held up mid-division, ridden over 1f out, no extra
led, soon clear, ridden over 1f out, kept on and headed towards finish
slowly away, in rear, weakened over 3f out
slowly away, held up towards rear, pushed along over 3f out, weakened final furlong
tracked clear leader, ridden inside final furlong, kept on to lead towards finish
dwelt, held up towards rear, headway over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, one pace
soon towards rear, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened
Nonrunner
Geordan Murphy showed progressive form last year winning three times over a mile but is not certain to stay this longer trip. Four Nations drops back in distance after scoring over 1m6f here and Percella won a seller at Leicester last week over 1m2f. The veteran Noguchi has won three times over longer distances on the all-weather this year while the chase winner Henri De Boistron makes his debut on the Flat. CHANTECLER is a headstrong type and faded close home in a higher grade at Kempton last time. But he had won over track and trip before that and Hughie Morrison's charge gets another chance dropping back down in class.
Spreadable (IRE) 8-1 (9-6) Dwelt, held up in rear, some late headway, never nearer, 5th of 8, 4 1/2l behind Starlit Cantata (9-7) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Apr.
Chantecler 4-1 (9-0) Steadied start keen headway and close up after 2f, ridden and every chance 2f out, kept on same pace, 6th of 10, 6l behind Thane Of Cawdor (8-6) at Kempton 1m 3f app hcp (0-70) (4yo+) (5) pol in May.
Henri De Boistron (FR) 15-2 (11-8) Held up towards rear, not fluent 2nd or 5th, ridden and struggling before 3 out, pulled up after last, in a race won by Sir Note (10-5) at Worcester 2m hcp hdl 0-100 (5) gs in May, 14 ran.
Four Nations (USA) 3-1 (9-10) Slowly away in rear, headway on outer entering final 2f, ridden to lead inside final furlong, won at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hacp 0-70 (5) in May beating Topaling (9-9) by 3/4l, 7 ran.
Noguchi (IRE) 8-1 (8-10) Led, driven over 3f out, headed over 2f out, soon ridden, lost place over 1f out, one pace, 4th of 5, 7l behind High Secret (9-0) at Chelmsford City 1m 5f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in May.
Percella 7-2 (8-2) In touch, switched left over 2f out, headway to chase leader over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, driven and all out, won at Leicester 1m 2f sell stks (6) gf in May beating Sublimation (9-7) by ns, 10 ran.
Fazenda's Girl 16-1 (8-6) Towards rear, some headway towards inside over 2f out, plugged on same pace inside final furlong, 11th of 16, 4 1/2l behind Overlord (8-8) at Nottingham 1m hcp 0-60 (6) gd in May.
Geordan Murphy 4-1fav (9-3) Held up in touch, ridden and effort on outside over 2f out, one pace and no impression over 1f out, 6th of 11, 3 1/2l behind Toga Tiger (9-2) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-80 (4) in Jan.