settled in rear but in touch, effort 2f out, soon no impression
chased winner, hard ridden 3f out, soon hung left, stayed on well towards finish
in touch, under pressure over 4f out, soon lost place, rallied over 1f out, hung left, kept on
held up in rear but in touch, headway over 2f out, chased winner over 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, always just held
tracked leader, under pressure over 3f out, stayed on same pace final furlong
made all, hard driven over 2f out, strongly challenged approaching final furlong, stayed on gamely
Stoneham has become a specialist on Tapeta at Wolverhampton where she's now won twice. She has a 6lb penalty for last week's victory but shouldn't have any problem reverting to Turf. Golden Bird has had eight career starts - all of them on Polytrack. He wasn't beaten far at Lingfield last week and if taking to the surface should get involved. DUKES DEN was a length behind in that latter event but came with a late rattle after being out with the washing. His trainer won this with a 25/1 chance last year and though he's another more used to racing on an artificial surface he's given the vote to complete a long-range stable double. Lineman rarely runs away from Wolverhampton these days and he's never won on Turf though he's slipped to his lowest-ever rating and Tom Marquand's claim is a real plus.
Lineman 10-1 (9-5) Held up in touch on inside, pushed along over 4f out, outpaced over 2f out, no threat after, 7th of 8, 6l behind Gabrial The Terror (9-12) at Wolverhampton 2m hcp 0-75 (5) in Mar.
Golden Bird (IRE) 5-1 (9-3) Hampered start in touch, headway over 2f out, ridden to chase winner 1f out, kept on one pace, 4th of 11, 1 3/4l behind Valid Reason (9-7) at Lingfield 2m hacp 0-70 (5) pol.
Dukes Den 10-1 (8-13) In rear, ridden 2f out, ran on final furlong, nearest finish, 5th of 11, 2 3/4l behind Valid Reason (9-7) at Lingfield 2m hacp 0-70 (5) pol.
Stoneham 5-2 (9-0) Held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, soon not much room, led inside final furlong, kept on well, won at Wolverhampton 2m hcp 0-60 (6) beating Yorkshireman (9-2) by 1l, 7 ran.
Toretto (IRE) 8-1 (10-3) Midfield, headway to chase leaders over 6f out, ridden over 4f out, soon weakened, tailed off, 6th of 11, 30l behind May Hay (10-6) at Southwell 2m am hcp 0-65 (6) fbs in Jan.
Lady Knight (IRE) 25-1 (8-1) Chased leading trio, ridden along halfway, beaten over 3f out, soon behind, eased over 1f out, tailed off, last of 5, 23l behind Koliakhova (8-8) at Windsor 1m 2f 3yo clm (6) gs in Jul.