tracked leaders, driven and headway over 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, held on towards finish
held up, headway on inside over 3f out, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong
held up in rear, outpaced over 3f out, never able to challenge
tracked leaders, driven and outpaced over 3f out, switched right 2f out, soon ridden, kept on under pressure final furlong, no impression
with leader, led after 4f, headed 3f out, soon ridden, weakened final furlong
held up, outpaced 3f out, kept on same pace final 2f, never near leaders
led 4f, tracked leader, led again 3f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, rallied inside final furlong, held towards finish
Agilete held on well when successful at Sandown over 1m2f last month but a 6lb penalty for that success and the longer trip makes this tough for Jeff Pearce's gelding to follow up and a safer option looks to be BEAU FIGHTER, who gets the verdict with Trip The Light rated the pick of the rest. The selection showed a liking for cut in ground when opening his account on his handicap debut at Newbury in May and Chris Wall's gelding was unable to reproduce a similar level of form back on faster ground at Goodwood the following month on his only subsequent start. Back on testing ground, the son of Tobougg looks worth siding with to resume winning ways. Jeremy Glover's 10-year-old Red Wine should have no problems with the underfoot conditions but he may be a shade high in the weights following his narrow success at Doncaster in May. Drawn Gold has been running consistently well but may not want the ground as testing as it is likely to be and of more interest may be Mae Cigan. Michael Blanshard's gelding is a proven performer under testing conditions, has slipped to a reasonable mark and he has solid claims. Like most of Richard Fahey's runners, Trip The Light, has been running well of late and the son of Fantastic Light has to be respected but he has yet to prove that he handles ground as soft as this and preference is for Beau Fighter.
Trip The Light 2-1fav (8-9) Tracked leader, pushed along over 4f out, driven to dispute 2nd 2f out, one pace and no impression over 1f out, 2nd of 5, 2l behind Hawridge King (8-7) at Haydock 1m 6f hcp 0-85 (4) fm in Jul.
Agilete 9-1 (9-6) Held up in touch, headway over 2f out, led approaching final furlong, kept on well, won at Sandown 1m 2f app hcp 0-70 (5) gd in Jul beating Dragon Slayer (9-2) by 1l, 8 ran.
Red Wine 10-1 (9-9) Held up, kept on from over 2f out, no impression, 4th of 8, 16l behind Shaloo Diamond (9-7) at Doncaster 1m 4f hcp 0-80 (4) gs in Jul.
Beau Fighter 7-4fav (9-5) In touch, ridden 3f out, stayed on same pace final 2f, 6th of 8, 6l behind Supercast (9-5) at Goodwood 1m 2f hcp 0-75 (5) gf in Jun.
Orkney (IRE) 10-1 (9-2) Tracked leaders, weakened over 3f out, last of 6, 23l behind Chookie Hamilton (8-13) at Ayr 1m 5f hcp 0-75 (5) gd in Jun.
Mae Cigan (FR) 13-2 (8-8) Mid-division, headway on inside 4f out, ridden 2f out, no chance with winner, just won battle for 2nd, 2nd of 10, 5l behind Sir Boss (9-7) at Ffos Las 1m 4f hcp 0-75 (5) gd in Jul.
Drawn Gold 10-1 (9-0) Tracked leader, ridden over 2f out, led briefly approaching final furlong, kept on same pace, 4th of 9, 3l behind Inspirina (9-2) at Chester 1m 4f hcp 0-75 (5) gf in Jul.
