in touch, ridden and outpaced after 5 out, tailed off and pulled up before last
held up towards rear, headway before 5 out, went 2nd before 4 out, every chance before 2 out, kept on and always well held before last
tracked leaders, weakened from 5 out, pulled up before 4 out
tracked leader, led 5 out and not fluent, headed before 2 out, one pace
towards rear, headway after 5 out, soon ridden, one pace from 3 out, no impression
towards rear, weakened before 5 out
in rear, headway before 5 out, led before 2 out, kept on strongly
led to 5 out, ridden before next, soon weakened
Bon Chic has slipped down the weights a little and Jimmy Moffatt's mare has claims in this but Fergal O'Brien turns to blinkers to try and give the luckless Pemba a boost. Song Saa might just need this and may be a few pounds too high but she won at Huntingdon and Leicester at the start of the year. VIKING MISTRESS found 2m too short here in August but did much better last month over 3m. This intermediate distance could be ideal and she's got on well with Richard Johnson in the past. Twenty Eight Guns and Prettylittlething could figure but it's more difficult to make a case for the bottom two in the weights.
Twenty Eight Guns 8-1 (12-3) Close up early, soon dropped in rear and in touch, outpaced from 3 out, kept on from last, 3rd of 6, 12l behind Royal Debutante (11-3) at Market Rasen 2m 1f hcp (4) gd in Apr.
Song Saa 15-2 (11-3) Tracked leaders, led 3 out, headed before last, weakened run-in, 3rd of 12, 10 1/4l behind Magic Money (10-9) at Haydock 2m 6f hcp (2) gd in Apr.
Bon Chic (IRE) 8-1 (11-5) In rear, reminders after 2nd, ridden before 9th, closed from 4 out, mistake 3 out, 2nd on last bend, stayed on, no impression on winner, 2nd of 7, 10l behind Brave Spartacus (11-10) at Cartmel 2m 5f hcp (3) gs in Aug.
Pemba (FR) 85-40fav (11-0) Chased winner until 5th, chased leaders, 2nd again 10th, one pace and no chance with winner, 2nd of 5, 6l behind Mccabe Creek (11-5) at Huntingdon 2m hcp (4) gd in Oct.
Viking Mistress 13-2 (12-0) Mid-division on inside, headway 8th, 2nd 4 out, led next, headed 2 out, held flat, stayed on, 2nd of 10, 1 1/4l behind Dotties Dilema (11-2) at Worcester 2m 7f hcp (5) gd in Sep.
Prettylittlething (IRE) 5-1 (11-7) In rear, in 4th before 4 out, outpaced before 2 out, 4th of 7, 15l behind Brother Scott (10-3) at Cartmel 2m 5f hcp (4) sft in Jul.
Sheer Poetry (IRE) 33-1 (10-5) Always last, lost touch from 9th, tailed off, last of 3, dist behind Alcala (11-8) at Newton Abbot 2m 5f (3) gd in Aug.
Rakaia Rosa (IRE) 33-1 (11-9) Led until 2nd, tracked leader, jumped right 4th, mistake 6th, led 4 out, headed before mistake 3 out, weakened 2 out, 5th of 11, 17 3/4l behind Deise Vu (11-10) at Southwell 2m hcp (5) gd in Oct.
