went left start, held up in last pair, headway on outside chasing leaders 3f out, ridden and hung left over 1f out, hung right and no extra inside final furlong
tracked leader, led over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, strongly pressed towards finish, held on, all out
dwelt, soon in handy 3rd, went 2nd inside final 2f, ridden and lost 2nd over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, lost 4th towards finish
held up off the pace in 4th, closer when switched left over 2f out, ridden to challenge carried head high and hung right over 1f out, strong challenge close home, just failed
steadied and switched right start, held up towards rear, headway when not clear run and pushed along over 2f out, switched right over 1f out, stayed on into 3rd inside final furlong
held up towards rear, headway on outside chasing leaders 3f out, weakened over 1f out
held up off the pace in 6th, headway on outside chasing leaders 3f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out
soon crossed over to lead, ridden and headed over 2f out, chased leader until inside final 2f, weakened final furlong
last pair, some late headway, never on terms
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Several leading yards are double-handed again in this. William Haggas sent out last year’s winner Battered and easy Ripon winner Restive Spirit looks a similar type. Jockey bookings suggest he’s preferred to Nicklaus, who is on a hat-trick. On The Warpath won twice on Fibresand for Sir Mark Prescott last year and was then bought by Godolphin, though was a beaten favourite on his first start for new connections at Newmarket and has been gelded since. Zap wasn’t beaten far in a bunch finish to a valuable handicap at Ascot last week and Chai Chai won easily at Chester three weeks ago, though this is much tougher event. Vale Of Kent was just caught here on Wednesday but his tough stablemate LAKE VOLTA (NAP) is just as interesting. The top weight is 2-2 under De Sousa and won a Listed race at Epsom in June. He’s been dropped a pound since his latest third at Newbury and the fourth beat Vale Of Kent earlier in the week.
Tangled (IRE) 50-1 (9-3) Held up centre, ridden 3f out, headway approaching final furlong, not trouble leaders, 7th of 12, 7l behind Naval Intelligence (9-3) at Newmarket 1m lst stks (1) gf in Jul.
Zap 33-1 (8-6) Mid-division far side, headway over 1f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong, 9th of 27, 1 1/2l behind Burnt Sugar (9-2) at Ascot 7f hcp stks (2) gf in Jul.
Vale Of Kent (IRE) 5-1jfav (9-6) Went left start, took keen hold, prominent, led over 2f out, driven over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, ran on, held close home, 2nd of 18, nk behind Medahim (9-12) at Goodwood 7f hcp (3) gd in Aug.
Restive Spirit 1-2fav (9-5) Made all, shaken over 1f out, ran on, unchallenged, won at Ripon 1m mdn stks (5) gf in Jul beating Timespan (9-0) by 7l, 5 ran.
On The Warpath 11-4fav (9-2) Went left and bumped start, tracked leaders, edging left and one pace when not clear run over 1f out, kept on but never able to threaten, 5th of 8, 2 1/4l behind Aces (10-0) at Newmarket 7f hcp (2) gf in Jun.
Nicklaus 13-8 (9-3) Tracked leaders, led over 2f out, driven clear entering final furlong, ran on strongly, won at Salisbury 7f hcp (4) fm in Jul beating Prevent (9-4) by 3 1/4l, 4 ran.
Rum Runner 16-1 (9-0) Led near side trio and keen, headed in group over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 12th of 15, 9 1/4l behind Crack On Crack On (9-5) at Ascot 1m hcp (2) gf in Jul.
Queen's Sargent (FR) 25-1 (8-7) Always behind and outpaced, 18th of 20, 11 3/4l behind Encrypted (8-8) at York 6f hcp (2) gf in Jun.
Bombastic (IRE) 4-1 (8-7) Led, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened final furlong, 8th of 9, 9l behind Power of Darkness (8-6) at Salisbury 1m hcp (2) gf in Jun.
Chai Chai (IRE) 11-4fav (9-7) Held up, good headway over 1f out, led approaching final furlong, quickened clear, eased close home, won at Chester 1m hcp (4) gd in Jul beating Rockesbury (8-7) by 4l, 9 ran.
Lake Volta (IRE) 11-4 (8-10) Led, ridden and headed inside final furlong, kept on same pace, 3rd of 5, 3/4l behind Mankib (9-2) at Newbury 7f hcp (2) gf in Jul.
