held up in touch, raced wide and lost place over 2f out
tracked leaders, ridden to lead over 1f out, soon headed and outpaced
held up towards rear, ridden and some headway over 1f out, edged left, never on terms
raced keenly tracking leader, ridden to lead 1f out, hung left, ran on
behind, ridden over 2f out, soon one pace
led steady pace, quickened over 2f out, headed over 1f out, soon weakened
It was only a small field that POSTER was victorious in last time however the manner of his win was impressive and he gets the vote narrowly over Nashmiah, Frognal and Talking Hands. Talking Hands and Nashmiah have some previous form behind Sri Putra in the Solario at Sandown, when it was the former who came out narrowly on top however the latter has a 2lb pull today and her trainer does well on the all-weather so she should close the gap. However we will side with Poster who has progressed with each start this year. Luca Cumani's colt won last time on his all-weather debut and should run well. Doctor Crane and Frognal have a bit to find on the ratings but the latter is interesting having won as he liked last time at Kempton. Shampagne is not one to trust implicitly and so we will return to Poster as the tentative selection.
Doctor Crane (USA) 12-1 (8-13) Squeezed out start, led after 1f, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened final furlong, 7th of 8, 10l behind Snoqualmie Girl (8-8) at Salisbury 1m 2yo lst stk (1) gf in Aug.
Fullback (IRE) 2-1fav (9-3) Tracked leaders throughout, led over 1f out, hard ridden and stayed on final furlong, won at W'hampton 1m 1f 2yo mdn (5) pol beating Doncosaque (9-3) by 3/4l, 12 ran.
Poster (IRE) 11-10fav (9-5) Tracked leader, led 2f out, soon clear, easily, won at W'hampton 1m 1f nov aut stk (5) pol beating Fullback (8-9) by 4 1/2l, 5 ran.
Shampagne 28-1 (9-2) Never better than mid-division, 15th of 19, 12l behind Elnawin (8-11) at Newmarket 6f 2yo aut (2) gd in Aug.
Talking Hands 7-1 (8-9) Behind stand's side group, headway over 2f out, one pace, 5th of 21, 6l behind Awinnersgame (8-9) at Doncaster 6f 2yo aut (2) sft.
Thunderball 16-1 (9-0) Chased leaders, ridden to lead 2f out, driven and headed near line, 2nd of 16, 1 1/2l behind Battle of Hastings (8-8) at Doncaster 1m 2yo hcp (2) sft.
Frognal (IRE) 4-9fav (9-3) Went left start, chased leaders, hung right from over 2f out, soon led, continued to hang right, ran on well final furlong, won at Kempton 6f 2yo mdn auc (5) pol beating I Am The Best (9-3) by 1 1/2l, 9 ran.
Nashmiah (IRE) 50-1 (8-11) Held up, headway over 2f out, soon ridden and chasing leaders, kept on same pace, 5th of 11, 2l behind Sri Putra (9-0) at Sandown 7f 2yo Grp 3 (1) gd in Aug.
