led, pushed along over 2f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on
slowly into stride, in rear, pushed along 3f out, made no impression
pushed along to chase leaders, driven over 2f out, no extra final furlong
held up in rear, pushed along 3f out, kept on inside final furlong
chased leaders, pushed along over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
hampered start, in rear, pushed along over 2f out, headway to chase leader over 1f out, led inside final furlong, stayed on
prominent, pushed along 2f out, no extra final furlong
This looks wide open but CASTAN beat the subsequent Beverley winner Gemcutter at Musselburgh three weeks ago and is a pound better off today. Karl Burke runs both Al Hitmi and Kodi Dancer with the latter interesting dropping back in distance. Match Play is eased in grade while Cheeky Maxi has travelled up from Lambourn to make his nursery debut. Fiery Bond showed improvement at Ayr last month but has only raced over 6f so far.
Match Play 11-2 (8-13) Pulled hard in rear, headway and pushed along over 1f out, edged left final 50yds, no extra, 4th of 5, 3 1/4l behind Shandy Star (9-7) at Hamilton 6f (4) gd in Jul.
Cheeky Maxi (IRE) 4-1 (9-7) Prominent, ridden 3f out, weakened, 6th of 7, 20 1/4l behind Gaallib (9-7) at Nottingham 6f mdn stks (5) gf in Jul.
Al Hitmi 2-1fav (9-7) Tracked winner until pushed along 2f out, ridden and kept on one pace, 3rd of 8, 2 1/4l behind Grace Angel (9-0) at Wolverhampton 5f mdn stks (6) pol in Jul.
Castan 6-1 (9-4) Towards rear, pushed along 2f out, switched wide and progress to dispute lead 1f out, quickened up well inside final furlong, comfortably, won at Musselburgh 5f (6) gd in Jul beating Gemcutter (9-1) by 3/4l, 9 ran.
Fiery Bond 13-2 (9-5) Close up, ridden and every chance over 1f out, kept on one pace, 2nd of 8, 2 1/4l behind Signora Camacho (9-10) at Ayr 6f (5) gd in Jul.
Lady Roamer 8-1 (9-2) Tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace, 4th of 10, 7l behind Can To Can (9-2) at Pontefract 5f mdn fll stks (4) gf in Jul.
Gemcutter 10-3fav (9-9) Tracked leaders, ridden and headway under 1f out, ran on to lead well inside last, won going away, won at Beverley 5f (6) gf in Aug beating How Exciting (9-6) by 2 1/4l, 8 ran.
Kodi Dancer (IRE) 7-2 (8-2) Keen, tracked leaders, pushed along 2f out, soon ridden, kept on one pace, last of 3, 5 3/4l behind Killybegs Warrior (9-9) at Newmarket 7f (3) gf in Aug.