held up, headway 2f out, ridden, kept on inside final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden to lead 2f out, headed inside final furlong, not quicken
mid-division, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, led inside final furlong, edged right towards finish, ran on
prominent, raced keenly, ridden and weakened over 2f out, not much room soon after
mid-division, headway 3f out, soon ridden, no clear run 2f out, no impression on leaders final furlong
held up in touch, ridden over 2f out, edged right and stayed on inside final furlong
chased leader until over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
slightly short of room leaving stalls, steadied, held up and behind, switched right over 2f out, not clear run well over 1f out, progress after, faded well inside final furlong
held up, niggled along 4f out, not clear run well over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong
soon led, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
Shadowy Figure may well be interesting from a mark of 78 on his handicap debut, however Observatory Star is a proven handicap performer and Tim Easterby's charge is taken to score ahead of Shot To Fame and St Andrews. The selection has run well on all sorts of ground in the past and whilst he continues to rise up the weights, the progressive four-year-old should run well once again. Nevada Desert would be a danger if getting things his own way in front, whilst Full Victory is capable but needs to put an average recent effort behind him. Shadowy Figure didn't beat an awful lot on his debut but he still won well and this half-brother to Alexander Goldrun must have solid claims of paying back some of his exorbitant $400,000 price tag. Shot To Fame ran well last time out and whilst he doesn't win too often, he cannot be left out of calculations. St Andrews may prefer quicker ground, along with Orpen Wide. At a price Kinsya could run into a place, however Observatory Star is given the nomination.
St Andrews (IRE) 7-2fav (9-8) Held up mid-division, ridden and headway on inner over 2f out, no extra inside final furlong, 8th of 13, 5l behind Zaahid (9-1) at Haydock 1m hcp 0-90 (3) sft in Sept.
Orpen Wide (IRE) 33-1 (8-10) Chased leaders, led 3f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on same pace, 4th of 15, 2l behind Amarna (8-10) at York 1m hcp 0-100 (2) gd.
Kinsya 16-1 (8-5) Held up, ridden and headway over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, 5th of 15, 3l behind Amarna (8-10) at York 1m hcp 0-100 (2) gd.
Nevada Desert (IRE) 18-1 (8-6) Led, headed 3f out, one pace from over 1f out, 8th of 15, 3 1/2l behind Amarna (8-10) at York 1m hcp 0-100 (2) gd.
Mezuzah 16-1 (8-9) Towards rear wide entering straight, soon ridden and no headway, 11th of 14, 6l behind South Cape (8-9) at Chester 7f hcp 0-95 (3) gd in Sept.
Full Victory (IRE) 9-1 (9-0) Held up, raced stand side entering straight, weakened over 2f out, 17th of 18, 39l behind Jewelled Dagger (8-9) at York 1m 1f hcp 0-85 (4) gs.
Shot To Fame (USA) 14-1 (8-13) Led, ridden over 2f out, headed entering final furlong, weakened, 3rd of 12, 2l behind Commando Scott (9-7) at Ayr 7f hcap (3) gs in Sept.
Barons Spy (IRE) 15-2 (8-9) Held up mid-division, ridden, headway on inner over 1f out, not much room inside final furlong, kept on, 9th of 12, 4 1/2l behind Gunfighter (8-6) at W'hampton 7f hcp 0-85 (4) pol.
Observatory Star (IRE) 11-2 (8-12) Held up, headway over 2f out, not much room entering final furlong, ran on towards finish, 2nd of 19, 1 1/2l behind Fragrancy (9-4) at Redcar 1m hcap (2) gd.
Rain Stops Play (IRE) 25-1 (8-7) Led over 6f, stayed on same pace, 5th of 14, 6l behind Blackat Blackitten (8-5) at Newmarket 1m hcp 0-95 (3) gd.
Shadowy Figure 7-4fav (9-3) Held up in mid-division, headway over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, ridden, stayed on to lead well inside final furlong, won at Windsor 1m mdn stk (5) sft beating Red Blossom (8-12) by 1/2l, 13 ran.
