tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
held up in rear, headway over 1f out, kept on well inside final furlong, nearest at finish
tracked leader, ridden over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
tracked leaders, took keen hold, led 8f out, headed over 1f out, no extra towards finish
led, headed 8f out, ridden 1f out, soon weakened
Nonrunner
LIGHTLY SQUEEZE comes here with a penalty for an emphatic victory at Doncaster on soft ground but that's unlikely to prevent another big run and he can go in again. Seafarer has only raced on fast going and has gone up 7lb for his defeats at Yarmouth and Sandown while Nathan was beaten a long way into second in a Leicester maiden having changed stables. Pivoine was overestimated by the assessor after his Kempton victory and is only slowly coming down but Je Suis Charlie, who ran poorly on fast going at Haydock, did much better in softer conditions earlier and looks the main threat.
Pivoine (IRE) 3-1fav (9-4) Prominent, ridden and unable to quicken from 2f out, weakened inside final 100 yards, 9th of 11, 4 1/2l behind Surrey Hope (9-6) at Sandown 1m hcp (4) gd in Jun.
Seafarer (IRE) 9-2 (8-11) Tracked leading pair on inside, not much room and went 2nd over 1f out, switched left inside final furlong, stayed on, not pace to challenge, 2nd of 5, 3/4l behind Archetype (9-7) at Sandown 1m 2f hcp (4) gf in Jul.
Je Suis Charlie 5-1 (9-5) Close up, ridden and weakened over 2f out, 7th of 8, 11l behind Teodoro (9-10) at Haydock 1m 2f hcp (4) gf in Jul.
Nathan 15-8 (9-5) In touch, headway on outer to chase winner 3f out, soon hung badly left and lost all chance, 2nd of 7, 7l behind Calibration (9-5) at Leicester 1m 2f mdn stks (5) gd in Jul.
Annie Fior (IRE) 9-1 (9-0) Keen, led, headed over 7f out, tracked leader, ridden over 1f out, kept on one pace, 4th of 12, 2l behind Lady Bergamot (8-11) at Leicester 1m 2f hcp fll (4) gf in Jul.
Unit of Assessment (IRE) 3-1 (9-5) Led, hard driven over 2f out, headed 1f out, no extra closing stages, 3rd of 12, 2 3/4l behind Cool Team (9-5) at Yarmouth 1m mdn stks (5) gd in Jul.
Lightly Squeeze 9-1 (9-8) Tracked leaders, took keen hold, 2nd over 5f out, led over 2f out, ran on well, won at Doncaster 1m 2f hcp (5) sft in Jul beating Entangling (9-6) by 2 1/4l, 11 ran.
