slowly into stride, outpaced in rear, no headway
in touch on outside, pushed along to chase leaders 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
slowly into stride, outpaced in rear, moderate late headway
held up towards rear on outside, not much room entering final furlong, soon eased
in touch, switched left inside final 2f, chased leaders final furlong, not quicken towards finish
chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, weakened final furlong
held up, headway on wide outside to press leaders inside final 2f, weakened final furlong
slowly into stride, switched right to race on rails and soon in mid-division, headway over 1f out, strong burst between horses to lead final 75 yards, won going away
led on rail, hard ridden over 1f out, headed and outpaced by winner final 75 yards
chased leaders, ridden halfway, soon weakened
held up in mid-division, switched steadily left from 2f out, ran on strongly inside final furlong
chased leaders over 3f
chased leaders, weakening when slightly hampered over 1f out
in touch, ridden halfway, soon weakened
Nonrunner
Pretty Miss can get back to winning ways in an open handicap, with Methaaly, One Way Ticket, Malapropism and Multahab all in with a shout. This does indeed look a hard one to call, but there was a lot to like about the way Pretty Miss knuckled down to her task when headed close home by Gentle Guru in a class 4 at Sandown 18-days ago. She showed plenty of speed until slowing down up the hill, and this flatter track and drop in grade affords her the chance to make amends. Methaaly was claimed out of Jane Chapple-Hyam's yard after making all in a Wolverhampton claimer seven-days ago, and new connections will no doubt adopt similar tactics, but he will not get the soft lead that he did last week. One Way Ticket has not won for over a year now, but is well handicapped and has shown a bit of spark of late, while Malapropism was not disgraced finishing second under a penalty at Musselburgh just four days ago. Multahab looks set for a big run after showing signs of a return to form at Yarmouth last time, and all in all there are too many to fancy here. With that in mind, only a narrow vote goes to Pretty Miss to make all.
Gwilym (GER) 13-2 (9-8) Prominent, ridden to challenge over 1f out, every chance, hung left inside final furlong, no extra close home, 3rd of 13, 2l behind Malapropism (9-1) at Windsor 5f hcap (5) gf in Jul.
Malapropism 2-1fav (9-10) Led, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 2nd of 12, 2 1/2l behind Strensall (8-12) at Musselburgh 5f hcp 0-70 (5) gf.
Pretty Miss 6-1 (9-1) Led, ridden and edged right entering final furlong, hung left and headed near finish, 2nd of 10, 1/2l behind Gentle Guru (9-6) at Sandown 5f 3yo hcp (4) gd in Jul.
Desperate Dan 5-1 (9-12) Slowly into stride, raced far side, recovered to lead that group after 1f, hard ridden 2f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra, 4th of 9, 1 1/2l behind Caustic Wit (9-5) at Folkestone 5f hcap (5) gf in Jul.
Garstang 14-1 (8-5) Slowly away, behind, repeatedly denied a run from over 1f out until inside final furlong, kept on, 4th of 12, 1 1/2l behind Sunrise Safari (9-11) at Newcastle 5f hcp 0-85 (4) gd in Jul.
One Way Ticket 7-1 (9-5) Led, driven 2f out, headed over 1f out, stayed challenging until no extra towards finish, 3rd of 9, 1l behind Safari Mischief (9-5) at Brighton 5f hcap (4) frm in Jun.
Multahab 20-1 (8-13) Prominent, effort to challenge winner 1f out, kept on, unable to quicken near finish, 2nd of 12, 1/2l behind Silver Prelude (8-10) at Yarmouth 5f hcap (5) gf in Jul.
Methaaly (IRE) 9-4fav (9-8) Made all, led, quickened 4 lengths clear inside final 2f, ran on well, readily, won at W'hampton 6f clm (6) pol in Jul beating Dasheena (8-6) by 2 1/2l, 11 ran.
