midfield, headway over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, stayed on same pace final furlong
dwelt, in touch, pushed along over 4f out, headway over 3f out, soon weakened
in touch on inside, took keen hold, pushed along over 3f out, headway over 2f out, stayed on one pace final 2f
led, driven over 2f out, joined and headed over 1f out, all out to hold 2nd final strides
prominent, raced wide, pushed along over 3f out, stayed on same pace final 2f
midfield, pushed along over 3f out, soon weakened
chased leaders, keen on inside, headway over 2f out, driven to lead over 1f out, comfortable
pressed leader, headway over 3f out, driven over 2f out, ran on strongly final furlong, just denied 2nd
towards rear, pushed along over 5f out, no impression
towards rear, keen, pushed along and made headway over 3f out, ran on one pace final 2f
in rear on inside, headway over 5f out, driven and lost place over 2f out, never a factor
A full brother to three winners, Dark Trooper is worth noting on debut. Mazyuna was a hot favourite at Thirsk after a debut second at Ripon but was among the first beaten. Epsom runner-up Acotango looks progressive while Manifested has been quite highly tried in his two runs to date. LORD BERTIE was an expensive purchase but was too green to do himself justice at Newbury last month. He still managed to make the frame and normal progress should see him go close in this. Elraaed has some fancy entries so any market support should be taken seriously.
Acotango (IRE) 3-1 (9-7) Raced wide tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, stayed on to go 2nd towards finish, 2nd of 7, 4 3/4l behind Courageous Knight (9-7) at Epsom 7f mdn stks (4) gf in Jul.
Dark Trooper (IRE) Dark Angel colt out of Warshah.
Elraaed Dubawi colt out of Into The Mystic.
Frequent Flyer (IRE) 20-1 (9-7) Chased leaders, outpaced over 2f out, well held after, 7th of 14, 8 3/4l behind Tarjeeh (9-7) at Newbury 7f stks (4) gd in Jul.
Grand Central 10-1 (9-7) Went left start, ran green in mid-division and pushed along at times, weakened over 1f out, 7th of 10, 6 1/4l behind One Nation (9-7) at Sandown 7f stks (3) gd in Jul.
Lightening Zebo (IRE) 100-1 (9-2) Off the pace and always towards rear, behind final 2f, tailed off, last of 10, 25 1/4l behind Buccabay (9-2) at Ascot 6f mdn stks (3) gf in Jul.
Lord Bertie (FR) 7-1 (9-7) Slowly away, soon recovered track leaders racing keenly, slightly intimidated over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, no impression on winner, 3rd of 12, 3/4l behind Chaldean (9-7) at Newbury 7f stks (4) gd in Jul.
Manifested (IRE) 6-1 (9-7) Raced keenly, chased leaders on inside, pushed along over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 4th of 10, 7 1/4l behind Nostrum (9-7) at Sandown 7f mdn stks (4) gf in Jul.
Ireland Alexander (IRE) Tamayuz filly out of Smokey Quartz.
Mazyuna (IRE) 11-8fav (9-2) Tracked leaders, no response when ridden over 2f out, soon beaten, 8th of 11, 11 1/4l behind Glenlaurel (9-2) at Thirsk 6f fll stks (5) gd in Jun.
Star Adaay 125-1 (9-2) Tracked leaders, weakened over 2f out, 14th of 15, 19 1/4l behind Olivia Maralda (9-2) at Newbury 7f mdn fll stks (4) gf in Jul.