held up in last pair, pushed along headway and hung left over 2f out, went modest 3rd over 1f out, kept on into 2nd inside final furlong, no chance with winner
tracked leaders, ridden out wide over 2f out, stayed on in 3nd inside final furlong, joined 2nd post, no chance with winner
tracked leader 2f, handy 3rd on inside, headway and switched right inside final 3f, went 2nd going well 2f out, led over 1f out, clear when idled in front but stayed on well
led, pushed along over 3f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, lost 2nd 2f out, weakened into 4th over 1f out
held up in rear, headway tracking leaders after 1f, went 2nd after 2f, led over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
raced keenly and always behind
Lingfield winner Diamond Bay has a good strike rate on the all-weather and can figure again but AUTHOR’S DREAM (NAP) makes most appeal. The latter returned from a lay-off with a good effort over a longer trip at Goodwood and having won over today’s distance at Southwell early in the year, Bill Knight’s charge looks the one to side with. Haveyoumissedme finished runner-up when last racing over track and trip while Monticello finished second in a lower grade contest at Beverley but races from a long way out of the weights in this. Happy steps up in distance representing last year’s winning yard.
Diamond Bay 4-1 (9-12) Mid-division, effort and headway into 3rd 2f out, ridden and chased winner 1f out, stayed on to lead towards finish, won at Lingfield 2m hcp (3) pol in Aug beating Country Pyle (9-4) by 3/4l, 11 ran.
Author's Dream 33-1 (8-8) Held up in touch, ridden over 3f out, some headway over 2f out, chased leader over 1f out, kept on, 3rd of 14, 2 1/2l behind Master Milliner (9-1) at Goodwood 2m 4f hcp (2) gf in Jul.
Haveyoumissedme 15-2 (9-0) Hampered start, held up, headway 3f out, ridden and weakened final furlong, 8th of 15, 5 1/4l behind Wickywickywheels (9-0) at Hamilton 1m 4f hcp (2) sft in Aug.
Happy (IRE) 9-1 (9-4) Tracked leaders, pushed along well over 2f out, soon beaten, 8th of 12, 6 1/2l behind Duke Of Verona (9-2) at Sandown 1m 6f hcp (3) gd in Aug.
Midrarr (IRE) 12-1 (9-12) Held up towards rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, weakened over 1f out, 9th of 10, 7 3/4l behind Wynter Wildes (9-0) at Newcastle 1m 4f hcp (3) pol in Aug.
Monticello (IRE) 14-1 (9-7) Tracked front pair, ridden well over 3f out, pressed leader on rail when not clear run well over 1f out, tried for same run inside last and hampered, soon switched left and held closing stages, 2nd of 3, 1 1/4l behind At The Double (9-1) at Beverley 2m hcp (6) gf in Aug.
