Always Brave chased leaders, pushed along 3f out, switched left and headway 2f out, ridden on inner to lead entering final furlong, soon driven and edged right, held on

Marning Star chased leading pair, headway 3f out, ridden to challenge 2f out and soon every chance until driven inside final furlong and no extra towards finish

Society Venue held up towards rear, good headway on outer over 2f out, ridden to chase leaders over 1f out, stayed on under pressure inside final furlong

Cathedral Walk close up, led over 2f out and soon ridden, driven and headed entering final furlong, held when not much room towards finish

My Mate Max held up in rear, headway over 2f out and soon ridden along, edged left over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, nearest finish

Morocchius held up in rear, steady headway over 2f out, ridden and not much room well over 1f out, kept on same pace

Nortune tracked leaders, effort 3f out, soon ridden and weakened over 1f out

Natural Rhythm in rear, headway when not much room 2f out, soon ridden and kept on inside final furlong, not reach leaders

Zabougg held up in touch, headway well over 2f out, ridden and weakened well over 1f out

Centenerola towards rear, ridden along on outer over 2f out, never dangerous

Writingonthewall steadied start, held up in rear, headway when not much room 2f out, never a factor

So Sublime led, ridden along over 2f out, soon headed and weakened

Coffee Cup slowly into stride, always in rear

Daring Dream chased leaders on inner, ridden along 3f out, soon weakened

Probably just an ordinary handicap in which ALWAYS BRAVE, who had looked fairly exposed, got off the mark at the seventh attempt. Too keen when well beaten at Kempton on his previous start, he settled better this time and came from off the pace to lead inside the last furlong, then held on well despite edging right. It would be no surprise if he were to go on from here, but this form looks nothing special.

Marning Star, on his seasonal reappearance and his first run for David Nicholls, raced prominently and kept for second with the poorly drawn Society Venture staying on for third after being delivered on the outside. The latter will come on for this and considering where he was drawn, he's a shade better than the bare form.

Morocchius wasn't knocked about and will improve on this but the two who had already won on turf this term, Centenerola and Nortune, were both disappointing. The former, who has form on soft ground, was never going well, and trailed in well beaten but Nortune could be worth another chance on better ground.

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