held up in rear, ridden and some headway over 1f out, never nearer
mid-division, headway 2f out, ridden to lead entering final furlong, headed and no extra inside final furlong
tracked leader, led over 4f out, ridden and headed over 2f out
mid-division, ridden and weakened over 2f out
led, headed over 4f out, led again over 2f out, ridden and headed entering final furlong, no extra
slowly into stride, held up in rear, stayed far side and raced alone from over 2f out, ridden and headway over 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, stayed on
pushed along in rear over 4f out, ridden and kept on inside final furlong, never nearer
always last, outpaced from halfway
chased leaders, ridden and every chance from over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on
Nonrunner
Carnivore gets the confident vote in the finale with Desert Dreamer, King Harson and Street Warrior put forward as the most likely dangers. The selection was slowly away but made up ground to finish narrowly behind King Harson last time. He is a pound better off at the weights today and we think he can reverse the placing with that rival. King Harson can't be dismissed lightly off the back of that most recent effort but he is not the most consistent and the percentage call is to take him on. Desert Dreamer ran well from a poor draw at Warwick last time and with the drop in trip in his favour he has an obvious chance. Street Warrior was a little disappointing last time but he had previously run well at Warwick and a reproduction of that effort here would give him a chance of troubling the judge. However, Carnivore ran well enough last time to merit our vote today.
Byron Bay 9-1 (10-0) Led, ridden over 2f out, soon headed, stayed prominent until weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 8, 2 1/2l behind Middlemarch (8-13) at Hamilton 1m hcp 0-85 (4) gd in Aug.
Desert Dreamer (IRE) 14-1 (9-6) Slowly away, held up, headway over 1f out, stayed on well, nearest finish, 4th of 13, 2l behind Hiccups (8-10) at Warwick 7f hcp 0-85 (4) gd.
Fiefdom (IRE) 50-1 (8-7) Towards rear, ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 9th of 16, 4 1/2l behind Ordnance Row (8-8) at Chester 1m hcap (2) gd in Aug.
Cardinal Venture (IRE) 7-1 (9-12) Led, ridden and headed 2f out, one pace and no impression, when short of room inside final furlong, 5th of 10, 4l behind Everest (9-6) at Redcar 1m 1f clm (6) gf in Aug.
Tanforan 50-1 (8-12) Mid-division, ridden over 2f out, weakening when not much room over 1f out, 13th of 14, 11l behind Inter Vision (9-11) at Chester 7f hcp 0-95 (3) gd in Aug.
King Harson 16-1 (8-11) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, headway to lead entering final furlong, kept on, won at Musselburgh 7f hcp 0-85 (4) gf in Aug beating Carnivore (8-10) by a nk, 9 ran.
Passion Fruit 8-1 (9-4) Held up, always behind, 9th of 11, 28l behind Best Guess (9-2) at Thirsk 1m fll hcp (4) hvy.
Carnivore 6-4fav (8-10) Slowly into stride, soon mid-division, ridden over 3f out, headway to challenge on rails inside final furlong, no extra close home, 2nd of 9, nk behind King Harson (8-11) at Musselburgh 7f hcp 0-85 (4) gf in Aug.
Street Warrior (IRE) 4-5fav (9-0) In touch, ridden over 1f out, one pace final furlong, 3rd of 11, 2l behind Sunderland Echo (8-9) at Pontefract 6f mdn stk (5) gd in Apr.
Dr Thong 10-1 (9-13) Held up in mid-division, ridden and headway over 1f out, challenged 1f out, kept on final furlong, 3rd of 12, 3 1/2l behind Border Edge (8-13) at Salisbury 1m hcp 0-70 (5) gf in Aug.
Warden Warren 20-1 (8-7) Held up in touch, ridden 2f out, no impression, 8th of 10, 3 1/2l behind Border Artist (9-1) at Yarmouth 7f hcp 0-70 (5) gd in Aug.
