made all, strongly challenged over 1f out, ran on well
raced freely, prominent, under pressure over 2f out, stayed on same pace approaching final furlong
held up in touch, headway over 1f out, chased winner inside final furlong, stayed on
slowly into stride, held up in touch, headway over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
prominent, every chance well over 1f out, no extra closing stages
slowly into stride, chased leaders, pushed along halfway, soon weakened
chased leaders, effort over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
CRYPTIC has been generally disappointing this season but took time to discover form in his juvenile campaign too. His latest run at Kempton was more like it, staying on nicely to claim the runner-up spot after a far from trouble-free passage. He’ll need to maintain that level here but, if doing so, the son of Lord Shanakill looks the one to beat. The Johnson Houghton yard has already enjoyed their best season numerically with plenty of the term to go and Golden Wedding is a thoroughly consistent stable servant who should be on the premises once again. He's been competing over 7f on recent starts but is equally effective over the mile and is effective on forecast conditions. Jabbaar is a possible improver but he was a well-beaten favourite last time and hasn't encountered ground with cut.
Golden Wedding (IRE) 3-1fav (9-11) Held up in mid-division, headway on outside over 2f out, ridden in 4th and hung right over 1f out, hung right and kept on inside final furlong, never going pace to reach leaders, 4th of 9, 2 1/4l behind Little Miss Kodi (9-3) at Goodwood 7f hcp stks (5) gd in Aug.
Rahmah (IRE) 7-2 (9-4) Tracked leaders, pushed along 2f out, ridden to lead 1f out, headed close home, 2nd of 4, hd behind Vercingetorix (9-7) at Chepstow 1m 2f hcp (5) gf in Aug.
Jabbaar 11-4fav (9-7) Tracked clear leader, closed 4f out, challenged and led approaching final 2f until 2f out, chased leader, soon ridden and lost 2nd, weakened final furlong, 6th of 7, 6 1/2l behind Airton (8-11) at Doncaster 1m 2f hcp (5) gf in Jul.
Al Fatih (IRE) 12-1 (9-2) Mid-division, headway over 2f out, driven over 1f out, not clear run inside final furlong, squeezed through and went 2nd towards finish, ran on, just failed, 2nd of 10, hd behind Shining Romeo (9-3) at Leicester 1m 2f hcp (5) gs in Apr.
Cryptic (IRE) 9-2 (9-7) Held up towards rear, steady headway 3f out, ridden and switched left over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, went 2nd towards finish, never going pace of winner, 2nd of 11, 1 1/2l behind Ubla (9-3) at Kempton 1m hcp (5) pol in Aug.
Never To Be (USA) 14-1 (9-9) In touch, ridden and weakened over 3f out, last of 7, dist behind Diamonds A Dancing (9-2) at Chepstow 1m hcp (5) gf in Jul.
Barista (IRE) 14-1 (9-8) Behind, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, never reached leaders, 7th of 15, 4 1/4l behind Poor Duke (8-10) at Chepstow 7f hcp (6) gs in Aug.
