raced keenly, held up, towards rear, pushed along 3f out, no impression when hampered inside final 2f, weakened and eased final furlong
steadied start, held up, in last pair, ridden on outside 2f out, plugged on final furlong, no threat
slowly away, soon in mid-division, headway chasing leaders halfway, weakened over 3f out, virtually pulled up final 2f, tailed off
mid-division, pushed along 3f out, not clear run and switched sharply left inside final 2f, soon ridden and hung left, 4th and one pace inside final furlong
last pair, never involved
held up, in mid-division, headawy on outside 3f out, chased leaders over 2f out, went 2nd inside final 2f until ridden approaching final furlong, kept on same pace in 3rd
chased leader until pushed laong 3f out, chased leaders, ridden and edged left 1f out, soon weakened
chased leaders, not clear run on inside rail from well over 1f out, 2nd approaching final furlong, gap opened and squeezed through inside final furlong, stayed on to lead final 75 yards
led and set strong pace, headed 2f out, soon lost 2nd and driven, weakened over 1f out
took keen hold, chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened 2f out, eased when no chance final furlong
chased leading pair, 2nd 3f out, led 2f out, soon ridden and went to rail, edged left off rail inside final furlong, headed and no extra final 75 yards
held up, towards rear, pushed along 4f out, plugged on in modest 6th inside final furlong
Nonrunner
Wrangler has his first start since 2014 but won off today’s mark under Ryan Moore at Haydock that year. Niblawi bids for a hat-trick raised 9lb while Athlon is raised a further 4lb after just missing out on a treble when second at Chelmsford. Ravenous won over track and trip earlier this year and failed to stay 2m2f in the Cesarewitch Trial last time and Wild Hacked finished ahead of Gawdawpalin when fourth at Ascot and drops back down a grade. Stratum won a maiden over 1m2f here in August while Pumblechook won his maiden at Pontefract and is reunited with Jim Crowley. But POINT OF VIEW was placed in Class 2 company at Yarmouth last time and it’s Roger Varian’s colt that gets a speculative vote in a highly competitive handicap.
Wrangler 2-1fav (9-13) Chased leaders, went 2nd over 3f out, led over 2f out, soon hung right, headed over 1f out, soon weakened, 9th of 10, 27 3/4l behind Our Gabrial (9-5) at Ascot 1m 4f hcp (3) gd in Aug.
Master Of Irony (IRE) 9-2 (9-9) In rear, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, kept on, 4th of 7, 8l behind Monotype (9-8) at Ffos Las 1m 4f hcp (3) sft in Sep.
Lovely Story (IRE) 11-4 (9-8) Led early, led again 10f out, pushed along over 2f out, headed over 1f out, one pace inside final furlong, 3rd of 9, 7 3/4l behind Uae Prince (9-5) at Leicester 1m 4f mdn stks (5) gs in Sep.
Niblawi (IRE) 2-1fav (10-0) In touch, headway over 3f out, led over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on well, won at Redcar 1m 2f hcp (5) gf in Sep beating San Quentin (9-9) by 4 1/2l, 14 ran.
Silver Quay (IRE) 9-1 (9-5) Held up in 4th, dropped to last 9f out, ridden and beaten 3f out, eased inside final furlong, 4th of 5, 11 3/4l behind Leah Freya (9-0) at Newbury 1m 4f hcp (3) sft in Sep.
Athlon (IRE) 5-4fav (9-4) Close up, headway and edged left over 1f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, not trouble winner, 2nd of 9, 3/4l behind Ecureuil (8-12) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (4) pol in Sep.
Ravenous 20-1 (8-4) Held up, headway 4f out, weakened 2f out, 14th of 17, 35 1/4l behind Penglai Pavilion (9-1) at Newmarket 2m 2f hcp stks (2) gd in Sep.
Wild Hacked (USA) 18-1 (8-8) In touch, driven to chase leaders, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong, no impression, 4th of 12, 3 1/4l behind New Caledonia (8-7) at Ascot 1m 4f hcp stks (2) gd in Sep.
Zambeasy 25-1 (9-3) Led, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 8, 7 1/4l behind Lord George (9-0) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (3) pol in Sep.
Point of View (IRE) 9-2 (9-0) Tracked leader, led over 7f out, ridden 2f out, headed entering final furlong, kept on same pace, 3rd of 5, 3 3/4l behind You're Hired (8-11) at Yarmouth 1m 3f hcp (2) gf in Sep.
Stratum 13-8fav (9-6) Tracked leading pair, not clear run briefly on inside over 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed and no extra near finish, 2nd of 5, hd behind Sam Missile (9-7) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (4) pol in Sep.
Thames Knight 14-1 (9-10) Tracked leaders, pushed along over 3f out, effort to chase winner over 1f out, one pace final furlong, 2nd of 11, 3 1/4l behind Guns of Leros (9-5) at Epsom 1m 4f hcp (4) gd in Sep.
Ruwasi 6-1 (9-4) In rear, headway on outer from over 3f out, pressed leaders over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 8th of 9, 8l behind Cymro (9-12) at Haydock 1m 4f hcp (2) gd in Sep.
Gawdawpalin (IRE) 2-1 (8-8) Soon tracked leader, challenged 4f out, lost 2nd over 2f out, chased leading pair, ridden over 1f out, kept on in closing stages pressing for 2nd but no chance with winner, 3rd of 5, 2 3/4l behind Leah Freya (9-0) at Newbury 1m 4f hcp (3) sft in Sep.
Bazooka (IRE) 25-1 (8-12) Soon led and clear, headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 7, 25 1/4l behind Monotype (9-8) at Ffos Las 1m 4f hcp (3) sft in Sep.
Pumblechook 5-2 (9-4) Tracked leaders, went 3rd over 1f out, kept on same pace, 4th of 5, 3l behind Cape Cova (9-7) at Doncaster 1m 4f hcp (4) gd in Jul.
