always in rear
close up, ridden over 2f out, outpaced over 1f out, rallied inside final furlong
in touch, ridden 2f out, stayed on towards finish
tracked leaders, ridden to lead inside final furlong, driven and edged right towards finish
dwelt soon recovered to track leader, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
led, ridden over 2f out, headed inside final furlong, driven and edged left towards finish
towards rear, headway 2f out, effort between horses inside final furlong when short of room and bumped, stayed on
awkwardly away towards rear, ridden over 2f out, never a factor
Nonrunner
An ultra-competitive handicap in which most have some sort of chance. AMERICAN ARTIST (NAP) will probably start favourite and is taken to complete his hat-trick as he continued on an upward curve when scoring at Windsor, where Excellent Guest finished third. Connections are struggling to find Flashy Memories' best trip and he's best watched for now but Ghinia stepped up on previous efforts to score over course and distance last month and Silverheels ran well here last time. Advance has been in great form but this is a step up in grade and more interesting is winning hurdler Kapstadt, who ran a blinder over 7f at Galway earlier this month.
Silverheels (IRE) 9-1 (10-0) Held up in 5th, switched left well over 1f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, went 2nd last 100 yards, no chance with winner, 2nd of 6, 3 1/2l behind Spiriting (9-0) at Leicester 1m hcp (4) gf in Jun.
Kapstadt (FR) 20-1 (8-8) Held up, 12th early, pushed along 3f out, short of room 1f out, no impression, kept on, 8th of 13, 4 1/2l behind Baraweez (9-8) at Galway 7f hcp sft in Aug.
Excellent Guest 11-1 (9-13) Steadied start, held up in rear, switched left entering final 2f, chased leaders over 1f out, kept on under pressure into 3rd well inside final furlong, 3rd of 7, 1 1/4l behind American Artist (9-3) at Windsor 1m hcp (4) gf in Aug.
Flashy Memories 9-4fav (9-4) Close up, ridden 3f out, effort inside final furlong, no impression towards finish, 4th of 7, 1 1/4l behind Eltheeb (9-7) at Nottingham 1m 2f hcp (4) gs in Jul.
Ghinia (IRE) 7-2fav (9-9) Tracked leaders, pushed along 4f out, went 2nd 2f out, led 1f out, stayed on, won at Leicester 1m hcp (4) gf in Jul beating Atlantic Affair (8-12) by nk, 7 ran.
American Artist (IRE) 5-4fav (9-3) Took keen hold tracking leaders, 2nd well over 1f out, ridden to challenge over 1f out, led 1f out, stayed on well, won at Windsor 1m hcp (4) gf in Aug beating Red Warrior (10-0) by 1l, 7 ran.
Advance (FR) 6-4fav (9-3) Towards rear, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on to lead towards finish, won at Newcastle 1m hcp (5) gd in Aug beating Taqneen (9-7) by 1l, 7 ran.
Victory Megastar 11-8fav (9-4) Tracked leaders, driven and wide into straight, ridden to challenge over 1f out, kept on and every chance final furlong, just held, 2nd of 4, 1/2l behind Kaufmann (9-7) at Wolverhampton 7f (4) pol in Dec.
Myboyalfie (USA) 33-1 (9-5) Prominent, switched left 6f out, led over 5f out, headed over 2f out, soon weakened, 14th of 15, 15 1/4l behind Cincuenta Pasos (9-0) at Newmarket 7f hcp (4) gd in Jul.
