tracked leaders, pushed along over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
mid-division, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened
led early, tracked leader, led over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, headed approaching final furlong, soon weakened
held up in rear, headway over 2f out, ridden to lead approaching final furlong, kept on strongly
soon tracked leaders, pushed along over 4f out, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
held up towards rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong
tracked leaders, headway on bit over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on and not pace of winner
held up towards rear, ridden over 1f out, one pace and no impression
Nonrunner
None of these have ever won on the course but SOLVANNA has run well here in the past and managed to lose her maiden tag at Lingfield last month for which a 5lb rise may not be enough to prevent a follow-up. Pencombe was beaten a distance at Wolverhampton though was impeded at halfway and can do much better while Posh Boy has run poorly since narrowly beating Exclusion at Lingfield. Estibdaad showed a bit more promise here last time though that was over a mile and this is a marked step-up in distance. Hero's Story was beaten 15l when runner-up to Ronaldhino at Salisbury but didn't enjoy the very heavy ground. Casa Tua was racing over a wholly inadequate trip on her debut for David O'Meara after arriving from France and the North Yorkshire trainer will find a race for her in due course.
Bejeweled (IRE) 4-1fav (8-9) Slowly into stride, behind, headway on inside 2f out, plugged on same pace, 6th of 13, 12l behind Bold Duke (9-10) at Haydock 1m 2f all hcp 0-70 (5) gd in Sep.
Pencombe (FR) 8-1 (8-10) Slowly into stride, held up behind in touch, outpaced over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 6, 30l behind Mister Fizz (9-10) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp 0-70 (5) pol.
Solvanna 16-1 (9-3) In touch, headway over 7f out, led over 5f out, hard driven over 2f out, ran on well, won at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Sep beating Keene (9-3) by 1l, 13 ran.
Achtung 50-1 (8-11) Chased leaders, pushed along 3f out, ridden 2f out, weakened soon after, 9th of 12, 12l behind Sunbula (8-9) at Warwick 1m 3f mdn stks (5) gf in Jul.
Posh Boy (IRE) 9-2fav (9-5) Chased leader until halfway, chased leaders, ridden and weakened 2f out, eased when no chance final furlong, 12th of 14, 23l behind Compton Bird (8-12) at Brighton 1m 2f hcp 0-65 (6) gs.
Syrenka 14-1 (9-1) Tracked leaders, pushed along briefly halfway, ridden 2f out, hung left and weakened over 1f out, 8th of 14, 8l behind Compton Bird (8-12) at Brighton 1m 2f hcp 0-65 (6) gs.
Estibdaad (IRE) 9-2 (9-5) Mid-division, headway over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, never able to challenge, 3rd of 13, 2l behind Secret Success (9-3) at Kempton 1m hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Sep.
Hero's Story 11-4fav (8-10) Tracked winner until raced center over 4f out, ridden over 2f out, kept on and no impression, 2nd of 8, 15l behind Ronaldinho (9-7) at Salisbury 1m 2f 3yo hcp 0-70 (5) hvy.
Quadriga (IRE) 25-1 (8-12) Led 1f, chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 12th of 16, 19l behind Living The Life (9-0) at Leicester 7f all hcp 0-70 (5) gd in Sep.
Casa Tua (FR) 20-1 (8-6) Slowly into stride, soon ridden along in rear, always behind, last of 10, 20l behind Fossa (8-10) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Sep.
