towards rear, headway over 3f out, ridden inside final furlong, went 3rd towards finish
tracked leaders, chased winner over 5f out, kept on and well held inside final furlong
mid-division, ridden over 1f out, one pace
tracked winner until over 5f out, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 1f out
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
made all, ridden over 1f out, kept on strongly
tracked leaders and keen, ridden over 1f out, one pace
dwelt, towards rear, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened
held up in touch and keen, weakened over 1f out
Nonrunner
Calm Attitude has every chance dropped in class after a second at Sandown but may not get the cut in the ground he needs. DANCE KING also drops a couple of grades having made the frame behind the progressive Fire Fighting at Ayr last time. Tim Easterby's charge is preferred to the lightly-raced maiden winner Stetchworth and gets the nod. War Poet's second at York in May came in an amateurs' race and he has his first start since while Ardmay is upped in class after scoring at Chester. But the selection's stablemate Duke Of Yorkshire is not out of this if forgiven a below-par effort last time.
Dance King 7-1 (8-13) Tracked leaders, ridden in close 3rd 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, 3rd of 11, 2 1/2l behind Fire Fighting (9-7) at Ayr 1m 2f hcp 0-100 (2) gd in Sep.
Docs Legacy (IRE) 7-1 (8-10) Tracked leader, led over 4f out to over 3f out, lost place 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 10, 9l behind Tinghir (9-4) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-95 (3) in Sep.
Ardmay (IRE) 8-1 (9-4) In touch in 4th, led over 1f out, edged right inside final furlong, kept on well, won at Chester 1m 2f hcp 0-80 (4) gs in Aug beating Coincidently (9-3) by 1 1/2l, 8 ran.
Argaki (IRE) 20-1 (9-2) Mid-division, well beaten over 1f out, 13th of 14, 12l behind Anderiego (9-10) at Ayr 1m hcp 0-85 (4) gd in Sep.
Galactic Heroine 3-1fav (9-3) Led, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, soon weakened, 3rd of 6, 8l behind Pintrada (9-4) at Thirsk 1m 4f hcp 0-85 (4) gs in Sep.
Stetchworth (IRE) 8-15fav (9-5) Tracked leader, led over 1f out, ran on, comfortable, won at Hamilton 1m 1f 3yo & 4yo mdn (5) gd in Sep beating Park Place (9-10) by 2 3/4l, 7 ran.
Rocket Ronnie (IRE) 7-1 (9-7) Towards rear, headway over 2f out, switched left inside final furlong, kept on, 5th of 11, 4 1/2l behind Blue Maisey (8-7) at Beverley 1m hcp 0-75 (5) gf in Sep.
Duke Of Yorkshire 4-1 (9-0) Raced wide in touch, ridden 4f out, weakened final furlong, 6th of 9, 10l behind Potent Embrace (8-11) at Chester 1m 2f hcp 0-80 (4) gd in Sep.
Red Inca 11-4fav (9-12) Always in rear, weakened over 1f out, last of 6, 37l behind Le Deluge (9-1) at Pontefract 1m 4f app hcp 0-75 (5) gf in Sep.
Eeny Mac (IRE) 14-1 (9-4) Led, pressed 2f out, ridden and headed entering final furlong, soon weakened, 6th of 11, 5l behind Blue Maisey (8-7) at Beverley 1m hcp 0-75 (5) gf in Sep.
Calm Attitude (IRE) 16-1 (7-9) Held up behind, driven over 2f out, ridden and headway on outside over 1f out, ran on to challenge and every chance final 100 yards, held towards finish, 2nd of 16, 1 1/4l behind Treasure The Ridge (7-12) at Sandown 1m 2f hcp (2) gs in Aug.
War Poet 11-4fav (11-7) Held up towards rear, smooth headway 3f out, tracking leaders over 1f out, went 2nd and hung left inside final furlong, not run on and dropped to 3rd final 100 yards, 3rd of 11, 1 1/4l behind San Cassiano (10-13) at York 1m 2f am hcp 0-80 (4) gs in May.
