soon led, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
close up, headway over 2f out, pushed along to lead over 1f out, ran on
close up in rear, ridden and headway when hung left over 1f out, kept on to 2nd inside final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden and weakened over 1f out
tracked leader, ridden and every chance 2f out, one pace and lost 2nd inside final furlong
A winner at Chester in May, Perfect Play has also finished second three times this year in handicaps though was behind Promoter at Epsom in June. BURGLAR has been set some stiff tasks since winning a novice event at Redcar but he finished ahead of Mighty River on worse terms in a Class 2 here last month when he may have seen too much daylight. The Gosdens’ runner wears a hood today and may be a bit of value up against the unbeaten Measured Time, who is making his handicap debut and also having a first run on Turf.
Mighty River (IRE) 13-2 (9-5) Pushed along to go prominent early, remained prominent to halfway, pushed along again in second 3f out, ridden 1f out, weakened and dropped to seventh inside final 110 yards, 7th of 11, 3 1/2l behind Return To Dubai (9-7) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (3) pol in Aug.
Measured Time 4-6fav (9-10) Prominent, ridden over 2f out, soon pressed leader and led, briefly pressed for lead entering final furlong, stayed on well inside final furlong, won at Kempton 1m (4) pol in Aug beating Botanical (9-10) by 1 3/4l, 11 ran.
Burglar 7-1 (9-0) Keen led, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened final furlong, 8th of 12, 6 3/4l behind Killybegs Warrior (9-7) at Newmarket 1m 2f hcp (2) gf in Jul.
Promoter 11-1 (8-8) Slowly into stride, headway out wide into mid-division 8f out, pushed along over 3f out, soon weakened, 14th of 15, 21 1/2l behind Royal Rhyme (9-0) at Goodwood 1m 2f hcp (2) sft in Aug.
Perfect Play 9-2 (9-1) Raced wide, tracked leader, led 3f out, ridden over 1f out, headed close home, 2nd of 7, 1/2l behind Coverdale (9-2) at Ripon 1m 2f hcp (3) gd in Jul.
