soon led, ridden inside final 2f, headed inside final furlong, stayed on same pace
held up towards rear, headway on wide outside over 1f out, hung badly left and kept on inside final furlong, went never nearer 4th well inside final furlong
took keen hold, chased leaders, outpaced over 2f out, rallied under pressure over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
fly-jumped leaving stalls, always behind
held up in mid-division, headway on outside 4f out, pushed along chasing leaders over 2f out, ridden and edged left over 1f out, weakened well inside final furlong
raced keenly, chased leader 2f, chased leading pair, 3rd and one pace final furlong
slowly away, behind, some late minor headway, never involved
soon chasing leaders on outside, went 2nd 8f out until ridden over 2f out, weakened quickly and soon behind
took keen hold, tracked leading pair, went 2nd over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, driven to lead and hung left inside final furlong, soon clear
chased leaders, ridden and weakened over 2f out
always towards rear
switched left start, took keen hold and held up in last pair, some headway under pressure over 1f out, ridden and weakened inside final furlong
A 6lb rise proved beyond Cape Crystal at Newcastle when she attempted to land a treble. But she wasn’t beaten far and could go close again. CRYSTALLOGRAPHER steps up in trip for her handicap bow having placed in all three starts in maiden company. With improvement expected, David Lanigan’s filly gets the vote. Yasir has been in fine form over longer distances and an apprentice’s allowance negates a further 3lb rise for winning here last time but Choral Clan remains 7lb higher than his win at Lingfield in June. Thecornishbarron has also looked high enough in the weights of late though drops back down in class for this.
Thecornishbarron (IRE) 14-1 (9-0) Close up, ridden to chase winner 2f out, faded inside final furlong, 5th of 8, 3 3/4l behind Fastnet Tempest (9-4) at Yarmouth 1m hcp (4) gf in Sep.
Choral Clan (IRE) 11-4fav (9-9) Held up, in touch, pushed along over 3f out, kept on final furlong, not trouble leaders, 4th of 6, 5 1/4l behind Unison (9-6) at Sandown 1m hcp (5) gd in Aug.
Topamichi 13-2 (9-6) Soon chased leader and keen, ridden inside final furlong, kept on same pace, 3rd of 7, 3l behind Thames Knight (9-7) at Epsom 1m 2f hcp (5) gd in Jul.
Commissar 5-1 (10-4) Held up in rear, pushed along over 4f out, some late headway, never dangerous, 5th of 8, 11 3/4l behind Black Dave (10-2) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (5) pol in Jan.
Cornelious (IRE) 8-1 (9-2) Held up, never dangerous, 10th of 15, 15 1/4l behind Charlie Bear (9-12) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (4) pol in Sep.
New Record (IRE) 12-1 (9-5) In touch and soon pushed along, ridden 4f out, not trouble leaders, 5th of 9, 9 1/4l behind Johnny B Goode (9-0) at Chelmsford City 7f hcp (5) pol in Sep.
Yasir (USA) 5-2 (9-6) Slowly away, in rear, headway over 3f out, led over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, just held on, won at Chelmsford City 1m 5f hcp (5) pol in Aug beating Atalanta Bay (9-6) by hd, 5 ran.
Cat Royale (IRE) 25-1 (8-13) Chased leaders, ridden to challenge over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 15, 7 3/4l behind Charlie Bear (9-12) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (4) pol in Sep.
Cape Crystal (IRE) 4-5fav (9-7) Close up, led 2f out, headed towards finish, no extra, 3rd of 13, 1/2l behind Taopix (8-9) at Newcastle 1m 2f hcp (5) pol in Aug.
Crystallographer (IRE) 9-4 (9-0) Keen, tracked leaders, went 2nd over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on towards finish, 3rd of 7, 3l behind Esprit De Tauber (9-0) at Yarmouth 1m mdn stks (5) gf in Jul.
Bergholt (IRE) 8-1 (8-13) Held up, in last pair, headway into 4th 9f out, pushed along on outside over 2f out, ridden disputing 3rd 2f out until over 1f out, no extra in 4th, 4th of 7, 7 3/4l behind Guns of Leros (9-3) at Goodwood 1m 4f hcp stks (4) gf in Aug.
The Magic Pencil (IRE) 4-1 (8-11) Tracked leaders, switched right 4f out, ridden over 2f out, held when slightly hampered over 1f out, soon weakened, 7th of 9, 6 3/4l behind Mysterial (10-0) at Redcar 1m 2f hcp (5) gf in Jul.