chased leaders, headway looking for room over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
led, narrowly headed entering final furlong, soon ridden and held, lost 2nd and no extra inside final 100 yards
chased leaders, ridden to lead entering final furlong, edged right inside final furlong, just held on
held up last, good headway near side over 1f out, strong run inside final furlong, finished well into 2nd inside final 100 yards and gaining, just failed
awkwardly away, held up in last trio, headway on outside halfway, chasing leaders over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
chased leader until inside final 2f, chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
raced keenly, chased leaders, pushed along 2f out, soon beaten
held up in last pair, ridden and no headway over 1f out, never on terms
NonRunner
These are not exactly veterans as Pettochside won it as a six-year-old last year and is back for another crack. He continued in good form throughout the campaign and though 10lb higher than a year ago is by no means out of this. Joe Packet finished runner-up last year but only ran three times subsequently and has a long absence to overcome. The vote goes to ENGLISHMAN (NAP), who is only up 3lb for landing a better class handicap at Windsor but Diamond Lady is 5lb higher than when successful in a lower grade handicap on Polytrack at Lingfield. It's a very long time since Morache Music won a race though he's dropped in the weights as a consequence while Picture Dealer gained a shock victory in a Yarmouth Class 5 handicap and is 3lb higher. Pour La Victoire was well beaten here on Thursday in a race he won last year.
Englishman 33-1 (9-4) Raced on rail, with leader, slight lead halfway, ridden and edged left off rail over 1f out, battled on gamely, all out, won at Windsor 6f hcp (3) gd in May beating Time To Exceed (9-5) by shd, 9 ran.
Diamond Lady 9-2 (9-4) Close up, effort entering final furlong, kept on one pace, 4th of 7, 2 1/2l behind Time To Exceed (9-0) at Leicester 6f hcp (4) gd in Apr.
Pettochside 16-1 (9-4) Chased winner, ridden and no chance when lost 2nd over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 20, 6 1/2l behind Robero (9-7) at Ascot 6f hcp (4) gf in May.
Joe Packet 20-1 (9-4) Held up, off the pace, in mid-division, headway 2f out, not clear run and switched left soon after, ridden and kept on same pace inside final furlong, almost snatched 3rd, 4th of 12, 4 1/2l behind Menai (9-3) at Windsor 6f hcp (4) gf in Oct.
Morache Music 9-2 (8-13) In touch, ridden and headway over 1f out, went 2nd inside final furlong until near finish, 3rd of 7, 1l behind Black Bess (9-7) at Lingfield 7f hcp (4) gd in May.
Gold Hunter (IRE) 25-1 (9-0) Always towards rear, 15th of 16, 12 1/4l behind Gothic Empire (9-7) at Ascot 7f hcp (4) gd in Sep.
Gold Club 6-1 (9-7) Keen, tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, kept on one pace, 4th of 8, 1l behind Picture Dealer (9-4) at Yarmouth 6f hcp (5) gf in May.
Picture Dealer 25-1 (9-4) Made all, edged right to stand side rail over 1f out, ridden and ran on gamely, won at Yarmouth 6f hcp (5) gf in May beating Until Midnight (8-13) by 1/2l, 8 ran.
He's My Boy (IRE) 3-1fav (9-4) Unruly stalls, missed break, behind, ridden over 1f out, never able to challenge, last of 11, 9 1/2l behind Roman Holiday (9-2) at Kempton 6f hcp (5) pol in Oct.
Pour La Victoire (IRE) 12-1 (9-12) Started slowly, held up last, switched left and some headway on rails under pressure inside final furlong, never going pace to get involved, 6th of 9, 4 1/4l behind Danecase (9-12) at Goodwood 6f hcp (5) gd in May.
