reluctant to go to post, held up and behind, good headway out wide tracking leaders halfway, soon hung right and weakened over 2f out
went left and bumped rival start, soon led on rail, ridden and headed 1f out, edged right and lost 2nd inside final furlong, no extra in 3rd
wore hood to post, went right and slight bump start, held up tracking leaders on rail, switched right before halfway, good headway between horses over 1f out, led inside final furlong, shaken up and ran on well
chased leader, ridden to lead 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on same pace, no chance with winner
held up in last pair, pushed along halfway, soon behind and struggling
tracked leaders out wide pushed along over 2f out, ridden and weakened inside final 2f
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POPMASTER may finally have fallen far enough down the weights to end a long losing run. He just missed out at Newbury last time and returns to his winning trip. Spanish Star won over 7f last month but was beaten by Haymaker over today’s distance at Windsor before that while Temple Bruer has won two of his last three outings and is raised 6lb for his latest success at Newmarket. Ingra Tor has been thereabouts on the all-weather but the less exposed Havana Pusey makes more appeal.
Spanish Star (IRE) 28-1 (9-1) Switched right to race in centre, raced keenly and held up, headway near side of group chasing leaders over 2f out, went 2nd in group over 1f out until inside final furlong, soon lost 3rd, weakened and lost 4th post, 5th of 29, 2 3/4l behind Witch Hunter (9-10) at Ascot 7f hcp stks (2) gf in Jun.
Lucky Man (IRE) 11-1 (8-13) Close up, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong, 19th of 21, 8 1/2l behind Bielsa (8-13) at York 6f hcp (2) gd in May.
Popmaster (IRE) 6-1 (9-9) Held up towards rear, ridden over 2f out, challenged over 1f out, led well inside final furlong, headed last strides, 2nd of 10, shd behind Flying Secret (8-9) at Newbury 7f hcp (3) gd in Jun.
Haymaker 4-1 (9-1) Held up in mid-division out wide, headway chasing leaders over 2f out, 4th and no impression final furlong, 4th of 14, 4 1/2l behind Badri (9-8) at Epsom 6f hcp (2) gf in Jun.
Temple Bruer 16-1 (9-9) Dwelt, in touch, headway to lead approaching final furlong, soon hung left, ran on, won at Newmarket 6f hcp (4) gd in Jun beating Ataser (9-4) by 2 1/4l, 8 ran.
Havana Pusey 3-1fav (9-5) Dwelt, in rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, 3rd of 8, 3/4l behind Indian Creak (9-11) at Epsom 6f hcp (3) gs in Jul.
Great Max (IRE) 50-1 (9-4) Wore hood to post, led far side group of five throughout, ridden and no chance with centre group over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 13th of 29, 5 3/4l behind Witch Hunter (9-10) at Ascot 7f hcp stks (2) gf in Jun.
Fernando Rah 15-2 (9-10) Difficult loading, held up off the pace in last pair, some late headway never on terms, 5th of 7, 8l behind Equality (10-4) at Windsor 5f hcp (2) gd in Jun.
Ingra Tor (IRE) 16-1 (8-8) Tracked leaders, went 2nd out wide inside final 2f, ran on towards finish, not pace to challenge, 2nd of 12, 3/4l behind Prop Forward (9-4) at Kempton 6f hcp (2) pol in Apr.
Hello Me (IRE) 14-1 (10-2) Went right start, pushed along in rear, never on terms, last of 11, 16 1/4l behind Bondi Bay (9-12) at Nottingham 6f hcp (5) gd in Jul.
