chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
led, ridden over 1f out, headed well inside final furlong
always prominent, ridden over 1f out, ran on to lead well inside final furlong
slowly into stride, not much room at start, held up, headway 2f out, edged right entering final furlong, no extra towards finish
slowly into stride, in rear, ridden 2f out, never in contention
slowly into stride, held up, headway over 2f out, ridden to press leaders over 1f out, no extra well inside final furlong
with leaders under stand rail, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
chased leaders, lost place over 2f out, no impression after
chased leaders 3f
prominent, weakening when edged left over 1f out
Nonrunner
Strawberry Moon has been nothing but consistent of late and is given the vote to get her head in front ahead of Whiteoak Lady and Diego Rivera. The selection has been placed on all five of her outings this season. You could argue that she has been frustrating and expensive to follow but not once has she ever run disappointingly. Her recent third to Tilsworth Charlie reads well and if able to reproduce that effort she will once again be in the shake up. Whiteoak Lady comes from a yard in form, and looks to be improving with experience. She was not beaten far at Warwick last time out and is one for the short list. Diego Rivera ran a personal best when second to Myanmar at Newbury on his penultimate run but was slightly disappointing when finishing second at Wolverhampton when sent off favourite last time out. So for the winner we return to Strawberry Moon.
Diego Rivera 5-4fav (9-3) In touch, ridden over 2f out, headway entering final furlong, stayed on, 2nd of 12, nk behind Night Rocket (8-12) at W'hampton 6f mdn aut stk (6) pol in Jul.
Tadalavil 20-1 (8-8) Mid-division, driven over 2f out, soon beaten, 8th of 13, 7l behind Superduper (8-13) at Windsor 6f 3yo hcp (4) gf in Jul.
Whiteoak Lady (IRE) 13-2 (8-9) Prominent on outside, joined leader 5f out, effort over 1f out, lost 2nd approaching final furlong, soon one pace, 3rd of 8, 1 1/2l behind Benedetto (8-12) at Warwick 7f 3yo hcp (5) sft in Jul.
Strawberry Moon (IRE) 9-2 (9-4) Chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, kept on under pressure final furlong, 3rd of 11, 2 1/2l behind Tilsworth Charlie (9-0) at Thirsk 6f hcap (5) gf in Jul.
Hunt The Bottle (IRE) 14-1 (8-13) Towards rear, soon pushed along, ridden over 1f out, stayed on well final furlong, nearest at finish, 5th of 17, 3l behind Makshoof (9-10) at Haydock 6f hcp 0-80 (4) gd in Jul.
Bonne 15-8fav (9-4) Dwelt and towards rear, switched left 2f out, headway on outer over 1f out, stayed on final furlong, 3rd of 10, 2l behind The History Man (10-0) at Thirsk 6f app hcp (5) gs.
To Bubbles 4-6fav (8-7) Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, rallied to lead again final 100 yards, asserted towards finish, won at Southwell 6f 3yo & 4yo mdn (5) fbs in Jul beating Frisbee (9-4) by 1 1/2l, 7 ran.
Big Slick (IRE) 6-1 (9-4) Chased leaders until weakened over 1f out, 9th of 13, 12l behind Jaconet (8-12) at Ayr 6f 3yo hcp (6) gs in Jul.
