slowly into stride, in touch in rear, switched outside over 1f out, soon outpaced and ridden, never able to challenge
tracked leaders, driven over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace under pressure inside final furlong, no impression with front pair
made all, shaken up inside final 2f, soon ridden and hard pressed, stayed on strongly inside final furlong
pressed winner, driven over 2f out, ridden and lost place over 1f out, no impression in 4th inside final furlong
tracked leaders, driven and headway to challenge over 1f out, soon ridden, kept on under pressure inside final furlong, always just held
NonRunner
Chynna has been very highly tried since winning a York novice event in July. She’s been placed at Group 3 level so has obvious claims in a race like this, though drops back in trip today. CLOAK AND DAGGER has taken a while to come to hand but stayed on strongly to overhaul Kamikaze Lord at Ascot last month and that one caught Naughty Rascal close home at Kempton subsequently, though was receiving weight. Tin Hat usually runs well without being quite good enough but Autumn Splendour looks to be facing a stiff task giving 6lb and upwards to his rivals.
Autumn Splendour (IRE) 6-1 (9-10) Held up in rear, headway over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, driven out, won at Yarmouth 6f (4) gd in Aug beating Carrie's Vision (9-2) by 1/2l, 8 ran.
Cloak And Dagger (IRE) 5-2 (9-2) Close up, headway to chase leader over 1f out, ridden to join leader inside final furlong, led towards finish, won at Ascot 6f stks (4) gd in Sep beating Kamikaze Lord (9-2) by hd, 12 ran.
Naughty Rascal (IRE) 11-4 (9-9) Good speed from wide draw to lead on rail, strongly pressed near finish, caught on line, 2nd of 9, shd behind Kamikaze Lord (9-2) at Kempton 6f stks (5) pol in Sep.
Tru Grit (IRE) 10-1 (9-0) Mid-division, headway over 1f out, stayed on into modest 3rd inside final furlong, never a threat, 3rd of 8, 9 1/4l behind Wise Counsel (9-0) at Haydock 6f mdn stks (4) gs in Sep.
Chynna 25-1 (9-0) Tracked leaders, 4th halfway, ridden and edged left in 3rd over 1f out, no impression inside final furlong, 3rd of 8, 5 1/2l behind Hermosa (9-0) at Naas 7f Grp 3 fll stks (1) gd in Sep.
Tin Hat (IRE) 3-1 (9-5) Tracked leader, ridden inside final furlong, kept on towards finish, 3rd of 4, 1/4l behind Jack's Point (9-2) at Chelmsford City 5f stks (4) pol in Sep.
