chased leaders, driven to challenge well over 2f out, soon under pressure and weakened
broke well, soon mid-division, lost place halfway, tailed off
chased leaders, under pressure over 3f out, soon lost place, tailed off
led 1f, led again over 3f out, hard pressed over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra
chased leaders, hard dirven over 4f out, stayed on final furlong, never able to challenge
held up in rear, headway under pressure over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, never on terms
slowly into stride, settled towards rear, headway over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, ran on to lead inside final furlong, ridden out
led after 1f, headed over 3f out, rallied over 1f out, weakened closing stages
behind, some late headway, never dangerous
This won't take much winning but it's difficult to recommend the oft-placed Putin after a woeful effort on similar ground at Brighton. Phluke is tried in blinkers for the first time at the age of 11 but Wind Star is only a couple of pounds higher than when scoring at Brighton in June and Croeso Mawr found only Ken's Girl too good at Chepstow last time. Lady Percy, successful at Salisbury three runs ago, looks the best of the three-year-olds but this could be a decent opportunity for SASHEEN, who may have found the ground too quick last time and is undoubtedly well treated at present.
Sasheen 9-1 (10-2) Mid-division, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong, 10th of 13, 12l behind Fire King (10-7) at Salisbury 1m am hcp 0-75 (5) fm in Jul.
Phluke 33-1 (8-13) Chased leader until 3f out, ridden and weakened over 2f out, 10th of 12, 18l behind Standpoint (9-7) at Epsom Downs 1m 2f app hcp 0-70 (5) gd.
Ceto 7-1 (8-7) Chased leader, hard ridden entering final furlong, soon every chance, not pace of winner, 2nd of 6, 1l behind Loveinthesand (8-12) at Southwell 6f mdn stks (5) fbs in Feb '10.
Croeso Mawr 11-4 (8-5) Close up, ridden over 2f out, every chance inside final furlong, kept on towards finish, 2nd of 5, nk behind Ken's Girl (9-7) at Chepstow 1m fll hcp (0-75) (5) hvy in Jun.
Inniscastle Boy 17-2 (8-11) Bumped slightly start start, tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, soon outpaced, no impression after, 5th of 8, 16l behind Tigers Tale (9-3) at Newbury 1m 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) gs in Jun.
Lady Percy (IRE) 8-1 (9-2) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, chased leading pair over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 6th of 13, 10l behind Cape Explorer (9-6) at Leicester 1m 3yo hcp 0-65 (6) gf.
Camrock Star (IRE) 12-1 (9-11) Took keen hold in mid-division, headway over 4f out, chased leaders 4f out, went 3rd 3f out until over 1f out, no extra in 4th final furlong, 4th of 12, 8l behind Laconicos (10-1) at Newbury 1m 2f am hcp 0-70 (5) gf.
Putin (IRE) 11-2 (8-10) Reared start, chased leaders, led 5f out, brought field to near side in straight, headed over 2f out, soon hung badly left and weakened, last of 10, 20l behind Daffydowndilly (9-12) at Brighton 1m hcp 0-60 (6) gd.
End Of May (IRE) 20-1 (8-10) Held up in rear, headway over 2f out, soon ridden, weakened inside final furlong, 8th of 10, 14l behind Waspy (9-0) at Bath 1m 3yo hcp 0-55 (6) gd.
Wind Star 11-2 (9-8) Held up towards rear, travelling well when not clearest of runs and switched right inside final 2f, strong run inside final furlong, led final 50 yards, won going away, won at Brighton 1m 2f hcp 0-65 (6) gd in Jun beating Welsh Nayber (9-0) by 1l, 10 ran.
