always towards rear
slowly into stride, behind, headway 8f out, ridden when bumped well over 1f out, soon weakened and eased
led, ridden over 3f out, headed over 1f out, stayed on
prominent, ridden over 3f out, every chance over 2f out, no extra inside final furlong
slowly into stride, always behind
held up, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, stayed on, never nearer
prominent and keen, not clear run 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, ran on
held up, ridden and headway over 2f out, one pace final furlong
keen, in touch, ridden over 2f out, not much room well over 1f out, soon switched right, stayed on inside final furlong
mid-division, ridden over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, not reach leaders
in touch, ridden over 2f out, not much room well over 1f out, kept on same pace
mid-division, ridden 4f out, weakened over 2f out
Bedouin Blue gets the confident vote here with Meadow Mischief and Baltic Princess rating the main dangers. The selection was a fair fourth behind Peppertree Lane last time out. That form is rock solid and he looks the value bet in an open affair. Meadow Midschief rates the main danger on his latest third behind Alessano but he has been done no favours by the draw. Baltic Princess is another worthy of respect on her latest fourth behind Forthright but she has had plenty of chances off similar marks and again looks vulnerable. Of the remainder, Jack Dawson looks weighted up to his best while Sporting Gesture could go well at a price but would not want any more rain and for the winner we return to Bedouin Blue.
Jack Dawson (IRE) 25-1 (9-12) Held up, ridden, headway over 2f out, edged left 1f out, one pace, 4th of 10, 2l behind Behlaya (9-12) at Warwick 2m hcp 0-80 (4) gd.
Meadow Mischief (FR) 5-2 (8-1) Held up in rear, took closer order halfway, prominent over 3f out, chased winner briefly over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 3rd of 7, 17l behind Alessano (8-12) at Newmarket 1m 7f hcp 0-95 (3) sft in Aug.
Sporting Gesture 16-1 (8-12) Held up, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, stayed on same pace final furlong, 3rd of 11, 4 1/2l behind Dzesmin (8-9) at Catterick 1m 4f hcp 0-90 (3) gf.
Merrymaker 6-1 (9-3) Started slowly, behind, ridden over 4f out, stayed on inside final furlong, never reached leaders, 4th of 8, 3l behind Numero Due (10-1) at Chester 2m hcp 0-80 (4) gf.
Reluctant Suitor 4-1fav (9-3) Held up, headway well over 4f out, one pace final 2f, 6th of 11, 9l behind Freeloader (9-10) at Ayr 1m 2f hcp 0-75 (5) gs.
Linden Lime 11-1 (11-4) Held up, headway over 3f out, ridden to chase leading pair 2f out, kept on, 3rd of 13, 5l behind Kanpai (10-7) at Goodwood 2m hcp 0-70 (5) gf.
Sendinpost 9-4fav (8-0) Held up, mid-division, headway over 1f out, stayed on same pace, 5th of 14, 5l behind Sweet Indulgence (9-10) at Newmarket 1m 4f hcp 0-85 (4) gd in Aug.
Bedouin Blue (IRE) 16-1 (8-6) Led, headed after 2f and remained in touch, ridden and one pace final 2f, 4th of 8, 6l behind Peppertree Lane (9-5) at Ripon 1m 4f 3yo hcp (3) hvy in Aug.
