held up in last pair, headway on wide outside from 2f out, quickened to lead over 1f out, hard driven final furlong, just held on all out
in touch, lost place on inner 4f out, renewed effort on inner 2f out, kept on under pressure but not pace of leaders inside final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden and unable to quicken 2f out, headway and strong run inside final furlong, gaining finish just failed
led 1f, tracked leader, challenged from 4f out, ridden and every chance 2f out, weakened over 1f out
held up in touch, effort 2f out, one pace and no impression on leaders over 1f out
dwelt, soon recovered and in touch, headway in outer over 1f out, kept on under pressure final furlong
led after 1f, ridden 2f out, headed and not pace of winner over 1f out, stayed on same pace
tracked leaders, ridden when squeezed out 2f out, never dangerous after
soon tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, soon outpaced and beaten
took keen hold, raced wide in mid-division, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
Rod Millman's Sergeant Cecil was disappointing considering he had his ideal conditions at Sandown behind Silvaline last week and, while the winner there has to be respected under his 5lb penalty, the vote goes to Cutting Crew. The selection looked a horse to follow when winning a handicap over this trip by four lengths at York's May meeting but ran below par at Goodwood on his only subsequent outing. Peter Harris has his string in good form at present and the chances are that the son of Diesis will leave the form of his latest effort well behind him here. James Fanshawe's Penzance is a half-brother to the stable's Soviet Song and is not certain to appreciate the step up in trip so a bigger threat may come from Luca Cumani's Zeitgeist, for who the booking of Frankie Dettori takes the eye. Mark Johnston's Fort and the bottom weight Feed The Meter are others worthy of a mention but the vote goes to Cutting Crew, who is taken to bounce back to form.
