led 1f, stayed tracking leader to over 3f out, ridden and effort over 2f out, no extra and one pace from over 1f out
held up, headway from 2f out, stayed on well inside final furlong to take 2nd close home, not troubled winner
in touch, ridden to lead over 2f out, headed over 1f out, soon one pace, lost 3rd final strides
behind mid-division, driven along well over 2f out, headway to lead over 1f out, ran on strongly final furlong, driven out
reared start, led after 1f, ridden and headed over 3f out, kept on until weakened 2f out
in touch 4th, ridden and effort 2f out, not quicken over 1f out, weakening when hampered and snatched up 1f out
took keen hold in rear, headway over 1f out, stayed on final furlong, took 3rd near finish
tracked leaders, led over 3f out, headed over 2f out, driven and edged right 1f out, soon weakened
reared start, took keen hold towards rear, never on terms, lost touch final 2f
Swords has been in good form of late, winning four of his last five starts, but a 6lb rise for the latest of those successes at Wolverhampton leaves him with more to do and preference is for WIND FLOW, who gets the vote with Dance The Star rated the pick of the remainder. The selection ran well in both starts last month, latterly when a close fourth behind Mixing here over this trip and he has solid claims racing off the same mark today. Tom Dascombe's Blakfrankisch has claims on the pick of his form but has yet to prove that he stays this far, while the ex-Irish Forthright gave little sign for encouragement on his first start for Brendan Powell at Newbury last month. David Simcock's Dance The Star was good value for his win at Lingfield in July and has solid claims on that run but was disappointing here subsequently. He is lightly raced and has to be respected but a safer option looks to be Wind Flow.
Crossbow Creek 40-1 (9-4) Steadied start, never dangerous, 10th of 13, 36l behind Ascalon (10-0) at Ascot 2m hcp 0-100 (2) gd in Sept.
Gabier 12-1 (9-5) Held up, pushed along 5f out, struggling final 2f, 7th of 9, 11l behind Silver Suitor (9-9) at Ascot 2m hcp 0-90 (3) gf in May.
Forthright 40-1 (9-4) In rear, steady headway from 2f out, kept on final furlong, never dangerous, 9th of 16, 9l behind Times Vital (8-10) at Newbury 1m 4f hcap (4) gd in Sept.
Dance The Star (USA) 13-2 (8-9) Towards rear, hampered 3f out, ridden over 2f out, no headway, 8th of 11, 5l behind Starfala (8-4) at Kempton 1m 4f 3yo hcp (3) pol in Sept.
Wind Flow 16-1 (9-8) Led, strongly pressed 2f out, kept on well, until headed final 100 yards, lost 2 places near finish, 4th of 13, 1 1/2l behind Mixing (8-5) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Sept.
Blakfrankisch (IRE) 9-2fav (10-4) Mid-division, chased leader 4f out, every chance 3f out, weakened quickly over 2f out, 15th of 16, 9l behind Aypeeyes (10-9) at Newbury 1m 4f ldy rds hcp (4) gs in Aug.
Celticello (IRE) 11-1 (9-2) Behind, ridden over 2f out, no impression on leaders over 1f out, 9th of 14, 7l behind Taikoo (8-10) at Goodwood 1m 4f hcp (4) sft in Sept.
Wee Charlie Castle (IRE) 12-1 (8-5) Held up in rear, ridden and headway over 2f out, no extra final furlong, 6th of 11, 7l behind Novikov (9-2) at Yarmouth 1m 2f hcap (3) gd in Sept.
Swords 13-2 (9-1) Tracked leaders and keen, ridden to lead 1f out, held on, won at W'hampton 1m 4f hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Aug beating Master At Arms (9-8) by a nk, 12 ran.
