slowly into stride and pushed along from stalls, soon chasing leaders on outside, pushed along over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
always towards rear
soon led and set decent pace, pushed along over 2f out, headed and no extra final 50 yards
held up in last pair, headway on outside over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, not reach leaders
raced keenly, chased leaders on inside, ridden and went 2nd over 1f out, stayed on to lead final 50 yards
led early and keen, chased leader until over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
soon towards rear, pushed along over 3f out, some headway on inside 2f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out
slowly into stride, held up in last pair, headway on outside over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, not reach leaders
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Itlaaq showed the fires still burn at the age of 12 when scoring for the first time in over two years in an amateur riders' contest at Ripon and a similar performance would see him bang in contention off a 4lb higher mark. He holds Calliope on that evidence but a chance is taken with SHARP REPLY. He remains unexposed after a handful of starts, drops into Class 6 level for the first time and may have sufficient quality to defy topweight. It will be disappointing if he's not there or thereabouts at this level. King Of The Celts was much better the last day but the consistent pair of course and distance winner, Wotabreeze and dual recent winner Zihaam represent likelier shortlist contenders and both are well respected.
Sharp Reply (IRE) 25-1 (9-2) Mid-division, headway over 2f out, hampered over 1f out, no impression, 8th of 11, 3 3/4l behind Caravela (9-7) at Newbury 1m 2f hcp (5) gf in Jul.
Wotabreeze (IRE) 3-1 (11-11) Keen, held up, headway and close up 7f out, effort entering final furlong, stayed on, 3rd of 9, 1/2l behind Buyer Beware (11-6) at Catterick 1m 4f hcp (6) gd in Jul.
Zihaam 11-2 (8-7) Prominent, pushed along over 4f out, lost place 3f out, well beaten final 2f, last of 8, 24l behind Mukhayyam (9-8) at York 1m 4f hcp (3) gf in Jun.
Itlaaq 2-1fav (10-5) Chased leaders, led over 3f out, driven over 1f out, stayed on well, won at Ripon 1m 4f hcp (6) gd in Jun beating Trautmann (9-9) by 1 1/4l, 13 ran.
Calliope 7-2 (10-4) Soon led, keen, headed over 3f out, soon rallied, weakened entering final furlong, 3rd of 13, 10 1/4l behind Itlaaq (10-5) at Ripon 1m 4f hcp (6) gd in Jun.
King Of The Celts (IRE) 25-1 (11-7) Keen, led, headed 8f out, tracked leader, ridden 2f out, kept on one pace final furlong, 4th of 9, 1 1/2l behind Buyer Beware (11-6) at Catterick 1m 4f hcp (6) gd in Jul.
Hayward Field (IRE) 18-1 (10-0) Tracked leader 3f, remained handy, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong, last of 9, 16 3/4l behind Island Song (9-0) at Ayr 1m 2f hcp (6) gf in Jul.
Dream Free 10-3 (10-8) Close up, lost place 7f out, very wide into straight over 2f out, headway over 1f out, kept on same pace, 5th of 9, 2 1/4l behind Buyer Beware (11-6) at Catterick 1m 4f hcp (6) gd in Jul.
Fillydelphia (IRE) 14-1 (8-9) Dwelt in touch in rear, ridden and headway entering final furlong, ran on to go 2nd towards finish, no threat to winner, 2nd of 6, 5l behind India (9-3) at Catterick 1m 4f hcp fll (5) gd in Jul.
