held up, lost place over 3f out, ridden and no impression over 2f out until staying on when short of room entering final furlong, soon switched left and stayed on towards finish
in touch, ridden and headway 2f out, driven and edged left entering final furlong, kept on one pace
tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened 2f out
in touch, ridden 3f out, weakened 2f out
steadied start, held up in rear, ridden over 4f out, driven and headway over 1f out, edged right entering final furlong, stayed on
chased winner, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
raced wide in touch, chased winner 3f out, ridden to lead narrowly over 1f out, soon headed and no extra
held up towards rear, headway from over 2f out, driven to challenge winner inside final furlong, edged right and held
pulled hard, led and soon 5 lengths clear, ridden and headed narrowly over 1f out, rallied to lead again 1f out, pressed inside final furlong, edged left and ran on gamely
BROOKLYN SPIRIT is very much unexposed and the suggestion to take this handicap, while there are a number of potential dangers. Clive Cox wastes no time here in stepping up the selection to a mile-and-a-half after he relished the Sandown hill over shorter last time, taking a decent maiden in the process. There are those prepared to oppose him in a handicap for the first time, but the assessor's rating of 77 can't be much more than guesswork after just two runs and may seem very lenient come the finish. Going For Gold is among the dangers. Her Majesty The Queen's filly was the comfortable winner of a Haydock handicap over this trip in July before a 6lb rise and slower ground may have found her out last time. She is not ruled out now tried again on a faster surface. Sam Sharp is not bred for this trip but he certainly raced as though he may well get it when tried at Chepstow, while has enough solid form to get involved. Mykingdomforahorse is not certain to stay but is worth a try at the trip, while the same applies to Rockfella, and Hazy Dancer probably looks more interesting. There are mixed reports from the Tregoning yard but he has still had winners this week and this unexposed Oasis Dream filly should love the ground and has plenty of stamina on her dam's side. Even so, Brooklyn Spirit looked a real improver last time and can show it today.
Going For Gold 6-1 (9-5) Slowly into stride, held up towards rear, ridden and headway over 2f out, kept on final furlong, 3rd of 9, 1 3/4l behind Excelsior Academy (8-10) at Haydock 1m 4f 3yo hcp 0-80 (4) gf in Aug.
Cry For The Moon (USA) 9-1 (9-4) Raced keenly, tracked leaders, driven and lost place over 2f out, soon weakened, 7th of 8, 14l behind Acquisition (9-0) at Salisbury 1m 4f 3yo hcp 0-85 (4) gd in Aug.
Brooklyn Spirit 33-1 (9-3) Mid-division, driven over 2f out, headway to chase leader over 1f out, quickened and led inside final furlong, held on well near finish, won at Sandown 1m 2f 3yo mdn (5) gd in Jun beating Troopingthecolour (9-3) by nk, 15 ran.
Hazy Dancer 16-1 (8-12) Held up towards rear, pushed along 6f out, weakened well over 2f out, 6th of 7, well behind Perfect Truth (8-12) at Chester 1m 3f 3yo fll lst stsk (1) gf in May.
Andhaar 7-2 (9-4) Always prominent, led over 6f out, pushed along 4f out, strongly challenged from well over 2f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra, 3rd of 5, 2 1/4l behind Royal Defence (9-7) at Ripon 1m 2f 3yo hcp 0-80 (4) gf in Aug.
Ladies Dancing 10-3 (9-0) Close up, effort 2f out, one pace and wandered under pressure final furlong, just held onto 3rd, 3rd of 6, 4l behind Lord Chancellor (9-6) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Mar.
Sam Sharp (USA) 16-1 (8-9) Towards rear, headway over 1f out, never nearer, 6th of 12, 2 1/4l behind Embsay Crag (8-0) at Chester 1m 2f 3yo hcp 0-90 (3) gf in Aug.
Mykingdomforahorse 2-1 (8-11) Steadied start, held up in rear, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 4th of 5, 5l behind Larkham (9-6) at Newbury 1m 2f 3yo hcp 0-85 (4) gf in Aug.
Rockfella 8-1 (8-12) Rearing in stalls, led, joined over 1f out, briefly headed, driven and kept on well to assert towards finish, won at Windsor 1m 2f hcp 0-70 (5) gf in Jul beating Fine Tolerance (7-11) by nk, 12 ran.
Solar Graphite (IRE) 3-1fav (8-10) Held up mid-division, headway 5f out, ridden 2f out, no impression from over 1f out, 5th of 8, 7l behind Acquisition (9-0) at Salisbury 1m 4f 3yo hcp 0-85 (4) gd in Aug.
Knight's Victory (IRE) 11-2 (8-3) Behind, ridden over 3f out, kept on same pace final 2f, never near leaders, 7th of 12, 19l behind Distant Memories (9-6) at Ripon 1m 2f hcp 0-90 (3) gs.
