held up in close touch in 5th, pushed along and ran on inside final furlong, never able to challenge
steadied start, held up last, headway on inside over 1f out, went 3rd inside final furlong, stayed on close home, never quite able to challenge
led 1f, settled in close 3rd, kidded into narrow lead inside final furlong, always just doing enough
tracked leading trio, pushed along over 2f out, ridden to challenge over 1f out, upsides winner inside final furlong, always just held
held up in last pair, pushed along on outside over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, never able to challenge
led after 1f until 9f out, chased leader, pushed along over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
with leaders, led 9f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong
Just when AVON RIVER looked to have found some consistency, he made a mess of an easy opportunity at Windsor last time when beaten at long odds-on. He gets a less than confident vote here due to the lack of serious opposition. Signor Verdi and Nibani are capable of winning this if at their best, but both have been out of sorts of late, though C&D winner Nolecce may do better back on this surface after struggling in soft ground on the turf recently. The remainder have a bit to find on today's terms and are hard to fancy.
Signor Verdi 8-1 (9-4) Raced wide early stages, headway to 3rd 8f out, went 2nd over 3f out, still well there approaching final 2f, weakened entering final 2f, 7th of 8, 12l behind Avon River (9-2) at Salisbury 1m 2f clm stks (5) sft in Sep.
Nibani (IRE) 50-1 (8-10) Dwelt, always in rear, 10th of 12, 9l behind Blue Moon (9-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-80 (4) pol.
Avon River 2-5fav (9-4) Held up in mid-division, headway over 5f out, pushed along over 3f out, went 2nd 1f out, kept on towards finish, just held, 2nd of 9, shd behind Frontline Phantom (9-1) at Windsor 1m 2f clm stks (6) gf.
Langley 33-1 (9-7) Chased leaders, went 2nd 3f out until 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 11, 14l behind Fire Fighter (9-10) at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Sep.
Nolecce 20-1 (9-0) Tracked leaders, ridden over 4f out, weakened over 1f out, 9th of 10, 23l behind Botham (9-4) at Hamilton 1m 1f hcp 0-70 (5) sft in Sep.
Fine Style (IRE) 10-11fav (9-7) Dwelt, tracked leaders and keen, soon tracked winner, ridden over 2f out, lost 2nd entering final furlong, kept on same pace, 3rd of 9, 5l behind Countrywide Flame (8-11) at Hamilton 1m 3f 3yo hcp 0-65 (6) gd in May.
Kishanda 13-8fav (8-7) Tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, looked held when hampered 2f out, soon weakened, 7th of 12, 15l behind Little Jazz (8-11) at Windsor 1m 4f hcp 0-70 (5) gd in Jul.
