held up in last trio, pushed along and headway over 2f out, not clear run switched left and hampered inside final 2f, hanging right when switched left again over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, went 4th towards finish,
tracked leaders on outside, every chance 2f out, weakened final furlong
held up in mid-division on inside, ridden inside final 3f, soon weakened
tracked leader for 1f, tracked leading pair, went 2nd again over 3f out, led over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, soon lost 2nd, no extra inside final furlong, lost 4th towards finish
difficult loading, raced wide in mid-division, headway on outside chasing leaders over 2f out, soon ridden and not quicken, weakened inside final furlong
led until 9f out, tracked leader who went clear 6f out, closed 4f out, led again over 3f out until over 2f out, weakened quickly, eased
in touch, headway chasing leaders and challenging 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed entering final furlong, stayed on same pace
slowly into stride and pushed along early, held up in rear, pushed along and steady headway on outside over 2f out, chased leaders 2f out, challenged over 1f out, led entering final furlong, stayed on well
held up in mid-division, headway chasing leaders over 2f out, switched right inside final 2f, soon ridden and stayed on same pace in 3rd inside final furlong
pulled hard and chased leaders after 1f, led and hung badly left on bend 9f out, went clear 6f out, came back to field 4f out, headed over 3f out, weakened rapidly and eased
held up in last pair, headway and switched left to outside over 2f out, hung right and no headway final furlong
chased leaders on inside, pushed along over 3f out, weakened soon after, virtually pulled up final 2f
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Plenty open to further progress but LONDINIUM won a tougher handicap over 1m4f here on Wednesday and may shrug off a penalty attempting a quick double. He’s preferred to stablemates Bear Valley and Star Of The East while Shymkent won in soft going at Carlisle earlier and there was cut in the ground when Walton Street made a winning start at Pontefract. The latter makes more appeal than Charlie Appleby’s other runner Cross Step while Tuff Rock and Opinionate also make their handicap debuts but Swiftsure is upped a further 6lb after placing at Newmarket. Me Too Nagasaki could go well back on testing ground with Frankie Dettori taking over the reins.
Shymkent 33-1 (8-8) Mid-division on inside, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace, never on terms, 10th of 18, 6 3/4l behind Atty Persse (8-10) at Ascot 1m 4f hcp stks (2) gf in Jun.
Bear Valley (IRE) 14-1 (9-5) Tracked leaders on inside, ridden 2f out, one pace over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 8th of 9, 10 1/2l behind Bin Battuta (9-7) at Ascot 1m 4f hcp (2) gd in Jul.
Swiftsure (IRE) 13-8fav (9-6) Led, pushed along 3f out, ridden and edged left over 1f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong, 3rd of 8, 1 1/2l behind Roar (8-12) at Newmarket 1m 2f hcp (4) gd in Jul.
Count Calabash (IRE) 10-3 (9-5) Keen tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, kept on one pace, 3rd of 6, 1/2l behind Mister Blue Sky (8-8) at Windsor 1m 2f hcp (3) gd in Jul.
Reshoun (FR) (8-10) 2nd of 7, 3/4l behind Aim True (9-4) at Saint-Cloud 1m 4f stks gd in Jun.
Cross Step (USA) 13-2 (9-5) Chased leaders, effort over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 7, 8 1/4l behind Duke Of Bronte (9-1) at Newbury 1m 4f hcp (3) gf in Jul.
Londinium 9-1 (8-0) Tracked leaders, 2nd 4f out, led over 2f out, edged left inside final furlong, stayed on strongly, won at Goodwood 1m 4f hcp (2) sft in Aug beating On To Victory (8-13) by 1 1/2l, 14 ran.
Walton Street 15-8 (9-4) Held up in touch, headway to lead 2f out, driven and brought field towards stands side entering straight, clear over 1f out, eased final 50 yards, easily, won at Pontefract 1m 2f mdn stks (5) gs in Jul beating Roddy (9-4) by 1 3/4l, 6 ran.
See Of Rome 7-1 (9-3) Soon led, headed over 3f out, rallied over 2f out, weakening when hampered over 1f out, last of 7, 10 1/2l behind Duke Of Bronte (9-1) at Newbury 1m 4f hcp (3) gf in Jul.
Tuff Rock (USA) 11-4 (9-1) Slowly into stride, held up last, pushed along on outside 3f out, headway under pressure over 2f out, went 2nd over 1f out, nosed into lead 100 yards out, just held on, all out, won at Goodwood 1m 2f mdn stks (5) gs in Jun beating Meccabah (8-10) by ns, 5 ran.
Opinionate 15-8fav (9-5) Raced wide tracked leaders, every chance over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ridden and ran on, readily, won at Lingfield 1m mdn stks (5) pol in Jan beating Special Relation (9-5) by 1 1/2l, 10 ran.
Star Of The East (IRE) 11-2 (8-13) Tracked leaders, led 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, won at Ripon 1m (4) gd in Sep beating Honourable (8-7) by 3l, 7 ran.
Me Too Nagasaki (IRE) 9-2 (9-7) Held up in mid-division, headway on outside over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, went 2nd towards finish, unable to reach winner, 2nd of 11, 1/2l behind Surrey Hope (9-6) at Sandown 1m hcp (4) gd in Jun.
Neshmeya 7-2 (9-0) Mid-division, headway over 3f out, soon chasing leaders, led inside final furlong, ran on well, won at Salisbury 1m 2f mdn fll stks (4) gf in Jun beating Superioritycomplex (9-0) by nk, 10 ran.
