raced centre, bumped start, tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
raced stands side, slowly into stride, held up, headway and edged right over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, kept on same pace
raced centre, held up in touch, hampered 1f, headway over 2f out, led and edged left over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra
raced stands side, prominent, ridden to challenge over 2f out, soon chasing leaders, stayed on strongly inside final furlong, just failed
raced stands side, held up in touch, headway over 1f out, stayed on under pressure inside final furlong, nearest finish
led stands side group, ridden to challenge over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
raced centre, in touch, headway over 2f out, soon chasing leaders, stayed on same pace
led centre group and overall leader, headed and hung left over 1f out, rallied and led again inside final furlong, just held on
This is a cracking nursery with plenty of progressive types including Heywood and King Charles, we will take a chance with the first named, Wordly may do best of the less exposed runners. Heywood has taken well to handicapping, with comfortable victories at Sandown and Lingfield. The handicapper has taken note but there could be more in the locker and he looks the one to be on. King Charles spread-eagled his rivals on the all-weather at Lingfield last time out , defying a seven pound rise in the weights. He could still be one step ahead of the assessor and he has to go close again. Worldly landed a Wolverhampton maiden on his second start in good style and would have been hard to rate. He is open to any amount of improvement and could reach the frame. Bid For Glory and Dora Explora are two others worthy of respect in a wide open affair, but our idea of the winner is Heywood.
Dora Explora 14-1 (8-12) Led over 4f, eased and weakened final furlong, last of 6, 6l behind English Ballet (8-12) at Newmarket 7f 2yo fll Grp 3 (1) gd in Aug.
Heywood 7-2 (9-7) Held up, driven and headway over 1f out, led approaching final furlong, ridden out, won at Lingfield 7f 2yo hcp 0-85 (4) gd beating Miss Saafend Plaza (9-4) by a nk, 12 ran.
Worldly 1-4fav (8-9) With leader, led over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, ran on well, won at W'hampton 1m 1f 2yo mdn aut (4) pol in Aug beating Grand Lucre (8-4) by 3 1/2l, 6 ran.
Guacamole 4-1fav (8-11) Prominent, led over 2f out, ridden, headed over 1f out, not quicken inside final furlong, 2nd of 8, 1 1/2l behind Easy Lover (9-4) at Haydock 1m 2yo hcp (2) hvy.
King Charles 2-1fav (9-9) Tracked leader, led approaching 2f out, soon in command, pushed out final furlong, comfortably, won at Lingfield 7f 2yo hcp 0-75 (5) pol beating Ghost Dancer (9-4) by 3 1/2l, 13 ran.
Bid For Glory 6-1 (9-4) In touch, ridden over 2f out, chased winner inside final furlong, kept on, 2nd of 13, 1/2l behind Hart of Gold (9-7) at Southwell 7f 2yo hcp 0-85 (4) gd.
Mayor of London (USA) 9-4fav (9-5) Close up, weakened quickly over 4f out, 10th of 11, well behind Rosbay (9-0) at Newcastle 1m 2yo hcp (3) gs in Aug.
Sri Pekan Two 5-2 (9-7) In touch, pushed along 3f out, ridden and one pace final 2f, 4th of 11, 12l behind Rosbay (9-0) at Newcastle 1m 2yo hcp (3) gs in Aug.
Zafonical Storm (USA) 66-1 (9-1) Held up in rear, some headway 3f out, never near leaders, 7th of 10, 19l behind Eddie Jock (8-12) at Ascot 7f 2yo aut (2) gf in Aug.
