raced alone stands side, close up, ridden over 1f out, no impression
chased leader centre, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
slowly away, in rear centre, ridden and headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, stayed on strongly to draw clear inside final furlong
held up mid-division centre, ridden and headway 2f out, no impression from over 1f out
very slowly away, behind centre, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened
held up towards rear centre, ridden over 3f out, weakened 2f out, soon eased
prominent centre, ridden 3f out, one pace from over 1f out
led centre and overall leader, ridden and headed 2f out, soon weakened
prominent centre, led 2f out, headed over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, no chance with winner
mid-division center, ridden and headway over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong
Strike A Deal could be interesting in this modest heat as she's shown her best form at this track in the past. Newmarket third Exopuntia is a previous C&D winner, as is Dannios, while Scarborough Lily makes a swift reappearance after finishing second over 1m2f at Windsor on Sunday. Miss Firefox was placed at Wolverhampton and Warwick earlier in the year but we're giving a tentative vote to SPARTAN KING, who has shown definite signs of ability at this distance and wouldn't need to improve much to land this.
Strike A Deal (IRE) 14-1 (9-6) Slowly into stride, always behind, tailed off, eased final 2f, 11th of 14, 35l behind Positivity (9-7) at Southwell 1m hcp 0-70 (5) fbs in Jul.
Exopuntia 14-1 (8-3) Went right start, soon switched left to race center, led center pair, prominent, ridden and every chance over 1f out, edged left and stayed on inside final furlong, 3rd of 13, 2 1/4l behind Swiftly Done (8-13) at Newmarket 1m hcp 0-75 (5) gd in Jul.
Dannios 7-1 (9-3) Started very slowly, always in rear, 9th of 12, 10l behind Justcallmehandsome (9-6) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Jun.
Chez Vrony 16-1 (10-0) Took keen hold in touch, effort on outside 4f out, ridden inside final 3f, soon weakened, last of 9, 28l behind Rajnagan (10-4) at Newbury 1m 2f am hcp 0-70 (5) gd in Jul.
Spartan King (IRE) 7-1 (8-12) Pulled hard in rear, ridden and headway over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, never near leaders, 5th of 10, 6l behind Alluring Star (9-5) at Leicester 1m 3yo hcp 0-65 (6) gf in Jul.
Miss Firefox 11-4fav (9-4) Led, wide on bend 5f out, ridden and headed inside final 2f, weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 11, 7l behind Henrys Air (8-13) at Bath 1m 3yo hcp 0-60 (6) fm in May.
Wodian (IRE) 12-1 (9-3) Behind, ridden over 2f out, never dangerous, 8th of 14, 12l behind Russian Ice (9-0) at Kempton 7f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Jun.
Carlcol Girl 66-1 (8-2) Held up towards rear, weakened 2f out, last of 6, 42l behind Media Hype (9-5) at Yarmouth 1m 3f app hcp (6) gf in Jun.
Scarborough Lily 5-1 (8-12) In touch in 5th, headway centre over 2f out, chased leader and hung left over 1f out, led 1f out, headed and no extra final 100 yards, 2nd of 14, 1 1/4l behind Tegan (8-12) at Windsor 1m 2f 3yo hcp 0-55 (6) gf.
Warden Bond 50-1 (8-7) Held up towards rear, pushed along over 4f out, weakened over 3f out, last of 11, well behind Hot Rod Mamma (9-5) at Ripon 1m 2f hcp 0-60 (6) gs in Jul.
Wings Of Apollo (IRE) 33-1 (9-0) Behind, some headway over 1f out, never dangerous, 7th of 12, 26l behind Nordic Sky (9-3) at Pontefract 1m 3yo & 4yo mdn (5) gf in Jul.
