led briefly, raced keenly and remained prominent, led again over 6f out, clear well over 3f out, shaken up over 2f out, stayed on
prominent, led over 8f out, headed over 6f out, soon outpaced and beaten
held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, chased winner over 1f out, kept on well nearest finish
mid-division, some late headway, never nearer
soon led, headed over 8f out, lost place over 7f out, soon behind and tailed off
tracked leaders, lost place over 6f out, tailed off
held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, never on terms
behind, headway over 5f out, soon chasing leaders, weakened well over 1f out
always behind, tailed off
slowly away, mid-division, effort over 2f out, never on terms
pulled hard, in touch, chased leaders over 3f out, soon weakened
always behind, tailed off
AUREATE gets the vote in the opener over Masafi and Waterside. This race will not take much winning and Brian Ellison's 5-year-old arrives here in good form. He has a fantastic strike-rate on the all-weather having won three of his five races, he wasn't beaten far last time and a reproduction of that effort should see him tough to beat here. Masafi returns to the level after a spell over hurdles and on the pick of his form on the all-weather he would have to enter calculations. Waterside won in this grade here back in April but he has since been a little disappointing. However, the yard are shrewd so a watching brief on the market is advised. Turner's Touch is a regular at both Lingfield and Kempton where he has got some solid form, but this is only his second run here and it will be interesting to see how he gets on today. Aureate looks the most likely winners and gets a confident vote.
Aureate 13-8fav (9-9) Tracked leader, led over 3f out, headed 2f out, soon ridden and one pace, no impression final furlong, 2nd of 9, 6l behind Realism (9-4) at Southwell 1m 4f clm stks (5) fbs.
Waterside (IRE) 22-1 (9-10) Mid-division, ridden 3f out, soon weakened, 11th of 15, 8l behind Norman The Great (10-2) at Newbury 1m 2f (5) gf in May.
Gremlin 12-1 (9-6) Tracked leader, ridden to challenge when slightly hampered 2f out, one pace after, 6th of 16, 9l behind Higgy's Boy (9-6) at Windsor 1m 2f hcap (4) gf in Sep.
High Profit (IRE) 16-1 (9-0) Behind, ridden over 3f out, never troubled leaders, 9th of 12, 9l behind Stateside (8-4) at Ayr 1m 1f hcp 0-60 (6) gd in May.
Masafi (IRE) 4-5fav (10-0) Made all, ridden clear 3f out, stayed on well under pressure from 2f out, won at Down Royal 1m 4f stk fm in Sep '05 beating Swiss Cottage (9-8) by 4 1/2l, 7 ran.
Panceltica 100-1 (9-11) Slowly into stride, ridden over 2f out, always in rear, last of 12, 19l behind Sunshine Always (9-0) at Wolverhampton 7f mdn stks (5) pol in May.
Pertemps Power 8-1 (11-0) Tracked leaders, chased winner just over 3f out until hung right inside final 2f, no extra inside final furlong, 5th of 13, 5l behind Drawn Gold (10-13) at Warwick 1m 5f (6) gs.
Saameq (IRE) 9-2 (9-7) Towards rear, smooth headway on outside to lead over 2f out, soon clear, eased near finish, won at Wolverhampton 1m 4f sell stks (6) pol in Aug beating York Cliff (9-12) by 4 1/2l, 10 ran.
Street Crime 14-1 (9-0) Pulled hard and led, ridden and hung badly left and headed well over 1f out, soon no chance, 7th of 13, 6l behind Afram Blue (8-5) at Salisbury 1m 2f clm stks (5) gd in Oct.
Turner's Touch 16-1 (9-7) Held up in rear, ridden over 2f out, never near leaders, 7th of 11, 6l behind Medieval Maiden (9-9) at Lingfield 1m 4f sell stks (6) pol.
Wizard Looking 10-1 (8-5) Tracked leaders, headway over 3f out, effort and every chance over 2f out to over 1f out, one pace final furlong, 4th of 16, 6l behind Forrest Flyer (9-1) at Newcastle 1m 4f hcp 0-60 (6) sft in May.
Beauchamp Unique 8-1 (8-6) Towards rear, never a factor, 9th of 10, 47l behind Tuscany Rose (8-5) at Catterick 1m 5f 3yo sll (6) gf in Sep '06.
