beaten a head over track and trip in August, while Battle Of Britain has been placed in both starts since scoring at Yarmouth back in June. Medaille D'Or won here on her penultimate start beating Blue Spartan and could figure, while maiden winner Lifetime has scope for improvement. However a tentative vote goes to MISS AIX, who won't have to find much improvement on her recent close-up second at Ffos Las to land this.
Danderek 6-1 (9-8) Led, driven over 2f out, headed entering final furlong, faded, 4th of 7, 2l behind Shernando (9-10) at Chester 1m 4f hcp 0-85 (4) gf in Jul.
Understory (USA) 25-1 (9-7) Held up towards rear, headway over 3f out, soon chased leaders, led narrowly over 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 10th of 12, 21l behind Icebuster (8-11) at Sandown 1m 2f hcp 0-80 (4) gd.
Miss Aix 5-1 (9-5) Soon led, ridden over 1f out, headed entering final furlong, kept on same pace, 2nd of 9, 3/4l behind Satwa Pearl (9-12) at Ffos Las 1m 2f flls hcp 0-80 (4) gs.
Battle Of Britain 12-1 (9-1) Led, raced wide of pack early, hard ridden over 2f out, strongly challenged over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on, 2nd of 13, 3/4l behind Significant Move (9-11) at Warwick 1m 3f hcp 0-80 (4) gd in Aug.
Lifetime (IRE) 17-2 (8-10) Raced wide tracked leaders after 2f, ridden over 3f out, kept on one pace final 2f, 4th of 8, 6l behind Midsummer Sun (9-5) at Chester 1m 2f 3yo hcp 0-90 (3) gd.
Medaille D'or 7-2 (8-11) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, not clear run over 1f out, ran on near finish, 4th of 6, 2 1/4l behind Captivator (10-0) at Folkestone 1m 2f flls hcp 0-85 (4) gf in Aug.
Colinca's Lad (IRE) 7-2fav (9-0) Led after 1f, clear over 5f out increased lead 4f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, kept on one pace, 2nd of 8, 7l behind Diverting (9-0) at Yarmouth 1m 1f hcp 0-70 (5) gf in Aug.
Inef (IRE) 11-2 (9-9) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, stayed on final furlong, not pace to challenge, 3rd of 7, 2 1/2l behind Salient (8-12) at Epsom Downs 1m hcp 0-85 (4) gs in Jul.
Eagle Nebula 4-1 (9-1) Held up, not clear run on inside 2f out, headway over 1f out, led well inside final furlong, readily, won at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp 0-75 (5) pol beating Ghufa (9-2) by 1 1/4l, 8 ran.
Blue Spartan (IRE) 12-1 (8-13) Early leader, stayed in 2nd, driven 3f out, still every chance 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 9th of 12, 20l behind Icebuster (8-11) at Sandown 1m 2f hcp 0-80 (4) gd.
