mid-division, headway approaching 3f out, soon ridden to chase leaders, switched left approaching final furlong, no further impression
tracked leaders, led over 2f out, headed approaching final furlong, one pace
mid-division, headway over 3f out, pushed way through to lead approaching 1f out, soon edged right, pushed out
in rear, reminders soon after start, ridden 4f out, headway over 2f out on inside, hampered and not clear run approaching final furlong, not recover
towards rear, ridden and headway on outside over 2f out, kept on
always in the rear
led and set good pace, headed over 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong
in touch, ridden 3f out, weakening when hampered inside final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, soon weakened
mid-division, ridden 4f out, soon weakened
tracked leader, ridden 3f out, weakened quickly
Speagle is taken to get the better of Climate and Ballyhurry. The selection is a really likeable colt and he is chasing the hat-trick today after a couple of pleasing wins in Ireland. He is in good form and he will not be troubled by the step-up in trip and he stands out as the one they all have to beat. Climate ran a fair race at Ayr last time when finishing third behind Hypnotic. This is easier but he has not won for over two years and with this in mind the percentage call is to take him on. Ballyhurry ran well over hurdles last time and although he has performed with credit here in the past there is no doubt that he is better on the turf. Namroud is from a yard who are hardly firing at present so he looks opposable, while Toshi has been a bit disappointing of late as well. We will therefore stick with Speagle who is taken to land the spoils.
Namroud (USA) 9-4fav (9-7) Held up in touch, weakened over 2f out, 13th of 15, 16l behind Rowan Lodge (9-7) at Yarmouth 1m clm (6) sft.
Bessemer (JPN) 10-1 (9-12) Behind, ridden over 1f out, stayed on final furlong, never dangerous, 8th of 12, 6l behind Ninth House (9-12) at W'hampton 7f clm (5) pol in Sept.
Climate (IRE) 12-1 (9-3) Behind, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, stayed on final furlong, 3rd of 12, 7l behind Hypnotic (9-6) at Ayr 7f hcp 0-70 (5) gs in Sept.
Ballyhurry (USA) 7-2fav (9-4) Held up, in touch over 3f out, ridden and headway over 2f out, one pace, 5th of 15, 4 1/2l behind Aqua (8-8) at Musselburgh 1m 1f sll (5) sft in Sept.
Nebdi (IRE) 20-1 (10-0) Chased leaders to halfway, soon weakened, 18th of 20, 22l behind Lilly Be (9-0) at Naas 6f hcp 0-60 gf in Aug.
Speagle (IRE) 11-2 (10-5) Made virtually all, ridden and strongly pressed from over 1f out, kept on well under pressure, all out, won at Laytown 7f clm std in Sept beating Kid Creole (11-0) by a hd, 10 ran.
Toshi (USA) 8-1 (8-12) Towards rear, ridden 3f out, never dangerous, 7th of 9, 10l behind King's Revenge (8-5) at Hamilton 1m hcp 0-85 (4) gs in Sept.
Risk Free 20-1 (8-13) In touch and keen, led over 6f out, weakening and headed over 2f out, 12th of 13, 17l behind Kildare Sun (9-4) at W'hampton 1m 1f hcp 0-65 (6) pol.
