fly jumped after start, in rear, ridden halfway, effort and stayed on
tracked leaders, chased leaders 2f out, soon weakened
chased leader, one pace from over 1f out
made all, ridden over 1f out, ridden out
prominent, ridden on inside 2f out, keeping on when hung left inside final furlong
outpaced, never a factor
slowly into stride, soon in touch, ridden and headway 2f out, every chance inside final furlong, no extra close home
Nonrunner
Silver Dane has good enough form to get the nod over Edged In Gold, Campeon and Almaty Express. The last named has been a little unfortunate to come up against revitalised rivals in his last few starts but he has still run encouragingly. Five furlongs suits the gelding ideally and, from a fair mark, he holds solid each-way claims in this company. Campeon was comfortably in front of Limonia when they met at Brighton earlier in the month and should uphold the form. However, he is hard to win with and is not one to trust implicitly. Previous course winner Edged In Gold has really got her act together well at present and deserved to get her head in front when she was last seen out. Still, she barely gets the minimum trip and needs everything to drop just right for her. Therefore, we switch to Silver Dane, whose latest form is working out well. The son of Danetime acts well on the Polytrack and, having built up a good working relationship with Kirsty Milczarek, everything is in place for a big run from this improving type.
Chilly Cracker 16-1 (8-3) Prominent, ridden over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 10th of 12, 7l behind Niteowl Lad (8-6) at Thirsk 5f 3yo hcp (4) gf.
Detonate 33-1 (8-4) Chased leaders, ridden and every chance over 1f out, one pace inside final furlong, 5th of 15, 4l behind Vague Star (8-13) at Doncaster 5f 3yo hcp (5) gs in Jul.
Limonia (GER) 6-1 (8-3) Broke well, keen, held up, ridden, every chance approaching final furlong, kept on, 4th of 8, 2l behind Bold Cheverak (8-7) at Brighton 6f 3yo hcp (4) gf.
Almaty Express 15-2 (8-8) Chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, stayed on same pace final furlong, 4th of 13, 1l behind Tommy Smith (8-7) at Pontefract 5f hcp (5) gf.
Campeon (IRE) 7-1 (8-6) Raced keenly, held up behind leaders, outpaced 2f out, no danger after, 6th of 9, 1 1/2l behind Matsunosuke (9-3) at Sandown 5f 3yo hcp (5) gf.
Silver Dane (IRE) 9-2 (7-11) In touch, ridden over 1f out, stayed on under pressure to chase winner inside final furlong, 2nd of 16, 1l behind Niteowl Lad (8-13) at Redcar 5f 3yo hcp (5) gf in Jul.
Edged In Gold 11-2 (9-7) Held up and behind, good headway over 2f out, ridden to lead just inside final furlong, soon edged left, ran on, won at W'hampton 5f 3yo hcp (6) pol in Jul beating Rock Fever (8-13) by a nk, 13 ran.
