slowly away, held up in rear, running on when switched right inside final furlong, not reached leaders
soon led, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened final furlong
tracked leaders, edged left over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
led early, chased leader, led over 2f out, edged right and headed well over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
held up in mid division, pushed along over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, never in contention
slightly hampered and slowly into stride, always behind
tracked leaders, raced keenly, led well over 1f out, hung left entering final furlong, edged right towards finish, just held on
prominent, raced keenly, not clear run over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong
held up, headway over 1f out, no impression
went right start, held up, headway 2f out, not much room well over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, not reached winner
held up, raced keenly, ridden and headway over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
Nonrunner
It is hard to look past MOUNTAIN CAT in this handicap and he gets the vote over Just Bond and Ours. The selection is a course and distance winner and he arrives here on the back of a good run at Hamilton last time when he chased home Marvo. He has won four of his eight starts on the all-weather so he has an admirable strike-rate and from a good draw he is taken to go in again. Just Bond is another who has got form over the course and distance but he was a little disappointing over a mile at Redcar last time and he has been well beaten on each of his last four runs here. Tanto Faz could be of interest as this is much easier than the handicap he contested at Sandown back in July. This is only his ninth run so there could be more to come and he would have definite claims on the pick of his form. Clientele has the plum draw and Mark Johnston's 3-year-old chased home Broad Cairn at Warwick last month. However, the form took a knock on Wednesday at Doncaster when Broad Cairn was a beaten favourite. Mountain Cat ticks plenty of boxes and he gets the vote.
Just Bond (IRE) 10-1 (9-7) Led early, soon held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, edged left well over 1f out, no further progress, 7th of 12, 6l behind Collateral Damage (8-12) at Redcar 1m hcp 0-85 (4) gf.
Tanto Faz (IRE) 20-1 (8-7) Dwelt, soon pushed up to go prominent, pushed along 3f out, hampered over 2f out, weakened well over 1f out, 12th of 16, 13l behind Acrostic (9-0) at Sandown 1m hcap (2) gd in Jul.
Beauchamp Viceroy 16-1 (9-7) Tracked leaders, ridden halfway, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 13, 11l behind Foolin Myself (9-11) at Southwell 1m hcp 0-90 (3) fbs in Aug.
I Confess 4-1 (9-3) Led, ridden over 2f out, headed towards finish, 3rd of 11, 1/2l behind Santefisio (9-3) at Lingfield 7f hcp 0-80 (4) pol.
Bold Cross (IRE) 10-1 (9-8) Keen, held up, headway when not clear run over 2f out, ridden and hung right over 1f out, stayed on same pace, 5th of 7, 5l behind Cill Rialaig (9-8) at Epsom Downs 1m 2f hcp 0-90 (3) gd in Aug.
Spinning 20-1 (9-6) Behind, driven over 2f out, stayed on under pressure inside final furlong, never nearer, 8th of 19, 4l behind Arizona John (9-3) at Redcar 1m hcp 0-80 (4) gf in Aug.
Mountain Cat (IRE) 12-1 (9-9) Held up mid-division, ridden and headway from over 2f out, stayed on to take 2nd towards finish, 2nd of 13, 1 1/4l behind Marvo (9-2) at Hamilton 1m 1f hcap (3) sft in Aug.
Clientele (USA) 11-2 (9-6) Chased leaders, ridden to lead approaching final 1f, headed inside final furlong, stayed on same pace, 2nd of 12, 3/4l behind Broad Cairn (9-8) at Warwick 7f hcp 0-85 (4) gd in Aug.
Brasingaman Hifive 12-1 (9-9) Chased leaders, lost place over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 12th of 19, 10l behind Arizona John (9-3) at Redcar 1m hcp 0-80 (4) gf in Aug.
Farleigh House (USA) 5-1 (9-3) Held up, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 9th of 10, 9l behind Tinaar (8-7) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp 0-85 (4) pol.
Hyde Lea Flyer 20-1 (9-4) Raced keenly and led, headed over 2f out, soon ridden, weakened final furlong, 14th of 19, 15l behind Arizona John (9-3) at Redcar 1m hcp 0-80 (4) gf in Aug.
Mangham (IRE) 16-1 (9-10) With leader, ridden halfway, weakened 2f out, 12th of 13, 28l behind Foolin Myself (9-11) at Southwell 1m hcp 0-90 (3) fbs in Aug.
Ours (IRE) 6-1 (9-10) Slowly into stride, switched right and headway over 2f out, driven to join winner inside final furlong, ran on and just held, 2nd of 14, ns behind Calahonda (9-5) at Southwell 1m hcp 0-70 (5) fbs in Aug.
