chased leader and widest of all, lost place over 4f out, ridden over 3f out, no impression
edged right start, tracked leaders, effort to lead over 2f out, hard pressed, stayed on, holding 2nd towards finish
went left and bumped start, tracked leaders, raced keenly, not much room over 2f out, switched left well over 1f out, went 3rd inside final furlong, kept on
led 1f, prominent, ridden and every chance 2f out, no extra well inside final furlong
edged right and bumped start, chased leaders on outside, lost place over 4f out, no impression after
bumped start, prominent, led 6f out, headed 2f out, pressed winner after, held towards finish
Cold Stare put an uncharacteristically bad run at Ascot behind him at Haydock last time and is well respected despite his welter burden. He has shown most of his best form on ground with cut and will benefit from any further Welsh rain that falls. Miquelon has yet to score but has been knocking on the door over this trip and will be hard to keep out of the frame off a 1lb lower mark, but BOLLY BULLET could be the one here as he'll be suited by conditions if the ground stays good to soft and has already scored under his promising apprentice who claims a valuable 7lb. Course and distance winners Sir Plato and Fieldsman win in their turn and are respected too.
Gloves Lynch 4-1 (9-7) Chased leaders out wide, pushed along over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 6th of 7, 3 3/4l behind Mr Tyrrell (9-1) at Lingfield 1m hcp (4) pol in Aug.
Miquelon 7-4fav (10-2) Tracked leader, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, stayed on same pace, no chance with winner, 2nd of 5, 2 1/2l behind L'Operateur (9-7) at Ffos Las 7f mdn hcp (5) gd in Aug.
Bolly Bullet (IRE) 2-1fav (11-1) Keen tracked leaders, led 2f out, soon ridden, edged right inside final furlong, headed close home, 2nd of 6, 1/2l behind Luna Magic (10-12) at Salisbury 1m hcp (5) gd in Aug.
Delta River 12-1 (10-7) Chased leaders near side of group, ridden 2f out, soon outpaced, plugged on late, 4th of 7, 4 3/4l behind Dashing Dick (9-12) at Yarmouth 7f hcp (4) gf in Jul.
Sir Plato (IRE) 6-1 (10-2) Chased leaders, dropped to midfield over 4f out, nudged along 3f out, ridden over 1f out, plugged on one pace final furlong, 4th of 7, 1 3/4l behind Mercurius Power (9-6) at Chepstow 1m hcp (5) gf in Jul.
Fieldsman (USA) 22-1 (10-3) Tracked winner, ridden over 1f out, no impression inside final furlong, 2nd of 9, 1 1/4l behind Porterinthejungle (9-7) at Brighton 7f hcp (4) gf in Aug.
Cold Stare (IRE) 4-1jfav (10-0) Mid-division, good headway over 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, ran on well when joined inside final furlong, won at Haydock 7f hcp (4) sft in Aug beating Edgewood (9-11) by nk, 10 ran.