dwelt, always behind
steadied start, held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, soon chasing leaders, kept on under pressure
led, keen, headed over 2f out, soon lost place
tracked leader, led over 2f out, headed over 1f out, no extra final furlong
chased leaders, every chance over 2f out, led over 1f out, headed entering final furlong, kept on
slowly into stride, held up towards rear, under pressure 5f out, hard ridden over 3f out, some late headway, never nearer
mid-division, headway over 1f out, never on terms
chased leaders, hard driven over 3f out, soon weakened
held up, never dangerous
keen early, in touch, headway over 2f out, led entering final furlong, stayed on well
mid-division, headway over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
Robin Weathers has the ability to figure in a race like this if fully wound-up. Gift Of Raaj is tried in blinkers but they’ll need to bring about significant improvement. Fellow three-year-olds Seaborough and Thundercloud were both successful over track and trip last time so enter the equation but Ebbisham is better on the all-weather. CASINA DI NOTTE has a 7lb claimer to help lessen his burden and is only 3lb higher than when winning on his last run on Turf at Yarmouth a year ago. He ran well on his reappearance at Kempton and shouldn’t be far away.
Casina Di Notte (IRE) 10-1 (10-0) Slowly into stride, soon mid-division, headway between horses over 1f out, kept on into 2nd close home, not reach winner, 2nd of 10, 1l behind Kingston Kurrajong (10-0) at Kempton 1m hcp (5) pol in Jun.
Robin Weathers (USA) 5-1cfav (8-12) Fly leapt start, keen towards rear, ridden 2f out, headway entering final furlong, ran on, nearest finish, 4th of 12, 2 1/4l behind Call Out Loud (9-3) at Chelmsford City 7f hcp (4) pol in Dec.
Cosmic Ray 20-1 (9-8) Tracked leader, weakened over 2f out, last of 6, 15 1/4l behind Kharbetation (9-9) at Ripon 1m hcp (5) gd in Jun.
Whitkirk 12-1 (10-0) Tracked leaders, every chance over 1f out, faded final furlong, 7th of 12, 5 1/2l behind Golden Guest (9-7) at Doncaster 1m hcp (5) gf in Jun.
Ebbisham (IRE) 4-1 (10-0) Held up towards rear, pushed along and switched right over 1f out, stayed on towards finish, 4th of 9, 2 1/4l behind Priscilla's Dream (9-6) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (5) pol in Jul.
Gift Of Raaj (IRE) 7-2 (9-2) Held up off the pace in last pair, switched left and headway on outside over 4f out, went 2nd over 3f out, plugged on, never any chance with winner, 2nd of 6, 10l behind Tigre du Terre (9-6) at Ripon 1m 1f stks (5) gf in May.
Seaborough (IRE) 6-4fav (9-7) Held up, headway and edged left approaching final furlong, ridden to lead when hung left inside final furlong, ran on, won at Nottingham 1m hcp (6) gf in Jul beating Turquoise Bay (9-4) by 1 1/4l, 7 ran.
Pick A Little 25-1 (9-10) In touch early, outpaced before halfway, soon beaten, last of 9, 26 1/4l behind Makambe (9-5) at Chepstow 1m hcp (5) gf in Jul.
Tagle (IRE) 16-1 (9-10) Chased leaders, 4th halfway, ridden and dropped to 8th 3f out, no impression 2f out, kept on one pace, 7th of 13, 20 1/4l behind For Pleasure (9-1) at Navan 1m 2f hcp hvy in Apr.
Stringybark Creek 5-1 (9-1) Raced wide in touch, headway 3f out, led over 1f out, ridden clear, won at Beverley 7f hcp (6) gf in Jul beating Rebel State (9-11) by 1l, 9 ran.
Thundercloud 13-2 (9-0) Slow into stride towards rear, pushed long 3f out, wide and headway to lead entering final furlong, ran on, won at Nottingham 1m hcp (6) gf in Jul beating Travel Lightly (8-1) by 1 3/4l, 9 ran.
