held up in touch in rear, pushed along halfway, ridden and weakened over 2f out
narrow lead on rail but pressed, narrowly headed 3f out, prssed lead until led again over 1f out until inside final furlong, kept on same pace in 3rd well inside final furlong
in touch, ridden and weakened over 3f out
steadied start, took keen hold, soon chased leaders, pushed along over 3f out, ridden and edged left inside final 2f, no extra in 4th final furlong
pressed leader, led narrowly 3f out, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, stayed challenging and chased winner well inside final furlong, just held
tracked leaders on rail, ridden approaching final 2f, weakened inside final 2f
chased leading pair on outside, ridden to challenge 2f out, led narrowly inside final furlong, stayed on
Stormbound won with a bit to spare in this grade at Brighton but that was back in April. Miss Lillie won a lower grade contest at Wolverhampton and is upped 3lb while Diamonds A Dancing was all out to score by a short-head over track and trip a fortnight ago. WORDISMYBOND is another recent winner but he escapes a penalty for landing an apprentices’ race at Epsom under today’s rider. Richard Hughes’ charge can take advantage and go in again. Plauseabella usually makes the frame here but remains 10lb higher than when last winning.
Stormbound (IRE) 3-1 (8-12) Held up in touch in rear, switched right over 1f out, ridden and headway approaching final furlong, led inside final furlong, edged left and ran on, won at Brighton 1m hcp (5) gf in Apr beating Black Caesar (9-3) by 3 3/4l, 5 ran.
Wordismybond 6-1 (9-7) Made all, driven well over 1f out, ran on well, won at Epsom 1m 1f hcp (5) gd in Jul beating Zaria (9-4) by 1l, 9 ran.
Never To Be (USA) 33-1 (8-9) Slowly into stride, held up last, pushed along and headway on wide outside 3f out, went modest 4th 2f out, 4th of 6, 6 1/4l behind Hillbilly Boy (9-7) at Chester 1m stks (4) gs in Jun.
Miss Lillie 9-2 (9-13) Mid-division, smooth headway over 2f out, ridden to lead well inside final furlong, ran on well, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (6) pol in Jun beating Gladys Cooper (9-0) by nk, 12 ran.
Lilbourne Prince (IRE) 10-1 (8-11) Mid-division, headway over 2f out, ridden to chase leaders over 1f out, one pace when hampered inside final furlong, no extra, 7th of 11, 3 1/4l behind Alnashama (9-10) at Salisbury 1m hcp (4) gf in Jul.
Plauseabella 6-1 (9-5) Led at strong pace but pressed, ridden inside final 3f, headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 8, 8l behind Pacolita (9-10) at Brighton 7f hcp fll (5) gd in Jul.
Diamonds A Dancing 20-1 (8-12) Chased leader, ridden and hung left over 1f out, stayed on to lead post, won at Chepstow 1m hcp (5) gd in Jul beating Wakame (8-10) by shd, 11 ran.
