keen prominent, switched left to race far side alone halfway, ridden and every chance over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
close up centre, switched to far side 3f out, ridden to chase winner approaching final furlong, kept on one pace
close up in rear in centre, headway 2f out, soon led, ridden and edged left inside final furlong, ran on
led centre group until ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
went right start, tracked leaders centre, ridden and slightly outpaced over 1f out, stayed on towards finish
Bullace finally showed some improvement for a slide down the weights when runner-up over 7f here but AL MARMAR scored over today’s trip at Ascot a fortnight ago. That was his first start since April having been gelded during the interim and there should be more to come from Andrew Balding’s charge. Dutch Decoy scored back over a mile at Hamilton while Atheby returns to his winning trip in a first-time tongue-tie and is preferred to Makinmedoi.
Bullace 20-1 (10-2) Close up, pushed along and headway to chase winner 2f out, ran on, 2nd of 10, 1 1/4l behind Nizaaka (9-6) at Newmarket 7f hcp (3) gf in Jul.
Al Marmar (IRE) 22-1 (9-6) Mid-division, pushed along over 2f out, headway to challenge over 1f out, stayed on well to lead inside final furlong, won at Ascot 1m hcp (3) gf in Jul beating Royal Rift (8-9) by ns, 9 ran.
Dutch Decoy 10-1 (9-10) In rear, switched left and steady headway on outside 3f out, ridden and led over 1f out, soon in command and ran on strongly, won at Hamilton 1m hcp (4) gf in Jul beating Ana Gold (8-13) by 1 3/4l, 7 ran.
Makinmedoit (IRE) 13-2 (9-6) Chased leaders, ridden for effort 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 8, 7 1/4l behind Hello Jumeirah (9-0) at Ascot 1m 4f hcp fll (3) gf in Jul.
Atheby 20-1 (9-6) Led until pushed along and headed over 2f out, weakened quickly and behind, last of 8, 31 3/4l behind Morning Poem (9-4) at Newmarket 1m 2f hcp (4) gd in Jun.