steadied start, held up, headway over 2f out, led on bit well inside final furlong, eased close home
soon driven to lead, clear, ridden when headed over 4f out, weakened quickly
broke well, soon settled in mid-division, driven halfway, headway to chase leaders, every chance 1f out, no extra near finish, rider dropped hands
tracked leaders, ridden over 4f out, weakened 2f out
held up mid-division, headway to go in touch 5f out, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
tracked leaders, led over 4f out, ridden when headed well inside final furlong, no chance
slowly into stride, headway over 3f out, plugged on
Stringsofmyheart has been given a chance by the handicapper having been dropped 2lbs since winning a Hamilton claimer last month and has to be respected but preference is for Abounding, with My Secrets rated the pick of the remainder. The selection was better value for her success over course and distance on his reappearance last month than the winning margin suggests and Ralph Beckett's filly is taken to defy a 9lb rise in the weights. Bachnagairn has been thereabouts in recent starts on turf and would have claims if handling the Polytrack, while History Boy may do better now stepped up in trip but is not certain to stay this far. Similar comments apply to Private Reason and of more interest may be Mark Johnston's My Secrets who is better than recent runs on turf suggest. Abounding is less exposed than most of these and is taken to confirm the good belief made here last time.
History Boy 33-1 (9-5) Behind, soon ridden along, never troubled leaders final 2f, 9th of 12, 16l behind Cape Hawk (9-2) at Kempton 1m 3yo hcp (4) pol in Jun.
Stringsofmyheart 8-11fav (9-0) Led to 4f out, soon outpaced, kept on under pressure to lead close home, won at Hamilton 1m 3f 3yo clm (6) gf in Jun beating Attila's Peintre (9-0) by a shd, 10 ran.
My Secrets 14-1 (9-7) In touch, ridden over 4f out, soon weakened, 14th of 15, 39l behind Hi Calypso (9-5) at Newbury 1m 4f 3yo hcp (5) gf in Jun.
Private Reason (USA) 11-1 (9-0) In touch, ridden over 3f out, soon every chance, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 7, 11l behind Pathos (9-0) at Musselburgh 1m 1f mdn stk (5) gd in Jun.
Bachnagairn 4-1 (9-4) Prominent, pushed along over 4f out, ridden along 3f out, one pace final furlong, 3rd of 6, 6l behind Dee Cee Elle (9-1) at Beverley 1m 4f 3yo hcp (5) gd in May.
Crossing The Line (IRE) 20-1 (9-3) Raced wide, soon outpaced, no headway final 2f, 8th of 11, 8l behind Count Ceprano (9-3) at Lingfield 6f 2yo mdn (5) pol in Sept.
Abounding 14-1 (8-8) Held up, headway 4f out, led well over 1f out, kept on gamely when pressed inside final furlong, won at W'hampton 1m 4f 3yo hcp (5) pol in Jun beating Calzaghe (8-5) by a hd, 8 ran.
Present 33-1 (8-11) Led 7f, faded, last of 15, 20l behind Raise The Goblet (8-10) at Yarmouth 1m 2f 3yo hcp (6) gd in May.
