tracked leading trio, headway on outside over 3f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, stayed on to lead and hung left final 100 yards, soon straightened and kept on
tracked leading pair, ridden and outpaced 2f out, no threat after
tracked leader, ridden into narrow lead 2f out, strongly pressed inside final furlong, headed and not quicken 100 yards out
led, ridden and narrowly headed 2f out, chased leader and kept challenging until lost 2nd inside final furlong, soon no extra
always last, pushed along approaching final 4f, ridden and outpaced 3f out, soon behind
Nonrunner
Leicester winner All My Love and The Special House have attempted today's distance before but neither threatened while Mistamel is hard to fancy on his recent form. The remainder all step up in trip but Baker's pedigree doesn't inspire confidence and Born To Be Bad is now 10lb higher than when scoring over a mile at Wolverhampton. That leaves DEVONSHIRE PLACE, whose breeding suggests she should find 1m2f within her compass and Roger Charlton's filly gets a tentative vote on her handicap debut.
Born To Be Bad (IRE) 9-2 (8-12) Held up mid-division, headway over 2f out, led inside final furlong, kept on and headed towards finish, 2nd of 13, 1/2l behind Mr Soprano (9-2) at Kempton 1m hcp (0-65) (6) pol.
Baker 40-1 (9-0) Close up, ridden over 2f out, weakening when short of room entering final furlong, 10th of 12, 7l behind Musaaid (9-5) at Newmarket 7f mdn stks (5) gd in Jun.
Devonshire Place (IRE) 33-1 (8-13) Held up towards rear, pushed along over 2f out, kept on for hand riding inside final furlong, nearest finish, 5th of 10, 9l behind Jazzi Top (8-13) at Kempton 1m mdn fll (5) pol in Apr.
All My Love (IRE) 12-1 (9-4) Toward rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 6th of 11, 6l behind Mythical City (9-7) at Ripon 1m 2f 3yo hcp 0-70 (5) gs in Jun.
The Special House (IRE) 9-1 (8-9) Slowly into stride, took keen hold in midfield, headway to track leader after 2f, effort over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 7, 10l behind Leighterton (8-10) at Ripon 1m 4f 3yo hcp 0-80 (4) gd in Jun.
Mistamel (IRE) 8-1 (9-4) Dwelt towards rear, ridden over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, never nearer, 5th of 9, 11l behind Miss Van Gogh (8-13) at Ripon 1m 3yo hcp 0-70 (5) gs in Jun.