tracked leaders, hampered and lost place inside final 5f, towards rear, hampered again over 2f out, no chance after
tracked leaders, driven along and unable to quicken over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
held up in last trio, headway over 2f out, stayed on strongly inside final furlong, led final strides
unruly in preliminaries and led in start, held up in 6th, headway out wide over 2f out, ridden and unable to quicken over 1f out, weakened final furlong
unruly prior to start, virtually refused to race and tailed off throughout
tracked leader, led over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, headed final strides
led, pushed along and headed over 2f out, weakened quickly, soon behind, tailed off
held up in last pair, smooth headway out wide tracking leaders inside final 5f, edged right and stayed on in 3rd inside final furlong, not pace to challenge
unruly in preliminaries, always behind
NonRunner
SONGO (NAP) made a winning reappearance last year and won twice over track and trip subsequently, including this contest. He has his ground today and can come out best again. Both Seal Of Solomon and Crescent Lake won over today’s distance at Chelmsford last month and the latter went in again at Goodwood recently. Claritudo won over 1m4f at Pontefract earlier and novice winner Percy Jones also steps back up in trip.
Seal Of Solomon (IRE) 3-1 (9-12) Led early, tracked leader, led again after 3f, pushed along and joined over 4f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, rallied inside final furlong, went 2nd close home, 2nd of 5, 2 1/2l behind Dubai Jeanius (9-12) at Southwell 2m hcp (4) pol in May.
Crescent Lake 4-1jfav (9-7) Held up, headway going well tracking leaders 2f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, stayed on well, always holding on, won at Goodwood 1m 6f hcp (4) gs in May beating Havaila (9-5) by 1/2l, 11 ran.
Bashful Boy (IRE) 11-1 (11-11) Keen in mid-division, headway chasing leaders when fell 4 out, at Warwick 2m 3f hcp (4) gd in Apr.
Percy Jones 9-1 (9-9) Chased leader, ridden over 2f out, lost 2nd over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 6th of 7, 5 1/4l behind Halic (9-9) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (4) pol in Jan.
Songo (IRE) 33-1 (9-6) Steadied star, took keen hold in touch in rear, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace, last of 6, 1 3/4l behind Juan Bermudez (9-4) at Kempton 2m hcp (3) pol in Nov.
Wilderness 18-1 (9-8) Handy, pushed along 4f out, no extra final furlong, 9th of 11, 16 1/2l behind Crescent Lake (9-7) at Goodwood 1m 6f hcp (4) gs in May.
Whimsy 28-1 (9-3) Led, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, tailed off, 10th of 14, dist behind Zinc White (9-11) at Chester 2m 3f hcp (2) sft in May.
Claritudo 10-3 (9-8) Raced wide tracked leaders, pushed along 2f out, kept on same pace, 5th of 11, 3 1/2l behind Greystoke (9-11) at Chester 1m 4f hcp (4) sft in May.
Capstan 66-1 (9-8) Led early, prominent, led over 5f out, headed over 3f out, soon weakened, tailed off, last of 11, dist behind Mark Of Gold (9-10) at Goodwood 2m hcp (5) hvy in May.
Sky Power (IRE) 40-1 (9-2) Tracked leaders until lost place and in mid-division over 4f out, never on terms after, 10th of 11, 6 3/4l behind Surrey Mist (9-4) at Windsor 1m 3f hcp (3) gd in Oct.
