steadied at start and held up towards rear, effort halfway, no impression
held up behind leaders, driven 2f out, one pace final furlong
slowly into stride and behind, soon chased along, never on terms
led, ridden and headed over 2f out, one pace final furlong
towards rear, headway when not much room and switched right 2f out, ran on final furlong, nearest at finish
held up behind leaders, headway 2f out, driven and kept on final furlong
tracked leaders, led over 2f out, ridden out final furlong
prominent, ridden over 2f out, no extra final furlong
towards rear, ridden along and headway over 2f out, weakened 1f out
mid-division, ridden along halfway, soon behind
Nonrunner
Nonrunner
Charlie Tipple bids to give Tim Easterby a hat-trick in this race but he's 10lbs higher than when landing his sole handicap and we prefer the claims of Shanafaharan. In contrast to Charlie Tipple, he looks well berthed in box one and he's also completely unexposed with just four career starts to his name. He should have come on for the latest of them which was his first outing of the year and he didn't really fare too badly in finishing in midfield. He is interestingly handicapped on the pick of last year's maiden form and looks capable of landing a maiden success in a race of this nature. Flight Plan showed a little more last time in a claimer but is drawn wide and not the most reliable unlike Violent Velocity who looks sure to be in the mix yet again; his poor strike rate is offputting although Jamie Moriarty is good value for his claim. Heureux is extremely well handicapped on the pick of his form and ran his best race for some considerable time on his reappearance; he could be a major player if building on that but his profile casts doubts upon his ability to do so. Red Romeo is considered but hasn't won on turf for a while, Soto could go well but has rarely tried this trip in over forty starts whilst Yamal is unexposed but very disappointing on his turf bow here last time. An open race but we expect Shanafaharan to be right there at the business end.
Charlie Tipple 13-2 (8-10) Held up, ridden along over 3f out, headway on inner over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 5th of 7, 6l behind Just Lille (9-4) at Beverley 1m 2f hcap (4) gf in May.
Violent Velocity (IRE) 11-4fav (8-5) Towards rear, headway on inner over 1f out, stayed on final furlong, 4th of 8, 3l behind Heywood (9-5) at Catterick 6f hcp 0-85 (4) gs.
Ninth House (USA) 11-4fav (10-0) Soon struggling in rear, 11th of 14, 31l behind Dancing Deano (9-3) at Southwell 7f clm (6) fbs.
Glenridding 10-1 (8-13) Led, headed 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 7th of 8, 17l behind Axiom (9-7) at Doncaster 1m hcp 0-80 (4) gd.
Esoterica (IRE) 4-1 (8-8) Held up in touch, led 3f out, ridden and headed 2f out, not much room and switched left over 1f out, kept on, 3rd of 8, 4 1/2l behind Axiom (9-7) at Doncaster 1m hcp 0-80 (4) gd.
Heureux (USA) 10-1 (8-13) Behind, ridden over 3f out, some headway until one pace over 1f out, 5th of 11, 3 1/2l behind Stellite (8-10) at Musselburgh 7f hcp 0-70 (5) gf in May.
Yamal (IRE) 11-4 (8-10) Dwelt, soon in touch, driven and outpaced over 2f out, weakened 1f out, 5th of 7, 16l behind Summon Up Theblood (9-0) at Thirsk 1m 3yo hcp (4) gd in May.
Mister Jingles 14-1 (9-0) Tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, kept on one pace from over 1f out, 7th of 12, 3 1/2l behind Zabeel Tower (8-13) at Musselburgh 7f hcap (6) gf in May.
Flight Plan 5-2fav (8-11) Steadied start, pulled hard, tracked leaders, not clear run and switched right inside final furlong, stayed on, 3rd of 10, 1l behind Nikolaievich (9-0) at Leicester 7f 3yo clm (6) gf in May.
Pay Time 33-1 (9-2) Started slowly and always rear division, 10th of 14, 9l behind Medici Pearl (9-13) at Catterick 7f fll hcp (5) gs.
Haroldini (IRE) 3-1 (9-1) Pulled hard towards rear, effort over 3f out, soon no impression, 5th of 8, 5l behind Komreyev Star (8-4) at Southwell 1m hcp 0-70 (5) fbs in Feb.
Red Romeo 9-1 (9-3) Prominent, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 6, 4 1/2l behind Dado Mush (8-3) at Southwell 1m hcp 0-85 (4) fbs in May.
Soto 11-1 (9-11) Prominent, ridden along when outpaced 2f out, stayed on final furlong, 3rd of 11, 2l behind Royal Acclamation (9-0) at Catterick 6f hcp 0-65 (6) gs.
Shanafarahan (IRE) 18-1 (8-7) Held up mid-division, weakened over 2f out, 8th of 12, 5l behind Elysee Palace (9-0) at Haydock 7f 3yo hcp (4) gf in May.
Admiralcollingwood 12-1 (8-12) Slowly into stride, always in rear, last of 11, 29l behind Limonia (8-9) at Southwell 6f hcap (6) fbs.
