slowly into stride, always towards rear
made all, ridden over 1f out, edged right inside final furlong, ran on well
prominent, hung left and lost place over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
held up in rear, pulled hard, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
chased leaders, shaken up 3f out, not quicken 2f out, kept on towards finish
prominent, took keen hold, hampered and faltered briefly inside final furlong, 4th and held after
took keen hold, soon mid-division, ridden and effort over 2f out, went 3rd inside final furlong, kept on
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, went 2nd and kept on inside final furlong, no impression on winner
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, soon beaten
towards rear, pushed along over 3f out, some headway 2f out, never on terms
Modern British Art missed the break and always playing catch-up at Doncaster last week but this is a considerably easier task and Angus Villiers takes off 7lb. GOBI SUNSET (NAP) found plenty for pressure to beat a subsequent winner at Ayr in July. He’d been beaten under four lengths by Pinatubo at Wolverhampton earlier and is well treated on a mark of 80 on that form. Fantom Force and Punchbowl Flyer both disappointed last time while Sandown winner Port Winston has been well beaten in both tries over this trip but Order Of St John is getting closer and has place claims again.
Modern British Art (IRE) 10-1 (8-11) Dwelt close up, pushed along 3f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace, 5th of 9, 4 3/4l behind Bravo Faisal (8-7) at Doncaster 7f (2) gf in Sep.
Gobi Sunset 7-2 (9-5) Made all, hard driven over 2f, stayed on strongly, won at Ayr 6f mdn stks (4) gd in Jun beating Byline (9-5) by 3/4l, 8 ran.
Fantom Force (IRE) 16-1 (9-11) Held up, never dangerous, last of 7, 12 1/2l behind Walkonby (8-9) at Salisbury 1m (5) gd in Aug.
Port Winston (IRE) 8-1 (9-6) Steadied start, held up in rear, good headway on outside over 1f out, led final 150 yards, ran on well, won at Sandown 5f (5) gf in Aug beating Queenoftheclyde (8-6) by 1/2l, 5 ran.
Punchbowl Flyer (IRE) 7-2fav (8-12) Held up in last pair, pushed along halfway, not clearest of runs and ran on inside final furlong, nearest finish, 6th of 8, 1 3/4l behind Cheat (9-1) at Kempton 7f (4) pol in Sep.
Little Brown Trout 9-2 (8-13) Took keen hold, led over 4f out to 2f out, soon ridden, weakened well inside final furlong, 3rd of 4, 4 1/4l behind War Storm (9-7) at Yarmouth 6f (4) fm in Aug.
Kassab 11-1 (9-5) Soon tracking leaders, not clearest of runs over 1f out, switched left ridden and went between horses entering final furlong, ran on, 4th of 10, 2 1/4l behind Dance Fever (9-5) at Windsor 6f stks (4) gf in Sep.
Dark Silver (IRE) 7-1 (8-11) Chased leaders, pushed along 3f out, no chance with winner from over 1f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, kept on, 2nd of 3, 6l behind Above (9-7) at Wolverhampton 7f (4) pol in Aug.
Order Of St John 12-1 (9-2) Mid-division, driven to chase leaders 2f out, soon ridden, stayed on to take narrow 2nd inside final furlong, no impression with winner, 2nd of 14, 4 1/2l behind Sir Boris (9-9) at Nottingham 6f stks (5) sft in Aug.
Outtake 14-1 (9-5) Held up, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened, 11th of 15, 13 1/2l behind Diva Rock (9-5) at Leicester 7f (5) gd in Aug.