held up in touch, headway under pressure over 2f out, driven and disputing 2nd over 1f out, 3rd and one pace in closing stages
raced wide, held up in last trio, headway over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on
hung left throughout, slight lead on rail, driven over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, stayed on same pace
pressed leader until driven over 1f out, weaked final furlong
raced wide in last pair, some headway over 2f out, soon driven and beaten over 1f out
dwelt, took keen hold and soon chasing leaders, lost protective boot after start, pushed along over 2f out, soon weakened
held up in rear, headway on outside 2f out, driven and no impression over 1f out
chased leaders, ridden 2f out, soon weakened
chased leaders on rail, pushed along halfway, ridden outpaced and lost place over 2f out, stayed on again to 4th inside fnal furlong, no impression
After a couple of fair runs over further it seemed a strange decision to drop Azelle back to a mile at Brighton on Thursday and, though starting favourite, she finished last. She looks worth opposing here with ISHISOBA given her final chance to show her close second at Brighton in May off a 2lb higher mark was no fluke. Little Indian has won here on the Polytrack and is only 4lb higher than when scoring at Yarmouth in June. He shouldn't be far away either with Royal Caper also running well enough to get involved.
Azelle 11-2 (9-2) Tracked leader until 5f out, chased leading trio, driven well over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, last of 7, 7l behind Pour La Victoire (8-3) at Brighton 1m hcp 0-60 (6) gf.
Little Indian 25-1 (8-6) Towards rear, headway on outer over 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, soon edged right, ran on, won at Yarmouth 7f 3yo hcp 0-65 (6) gf in Jun beating Loucal (9-1) by 1 1/2l, 10 ran.
Sword of The Lord 9-2 (9-3) Mid-division, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 10, 8l behind Cinderslipper (8-12) at Redcar 7f 2yo mdn (5) hvy in Nov.
Ishisoba 8-1 (8-8) Tracked leaders in 3rd, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace, 3rd of 6, 6l behind Equitissa (9-4) at Chepstow 1m fll hcp (5) gf in Jul.
Royal Caper 6-1 (9-6) Held up in rear, headway over 1f out, never able to challenge, 4th of 11, 4 1/2l behind Koharu (9-2) at Brighton 6f 3yo hcp 0-55 (6) gf.
Father Fred 66-1 (8-11) Slowly into stride, towards rear, headway and stayed on same pace final 2f, never on terms, 6th of 10, 24l behind Mandy The Nag (8-12) at Southwell 1m 3yo clm stks (6) fbs in Jul.
Otto The First 20-1 (8-9) Took keen hold, tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 9, 13l behind Sonnetation (8-4) at Bath 1m hcp 0-60 (6) fm in Jul.
Smart Alice 7-1 (8-13) Held up towards rear, headway on outer over 3f out, ridden and no impression final 2f, 5th of 10, 9l behind Artful Prince (9-0) at Yarmouth 1m 1f 3yo hcp 0-55 (6) gf in Jul.
Polish Rider 50-1 (9-0) Tracked leading pair until 5f out, soon ridden and struggling, hung right from over 3f out, went poor 3rd close home, 3rd of 4, 25l behind Persepolis (9-3) at Sandown 1m 3yo & 4yo mdn (5) gf in Jul.
