held up off the pace in last pair, headway on inside under pressure well over 1f out, soon chasing leaders, ran on to lead inside final furlong
chased leading trio but off the pace, pushed along halfway, lost 4th well over 1f out, soon ridden and no impression
awkwardly away, outpaced
chased leading pair, switched right over 2f out, 2nd well over 1f out, ridden to lead briefly inside final furlong, chased winner and kept on same pace after
chased leader until well over 1f out, chased leaders, ridden and weakened over 1f out
Veteran Peter Island will probably try and make all again but another course specialist, WHITECREST, can cut him down in the closing stages. John Spearing's mare came right back to form at Lingfield and Gary Mahon's claim takes care of her penalty. Archie Stevens is also penalised but only won an all-weather claimer last week. Pucon is more interesting as he's dropped 5lb since last running on Turf and has won off a higher mark on Polytrack. Triple Dream remains hard to place and isn't getting younger.
Whitecrest 11-4fav (9-9) In touch, headway 2f out, soon every chance, stayed on strongly to lead close home, won at Lingfield 5f fll hcp (5) gf beating Princess Tansy (8-6) by 3/4l, 7 ran.
Pucon 12-1 (8-12) Led, headed 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 8th of 10, 8l behind Flying Bear (9-4) at Lingfield 5f hcp 0-80 (4) pol in May.
Peter Island (FR) 14-1 (8-9) Led, ridden over 1f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong, lost 2nd final 100 yards, 3rd of 5, 2 3/4l behind Welease Bwian (8-11) at Brighton 6f hcp 0-70 (5) gf in Apr.
Tancred (IRE) 6-1 (9-3) Held up and behind, never involved, 7th of 10, 16l behind Dutch Rifle (9-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f app hcap (5) in Aug.
Archie Stevens 13-8fav (9-1) Took keen hold, close up, led over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, ran on well, won at Wolverhampton 5f clm stks (6) beating Agerzam (9-8) by 1l, 9 ran.
Triple Dream 8-1 (8-12) Tracked leaders, led over 1f out, soon headed, no extra towards finish, 6th of 11, 3 1/2l behind Catalinas Diamond (8-13) at Bath 5f hcp 0-60 (6) gf.