chased leaders, ridden along halfway, outpaced over 1f out, driven and ran on under pressure to lead close home
in touch, ridden along over 2f out, led approaching final furlong, staying on until headed and no extra close home
mid-division, effort over 2f out, no impression
dwelt and towards rear, brought wide and headway over 2f out, stayed on same pace final furlong
led, ridden 2f out, headed approaching final furlong, kept on same pace
chased leaders, ridden along halfway, weakened over 1f out
towards rear and soon chased along, some late headway, never near to challenge
slowly into stride, always behind
prominent for 4f
Barry Hills has won this race three times in the past nine years and can make it a 40 per cent strike rate with American Art, who should be too good for Enactment, Especially and Trip The Light. The selection was disappointing when a beaten favourite last time and clearly has to put that behind him here, but his previous effort at Newbury is the best racecourse form achieved here and provided his trainer has him feeling good again he can break the maiden tag. Enactment has raced twice so far, both on soft ground, and may be capable of a fair bit of improvement on this faster surface. His form so far has not been as good as that of the selection, but the market might give us some help. Especially may be stronger in opposition and put up a decent debut when chasing home Runswick Bay at Redcar last time. This stiff 6f should suit and Mark Johnston's runner should not be far away. Trip the Light was well down the field on debut here but did not look suited by the cut in the ground and we expect to see a signifiacnt improvement now, but the colt will do well to overhaul American Art, who gets the nod.
American Art (IRE) 5-4fav (9-3) Led 1f, chased leaders after, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 9th of 11, 9l behind Golan Knight (9-3) at Leicester 6f 2yo mdn (4) sft in Jun.
Enactment 9-2 (9-3) In touch, ridden and every chance 2f out, weakened final furlong, 4th of 8, 7l behind Safari Sunup (9-3) at Lingfield 7f 2yo mdn (5) gf in Jul.
Flashy Max 20-1 (9-3) Slowly into stride and always rear division, 8th of 10, 23l behind The Game (9-3) at Catterick 6f 2yo mdn (5) gs in Jul.
Hammadi (IRE) Red Ransom colt, half-brother to winning sprinters Khabfair and Francis Cadell.
Paddy Jack 10-1 (9-3) With leaders, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 13, 3 1/2l behind Legendary Guest (9-3) at Redcar 6f 2yo mdn auc (6) gd.
Southern Mistral Desert Prince gelding, brother to useful 7f winner France, half-brother to 1m4f winner Spectral Star.
Trip The Light 33-1 (8-11) Mid-division, chased along halfway, weakened over 1f out, 12th of 16, 17l behind Let Us Prey (9-2) at Pontefract 6f 2yo mdn auc (4) gs in Jul.
Wynberg (IRE) 50-1 (9-3) Held up, ridden halfway, hung left and weakened over 1f out, 10th of 11, 19l behind Captain Brilliance (9-3) at Newmarket 6f 2yo mdn (3) gf.
Falcon Speed 40-1 (8-12) Chased leaders, outpaced over 1f out, 7th of 10, 6l behind The Real Guru (9-0) at Pontefract 5f 2yo mdn (4) gs in Jul.
Especially (IRE) 7-1 (8-12) Mid-division, headway over 2f out, ridden to chase leaders over 1f out, kept on same pace, 4th of 11, 3l behind Runswick Bay (9-3) at Redcar 7f 2yo mdn (5) sft in Jun.
