led, hard ridden and kept narrow advantage throughout final furlong, narrowly headed well inside final furlong, weakened near finish
dwelt, held up in rear, smooth headway from 2f out, ridden to chase leaders over 1f out, ran on between horses to lead near finish
took keen hold early, tracked leader, ridden over 2f out, soon edged left, weakened over 1f out
held up towards rear, good headway on inside 2f out, driven to take narrow lead well inside final furlong, headed near finish
mid-division, driven along and hung right over 2f out, soon weakened
mid-division on inside, ridden 2f out, soon weakened
took keen hold, held up in rear, effort on wide outside and driven over 2f out, never in contention
soon towards rear, last halfway, struggling after
dwelt, held up and always towards rear
chased leaders, effort to chase leader 2f out, disputing lead and every chance throughout final 1f, not quicken near finish
chased leaders, pushed along 3f out, weakened over 2f out
Nonrunner
Everything looks right for DIGGERATT to return to winning ways here, while Royal Dignitary has claims and Captain Jacksparra should be thereabouts. The last-named is weighted to finish close to Royal Dignitary as today's race is framed and he won a Lingfield claimer over this trip in July. He is not the most consistent of performers but he is due another good run and wouldn't be a shock scorer. Royal Dignitary is very consistent in this grade, with four of his last six wins coming in claimers. He has never yet won on the Polytrack, which is a slight concern, though he has run well in defeat on the surface and is much respected. Mississippian has proved a major disappointment since a debut Navan win and you couldn't wager with any confidence, so a better option looks to be Pressing Matters. Marco Botti's colt has won two of his nine starts, one of which was on Wolverhampton's version of this surface. The return to this trip should not be a problem, though two previous tries at this track have left plenty to be desired. All of that leads us to Diggeratt. Trainer Richard Fahey keeps firing in the winners and he has first choice pilot Paul Hanagan up on the filly, who is well in at the weights here, races over her optimum trip, and would not have been best served by the drop back to 7f when behind Royal Dignitary at Beverley last time. She acted well on Lingfield's Polytrack prior to that and we think it could be her turn again tonight.
Royal Dignitary (USA) 5-1 (9-10) Made all, ridden over 1f out, kept on well, won at Beverley 7f clm stks (5) fm in Aug beating Grazeon Gold Blend (9-10) by 1/2l, 12 ran.
Millfield (IRE) 13-2 (9-8) Slowly into stride, held up in rear, headway over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, nearest finish, 5th of 11, 5l behind Ivory Lace (9-6) at Brighton 7f hcp 0-70 (5) fm in Aug.
Captain Jacksparra (IRE) 12-1 (9-7) Soon crossed to rails to lead, ridden 2f out, headed no extra inside final furlong, 7th of 11, 2 1/4l behind Ninth House (8-13) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp 0-80 (4) pol in Aug.
Dichoh 10-1 (8-13) Chased leaders, pushed along 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 6, 7l behind Cordell (9-8) at Brighton 1m clm stks (6) gs in Aug.
Pressing Matters (IRE) 8-1 (9-1) Mid-division, hanging right when headway well over 1f out, ran on well towards finish, 3rd of 12, 2l behind Fajita (9-3) at Newmarket 7f 3yo clm (5) gf in Aug.
Mississippian (IRE) 20-1 (10-0) Led, ridden and headed over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, last of 13, 32l behind Falcon Rock (9-13) at Windsor 1m 2f hcp 0-75 (5) in Jul.
Shake On It 33-1 (9-6) Chased leaders, weakened 2f out, 14th of 16, 14l behind Indy Driver (9-13) at Lingfield 1m hcp 0-65 (6) gd in Jul.
Takitwo 16-1 (9-3) Mid-division on outside, weakened 2f out, 11th of 14, 7l behind Hits Only Cash (8-10) at Kempton 1m hcp (0-65) (6) pol in Aug.
Double Valentine 12-1 (8-6) Started slowly, took keen hold towards rear, good headway over 1f out, kept on, nearest finish, 6th of 13, 8l behind Megalala (8-5) at Kempton 1m 2f hcp 0-65 (6) pol in May.
Diggeratt (USA) 15-8fav (8-4) Held up mid-division, ridden 1f out, one pace, 5th of 12, 5l behind Royal Dignitary (9-10) at Beverley 7f clm stks (5) fm in Aug.
Whispered Lands (IRE) 100-1 (8-12) Slowly away, towards rear, pushed along 4f out, soon struggling, 10th of 14, 18l behind Mary Goodnight (8-12) at Windsor 1m 2f 3yo & 4yo mdn (5) gf in Jul.
You've Been Mowed 11-2 (8-1) Stalls opened fractionally late, started slowly, held up, headway over 3f out, no extra inside final furlong, 6th of 12, 4 1/2l behind Fajita (9-3) at Newmarket 7f 3yo clm (5) gf in Aug.
