held up, in touch, driven to challenge 2f out, soon every chance, led over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, staying on when soon hampered, eased
in touch, ridden and headway over 3f out, weakened over 1f out
tracked leader, led over 3f out, headed over 1f out, one pace
soon led, ridden and headed over 3f out, stayed on inside final furlong
held up, headway and not clear run over 1f out, switched right, ran on to lead inside final furlong, soon hung left, headed near finish
held up, driven and headway over 2f out, hung right over 1f out, stayed on under pressure to lead close home
steadied start, held up, pulled hard, headway over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
tracked leaders, keen early, ridden and effort over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
Doctored has been in tremendous form of late and it would be no surprise to see him land the four timer, however Fort Churchill is progressing nicely and can land this from Hatch A Plan. Mark Tompkins has his string in fine fettle at present and this son of Barathea put up his best performance to date when finishing a close third behind Duc's Dream at Yarmouth back in June. The stable wasn't really firing at that stage so we can expect a fair amount of improvement and he should go close at a decent price. Hatch A Plan was a comfortable winner of a Windsor handicap before chasing home the well handicapped Gavroche at Chester, another bold showing is expected. Back to Doctored, he completed his hat-trick at Lingfield, but was all out to hold off Golden Drift and he may now at last be in the handicapper's grip. Munaawashat is another worthy of respect, but Fort Churchill could be the more progressive and gets our vote.
