prominent, led over 3f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, kept on
never near leaders
led, headed over 4f out, remained prominent, ridden and every chance from 2f out, unable to quicken inside final furlong
in touch 5f
short of room at start, held up, headway on bit approaching 2f out, shaken up to lead over 1f out, ridden out
went left start, held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, soon every chance, ridden and kept on same pace
chased leaders, ridden and every chance 2f out, soon weakened
chased leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened well over 1f out
chased leaders 6f out, ridden 3f out, weakened 2f out
steadied start, pulled hard, headway over 6f out, led over 4f out, headed over 3f out, weakened quickly
held up, headway 3f out, soon every chance, ridden and weakened well over 1f out
held up towards rear, never near leaders
close up, outpaced and lost place over 3f out, kept on approaching final furlong
chased leaders over 5f
held up, never near leaders
Nonrunner
The usual hotpotch of difficult to win withs, slowcoaches and neer do wells and we will offer a tentative nod the way of Million Percent with Samuel Charles, Singleb and Marvin Gardens all likely to figure in the betting. Million Percent is probably not as useful as he once was but this is his grade and having gone close off a 7lb higher mark at Brighton earlier in the season, he cannot be written off after a moderate run at Kempton last month. Samuel Charles is a regular at this grade. A winner of 16 from 58 on the all-weather, his strike rate on turf is less prolific. Singleb has clearly had problems. His close up run behind Kings Bastion at Redcar is solid form in the context of this affair and the market has to be closely watched. Marvin Gardens is no great shakes. That said, he gave a good account in a similar affair at Brighton against much better horses than himself. Dushstorm won back to back claimers at Kempton in April and while coming down the weights, has been out of form. Leptis Magna was probably overrated in his earlier career by the assessor and is now taking a welcome drop in sights. Ugenius has place claims on a fair second to Elusive Warrior at Southwell. Only A Grand tries hard in spite of an innate lack of ability and is worthy of a mention given the form of the Robin Bastiman yard. Not a race for the housekeeping monies and we are with Million Percent to minimum stakes.
Samuel Charles 5-1jt-fav (9-11) Led after 1f, headed 5f out, weakened inside final 2f, 9th of 14, 12l behind Tabulate (9-6) at Lingfield 1m 2f sll (6) pol in Jul.
Million Percent 7-1 (9-2) Chased leaders, hard driven over 2f out, soon weakened, 11th of 12, 14l behind Sovereignty (9-9) at Kempton 7f hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Jul.
Dushstorm (IRE) 7-1 (9-8) Led, headed over 8f out, weakened over 2f out, 6th of 11, 14l behind York Cliff (9-4) at W'hampton 1m 4f clm (6) pol in Jul.
Leptis Magna 10-1 (9-0) Held up, headway over 3f out, ridden 2f out, every chance when hampered well over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 4th of 7, 8l behind Talk of Saafend (8-7) at Salisbury 1m clm (5) gf in Jul.
Ugenius 25-1 (10-0) In touch and keen, ridden to chase leaders 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 12, 13l behind Arctic Desert (10-0) at W'hampton 1m 1f sll (6) pol in Jul.
Only A Grand 22-1 (8-12) In touch, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace, 11th of 18, 7l behind Silly Gilly (9-0) at Redcar 1m hcap (6) gf in Jul.
The London Gang 20-1 (9-9) Dwelt, in rear, ridden over 3f out, headway 2f out, led over 1f out, edged headed close home, 2nd of 7, nk behind One Night In Paris (9-2) at W'hampton 1m 1f sll (6) pol in Apr.
Crafty Fox 16-1 (8-12) In rear, tailed off 5f out, 10th of 11, well behind York Cliff (9-4) at W'hampton 1m 4f clm (6) pol in Jul.
