slowly into stride and pushed along early, soon prominent, led 6f out, led field centre to near side in straight, pushed along over 4f out, hung left and headed inside final 2f, lost 2nd approaching final furlong, weakened final furlong
tracked leaders, pushed along over 4f out, weakened over 2f out
held up in last pair, good headway out wide tracking leaders 4f out, went 2nd 3f out, led and hung left inside final 2f, stayed on
held up in rear, headway centre of main group 3f out, kept on into 2nd approaching final furlong, no chance with winner
led 4f, tracked leader until pushed along 3f out, weakened over 2f out
chased leaders, pushed along over 2f out, kept on final furlong, never going pace to trouble winner
NonRunner
LOCHANTHEM placed over a mile at Windsor last time having won a classified race over today’s trip at Yarmouth before that. She may prove good enough in this and is preferred to Tanglewood Tales, who was well beaten at the same Yarmouth fixture. Several step up in trip for their handicap debuts with Sir Mark Prescott’s Summer's Knight preferred to Hellyn and Patroon but Stigwood and Arenas Del Tiempo were both well beaten on their respective handicap bows.
Summer's Knight 125-1 (9-5) Close up, headway 3f out, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong, 5th of 7, 8 1/2l behind Shine For You (9-0) at Leicester 7f stks (3) gf in Sep.
Hellyn 18-1 (9-0) Prominent and chased leader, niggled along 3f out, driven 2f out, weakened 1f out, 4th of 13, 4 1/2l behind Just Beautiful (9-7) at Kempton 7f fll stks (6) pol in Nov.
Lochanthem 4-7fav (9-13) Raced keenly tracking leaders, led inside final 2f, soon ridden, headed inside final furlong, stayed on same pace in 3rd, 3rd of 13, 1 3/4l behind Sir Taweel (9-8) at Windsor 1m hcp (6) gf in Apr.
Arenas Del Tiempo 33-1 (9-7) Towards rear, pushed along 3f out, some headway over 1f out, never dangerous, 10th of 13, 10l behind Doctor Churchill (9-4) at Kempton 1m hcp (6) pol in Mar.
Stigwood (IRE) 25-1 (9-0) Soon chasing leaders, went 2nd 5f out, every chance 2f out, soon hung right, weakened final furlong, 8th of 13, 6 1/2l behind The Whipmaster (9-5) at Windsor 1m hcp (5) gs in May.
Tanglewood Tales 9-2 (9-3) Mid-division and keen, headway towards inside chasing leaders over 2f out, ridden and weakened final furlong, 5th of 12, 10l behind Bobby Kennedy (8-6) at Bath 1m 4f hcp (6) gd in May.
Patroon (USA) 50-1 (9-5) Chased leader until pushed along 2f out, chased leaders, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 10, 8 3/4l behind Raadobarg (9-5) at Leicester 7f stks (5) gf in Apr.