held up, ridden 2f out, never dangerous
towards rear, headyway on inside over 1f out, not reached leaders
soon led, ridden approaching 1f out, headed post
held up, headway on outside over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on
held up, effort on inside over 1f out, never pace to challenge
broke well, led early, stayed prominent, ridden and one pace final firlong
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
tracked leaders, chased leader over 1f out, kept on well to lead post
mid-division, ridden 2f out, kept on well under pressure
mid-division, ridden 2f out, one pace
mid-division, ridden 2f out, plugged on
A tricky way to end the card with this compressed handicap, where the suggestion is KINNEGO BAY, while Johnny Lesters Hair could prove the biggest danger. The selection came good over this trip on fast ground at Folkestone last time and produced by far his most confident performance so far. A 5lb rise does not look insurmountable with so little between many of these and we will stick with him. Johnny Lesters Hair wasn't far away at Catterick last month and has already won over this trip. He is capable of being very competitive from this mark if he handles the surface on his first attempt. Candela Bay was a decent winner at Salisbury before this mark well and truly found him out last time and we'll field against him, Savannah Poppy looks in need of a favour from the assessor, while Dan Chillingworth was not stopping over six furlongs last time and can get even closer here now returned to this trip. Not a race to be dogmatic about and Kinnego Bay is put forward as the pick.
Candela Bay (IRE) 15-8fav (8-11) Steadied start, raced keenly, held up mid-division, ridden over 2f out, never on terms, 7th of 12, 6l behind Silver Wind (9-2) at Ascot 6f 3yo hcp (4) gf in Jul.
King Kenny 7-2 (9-10) Mid-division, ridden over 3f out, weakened final furlong, 7th of 8, 7l behind Zabeel Tower (9-10) at Musselburgh 7f hcp 0-75 (5) sft in Aug.
King's Wonder 3-1 (9-1) Led after 1f, ridden and headed approaching final furlong, kept on one pace, 2nd of 4, 8l behind Storm Sir (9-1) at Lingfield 1m mdn 0-80 (5) pol in Aug.
Rockfield Tiger (IRE) 11-2 (8-10) Prominent, ridden over 2f out, weakened 1f out, 5th of 7, 8l behind Talk of Saafend (8-7) at Salisbury 1m clm (5) gf in Jul.
Savannah Poppy (IRE) 11-2 (9-11) Held up in rear, headway approaching final furlong, never on terms, 4th of 11, 1 1/2l behind Shindy (9-7) at Yarmouth 7f fll hcp (5) gs in Aug.
Montiboli (IRE) 10-3fav (9-7) Keen early, close up on outside, challenged over 2f out, kept on and every chance until ridden and one pace final furlong, 3rd of 7, 2 1/2l behind Devinius (8-5) at Thirsk 1m 3yo hcp (5) sft in Aug.
Vigano (IRE) 9-1 (9-4) Steadied start, settled towards rear, steady headway from 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, nearest finish, 4th of 11, 3l behind Geoffdaw (9-0) at Kempton 6f 3yo hcp (5) pol in Aug.
Spate River 20-1 (9-3) Made most on inner, ridden clear 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, headed near finish, lost 2nd last strides, 3rd of 8, 1/2l behind Beauchamp Wizard (9-3) at Kempton 7f mdn aut stk (6) pol in Aug.
Dan Chillingworth (IRE) 6-1 (9-4) In touch, headway over 1f out, strong run inside final furlong, not trouble winner, 2nd of 11, 2 1/2l behind Geoffdaw (9-0) at Kempton 6f 3yo hcp (5) pol in Aug.
Regal Bird (USA) 50-1 (9-0) Always in rear, 11th of 13, 15l behind Relative Order (9-3) at Newmarket 7f 3yo hcp (4) gf in Jun.
Kinnego Bay (IRE) 8-1 (9-3) Tracked leaders, ridden to lead over 1f out, ran on, won at Folkestone 7f 3yo hcp (5) gf in Aug beating Valento (9-3) by 2l, 10 ran.
Jonny Lesters Hair (IRE) 11-4fav (8-8) In touch, ridden to lead 3f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra close home, 2nd of 10, 1l behind Willkandoo (8-11) at Catterick 7f 3yo hcp (4) gd in Aug.
