held up, driven and headway over 2f out, chased winner over 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, just failed
held up, headway to chase leaders over 4f out, led over 3f out, headed over 2f out, soon weakened
behind, some headway over 3f out, never on terms
tracked leaders, lost place over 4f out
mid-division, headway over 3f out, led over 2f out, soon ridden, challenged inside final furlong, just held on
mid-division, weakened over 4f out
tracked leader, pushed along over 4f out, weakened over 1f out
in touch until weakened over 2f out
held up, headway over 2f out, stayed on final furlong, not reach leaders
led, ridden and headed over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
behind until moderate late headway, never nearer
Withdrawn
Nonrunner
Nonrunner
First time blinkers and a plumb draw mean that we will give the nod here to Soubriquet to win it for local trainer Terry Mills, while At The Helm, Bishops Finger and Milk And Sultana can all go well. The selection gets in at the bottom of the weights and strictly on official ratings looks to have a chance. He has gone well enough here in defeat on debut and although out of form over hurdles last time, he has the hoods applied for the first time and from this draw that can galvanise him to greater things. At The Helm is in decent nick, having won a poor seller here last time and races from 3lb higher here. That should not stop her going really well again and she can get closely involved. Bishops Finger gives weight away all around and but does like track and trip and is in good heart, so cannot be written off. Meanwhile, Milk And Sultana finished two and half lengths down on Bishops Finger here in July and on the same terms will struggle to reverse the form, but we will overlook both and take a chance on Soubriquet.
Bishops Finger 6-1 (9-11) Keen hold, held up, headway 2f out, soon chasing winner, ridden, every chance over 1f out, no impression, lost 2nd final furlong, 3rd of 12, 3l behind Danish Monarch (9-4) at Lingfield 1m 1f sll (6) gd.
At The Helm (IRE) 9-2fav (8-6) Always prominent, led over 3f out, driven clear over 2f out, stayed on well, won at Lingfield 1m 2f sll (6) pol beating Tiptoeing (8-6) by 1 1/2l, 14 ran.
Balearic Star (IRE) 8-1 (8-12) Held up in rear, headway on outside from 2f out, stayed on final furlong to take 2nd final 75 yards, 2nd of 12, 1 1/2l behind Danish Monarch (9-4) at Lingfield 1m 1f sll (6) gd.
Cavan Gael (FR) 25-1 (9-2) Prominent, ridden 4f out, weakened quickly, last of 13, well behind Diamond Dan (9-5) at W'hampton 1m 1f hcap (6) pol in Aug.
Ronsard (IRE) 15-2 (9-3) Dwelt, soon in touch, ridden and lost place from over 3f out, 15th of 16, 25l behind Jackie Kiely (9-10) at Chepstow 1m 2f hcp 0-65 (6) gd.
Coda Agency 5-1 (8-11) Always prominent, chased winner well over 2f out, stayed on same pace, 3rd of 14, 3 1/2l behind At The Helm (8-6) at Lingfield 1m 2f sll (6) pol.
Milk And Sultana 6-1 (9-4) Mid-division, some late headway, never nearer, 4th of 14, 4 1/2l behind At The Helm (8-6) at Lingfield 1m 2f sll (6) pol.
Josh You Are 40-1 (9-0) Unruly stalls, chased leaders 5f, soon weakened, 6th of 12, 18l behind Primary (9-0) at Leicester 7f 2yo mdn (4) gs in Aug '05.
