dwelt and awkward leaving stalls, pushed along in rear, some headway when ridden over 2f out, no extra final furlong
slightly slow to stride, tracked leading duo, headway between horses over 2f out, ridden and close up over 1f out, kept on without troubling winner final furlong
made all, strongly pressed when ridden over 1f out, ran on strongly final furlong
held up behind leading pair, ridden to press leader over 1f out, drifted left final furlong, no extra
pressed leader, ridden and lost ground over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
NonRunner
Host returned a losing favourite over 6f here on his handicap debut and the rest are handicapping for the first time. Of those, ACCRINGTON STANLEY has been thereabouts at Bath recently and though readily beaten by a horse rated 84 on his latest start, that still looks good enough form in this company. Hattusa’s best effort so far came on the all-weather and Lothian has failed to build on a debut second on the Polytrack at Lingfield. City Code drops down to the minimum trip with headgear applied and Four Adaay is getting steadily closer.
Lothian 6-1 (9-5) Chased leaders on rail, not much room over 1f out, shaken up and stayed on towards finish, 4th of 10, 4 1/2l behind Night On Earth (9-5) at Windsor 5f stks (5) gd in Jul.
Host (IRE) 9-2fav (9-7) Tracked leaders, challenged 3f out, edged left over 1f out, weakened final 150 yards, 6th of 11, 4 1/2l behind Charlie's Jamboree (8-12) at Chepstow 6f (5) gd in Aug.
City Code 25-1 (9-5) Chased leaders, lost place and dropped to mid-division 4f out, ridden and outpaced over 2f out, plugged on again late, never a threat, 5th of 10, 9 3/4l behind Supremacy (9-5) at Windsor 6f mdn stks (5) gf in Jul.
Four Adaay 80-1 (9-0) Slowly into stride and switched left start, held up in last pair, headway on outside over 1f out, kept on final furlong, 4th of 8, 3l behind Zoetic (9-0) at Wolverhampton 5f mdn fll stks (5) pol in Jul.
Hattusa 7-2 (8-11) Chased leaders, went 2nd over 2f out until over 1f out, beaten when hampered inside final furlong, 4th of 8, 5 1/2l behind Alone Time (8-13) at Bath 5f mdn fll stks (5) gd in Jul.
Accrington Stanley 5-1 (9-5) Chased leader, led 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, held by winner inside final 100 yards, 2nd of 5, 1/2l behind Vedute (9-5) at Bath 6f stks (5) fm in Aug.