held up in touch, effort on outer and not quicken 2f out, kept on final furlong
tracked leaders, effort to lead inside final 2f, driven and edged left over 1f out, in command and hung right final furlong, ridden out
led, ridden and narrowly headed inside final 2f, chased winner and held after, kept on inside final furlong
raced in close 5th, pushed along over 3f out, one pace and no impression final 2f
slowly into stride, always rear, ridden and struggling 3f out
tracked leader, ridden and not quicken 2f out, weakened entering final furlong
chased leaders, pushed along from half-way, driven and not quicken 2f out, stayed on under pressure final furlong
A superb classified event kicks off proceedings at Ascot, with Mutasallil expected to beat Wunderwood and Alphecca. The Goldolphin colt followed up his Ripon maiden victory with a comfortable success from Kingsworld at Pontefract. That was a less valuable contest than today's but he is very lightly raced and open to any amount of improvement. Wunderwood also comes here following two victories, both gained in very completive handicaps. The latest was at Royal Ascot when easily outpointing Pagan Dance, a repeat of that performance will make him very difficult to beat. Alphecca was most impressive when landing his maiden at Lingfield, beating the 81 rated Ganymede without breaking sweat, he really could be anything. Counsell's Opinion and Vengeance can also be added to the mix here, although they are well exposed, and so we will side with one that has plenty of scope for improvement and Mutasallil fits the bill.