slowly away, rear mid-division, switched right and headway over 2f out, soon pushed along, pressed leaders 1f out, stayed on, no impression
prominent, pushed along and pressed leader from over 2f out, ridden well over 1f out, every chance inside last, no extra final 110 yards
mid-division, ridden well over 1f out, stayed on, not pace to challenge
tracked leaders, waiting for gap from 2f out, in clear and ridden 1f out, no extra inside last
front mid-division, ridden over 2f out, ran on, not get on terms
in rear, headway and not clear run behind leaders from over 2f out, pushed along inside last, never chance to challenge
made all, faced strong challenge over 2f out, pushed along well over 1f out, ridden 1f out and kept on gamely, found extra final 110 yards
towards rear, minor headway on outside over 2f out, ridden well over 1f out, weakened final furlong
Five of the eight runners in this, including last year’s winner Freak Out, are previous course and distance winners. Sagauteur is now a pound lower than when landing an amateur riders’ race at York in June but STRAWMAN never seems to run a bad race and is also on a decent mark at present so can give the weight away to the three-year-olds, of which Knightswood may be the pick ahead of American Flag and Cubana Habana. Bollin Margaret was too keen at Ayr last week but has become hard to predict.
Strawman (IRE) 5-1 (10-1) Dwelt in touch, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on one pace, 3rd of 6, 3 1/4l behind Piecederesistance (10-2) at Pontefract 1m 2f hcp (4) gf in Jul.
Knightswood (IRE) 11-2 (9-1) Prominent, led 7f out, ridden over 2f out, headed 2f out, keeping on same pace when not clear run inside final furlong, last of 5, 3 3/4l behind Kitsune Power (9-8) at Beverley 1m 2f hcp (2) gd in Aug.
Gatecrasher Girl 11-1 (9-3) Wore hood to post,raced keenly in mid-division, headway out wide chasing leaders 8f out, pushed along and outpaced over 3f out, weakened soon after, 9th of 12, 8 1/4l behind Sanitiser (9-6) at Windsor 1m 2f hcp (3) gd in Sep.
Freak Out (IRE) 14-1 (10-0) Chased leader, pulled hard early, ridden and outpaced 2f out when slightly short of room, weakened inside final furlong, 4th of 7, 6 1/2l behind Simply Sondheim (9-5) at Newcastle 1m 2f hcp (4) pol in Aug.
Cubana Habana (FR) 14-1 (9-2) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, held but kept on inside final furlong, 5th of 6, 4l behind Value Theory (9-7) at Ripon 1m 2f hcp (3) gd in Aug.
Sagauteur (FR) 5-1 (9-11) Slowly into stride, in rear, in touch, ridden 3f out, no response, 5th of 6, 5 1/4l behind Innse Gall (9-9) at Ripon 1m 2f hcp (5) gd in Aug.
American Flag (IRE) 4-1 (9-2) Pulled hard, chased leader after about 1f, led over 5f out, headed over 1f out, no impression on winner inside final furlong, 2nd of 9, 3 1/2l behind Makinmedoit (9-9) at Salisbury 1m 2f hcp (4) gf in Sep.
Bollin Margaret 25-1 (9-3) Broke well, held up in touch, outpaced over 2f out, kept on without threatening final 100 yards, 6th of 11, 4 1/4l behind Misty Dancer (9-9) at Ayr 1m 2f hcp fll (4) gd in Sep.
