7f · Class 4 · 3yo+ · Good To Soft · 13 runners · £9,277
All racecards for Friday 11th September
We said2nd of 12, beaten 2¼ at 10/1
START ME UP 11/1
3 of these want to be on the pace, which usually means they go too quick and it falls to something coming from behind.
START ME UP at 11/1, Richard Spencer and George Wood, just about gets the nod. He has already won round this track twice and comes from a yard in good heart at 25%.
The one worry is wrong side of the draw.
The dangers are BLUE PRINCE at 9/1 (a course winner) and ALFA WHITEBURD at 15/2 (a course winner).
Non-runners: The Resdev Scholar.
Result
| Pos | Horse / SP | Jockey Trainer | Age | Wgt | OR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1(10) | 10. King Of Thunder 10/1 | J: David ProbertT: Hugo Palmer | 3 | 9-3 | 78 | ||
| Settled mid-pack early - shifted wide to progress inside the final furlong - hit the front close home - drew clear to score | |||||||
| 2(14) | 2¼ | 4. Start Me Up 10/1 our selection | J: George WoodT: Richard Spencer | 3 | 9-8 | 83 | |
| Held up towards the back - shifted wide and progressed from 2f out - moved into second inside final 110yds but faded to third close home | |||||||
| 3(8) | nse[2¼] | 2. Blue Prince 4/1 | J: Edward GreatrexT: David Evans | 5 | 9-13 | 84 | |
| Held up in the back markers - shifted right and driven to gain ground from over a furlong out - finished strongly through the closing stages - grabbed second spot close home to finish third | |||||||
| 4(5) | 2½[4¾] | 1. Alfa Whiteburd 7/1 | J: Elle-May CrootT: Ivan Furtado | 5 | 9-9 | 85 | |
| Sent forward early - opened a big advantage over 2f out - edge cut into with a furlong left - overtaken close home - lost placings late to finish fourth | |||||||
| 5(13) | ¾[5½] | 6. Scutari 28/1 | J: Shane GrayT: K. R. Burke | 3 | 9-7 | 82 | |
| Wide on own early - back in the pack - pushed along to close late finishing 5th | |||||||
| 5(2) | ¾[5½] | 8. Two Commanders 5/2F | J: Oisin OrrT: Edward Bethell | 3 | 9-6 | 81 | |
| Settled into second early - urged forward approaching 2f out and closed on the pace-setter with a furlong left - faded inside the final 110yds to finish fifth | |||||||
| 7(3) | nse[5½] | 9. Ran Amok 11/2 | J: Jack NichollsT: Hugo Palmer | 4 | 9-2 | 76 | |
| Settled mid-pack - improved on the rail final furlong - stayed on to finish 7th | |||||||
| 8(4) | 2[7½] | 13. Giant 22/1 | J: Sean D BowenT: Ian Williams | 6 | 8-9 | 63 | |
| Handy early up with the pace - urged forward with two furlongs left - lost ground inside the final furlong - dropped away close home to finish eighth | |||||||
| 9(7) | hd[7¾] | 12. Paws For Thought 33/1 | J: Pierre-Louis JaminT: Donald McCain | 8 | 8-12 | 69 | |
| knocked at the break - travelled close to front - driven into share of second spot 3f out - lost placing over a furlong out and faded before the line | |||||||
| 10(12) | shd[8] | 7. Hungarian 10/1 | J: Connor BeasleyT: Lemos De Souza | 3 | 9-7 | 82 | |
| Settled towards the back early - lost touch with the front two furlongs out - responded when pushed but only edged forward late | |||||||
| 11(6) | ¾[8¾] | 14. Ubetterseethis 14/1 | J: Tom Kiely-MarshallT: Craig Lidster | 3 | 8-1 | 67 | |
| drifted right and clipped another runner at the break - sat close to the pace - urged forward with 3f left - edged towards the middle of the track inside the final furlong before fading to finish 11th | |||||||
| 12(1) | 13[21¾] | 5. Marlborough Place 40/1 | J: Finley MarshT: Adrian Wintle | 4 | 9-7 | 78 | |
| Hesitant start - settled centrally through the pack - urged forward with three left - lost touch a furlong out and faded fast to finish well held | |||||||
Winning time 1m 30.01s · Going Good To Soft · Non-runners: Dublin Bay, The Resdev Scholar · Tote win £14.30