held up in rear, headway over 1f out, chased leaders inside final furlong, never a threat
chased leaders, effort well over 1f out, stayed on same pace final furlong
led until over 1f out, soon rallied, led again inside final furlong, all out
in touch, headway over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
tracked leader, early, lost place over 5f out, rallied over 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong
broke well soon restrained and in touch, headway to join leader halfway, led over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra
As is the norm with one from Sir Prescott’s yard, ALTRA VITA has won both starts since stepping up to middle-distances. She made all over 1m4f at Brighton last time and a similar outcome is expected today raised only 3lb. Warofindependence has been thereabouts on the all-weather this year but has yet to win on Turf and the handicap debutante Gemini may prove a bigger threat over this longer trip. Red Miracle ran better at Windsor last time without looking like winning and the remaining pair arrive in woeful form.
Warofindependence (USA) 11-2 (8-13) Held up towards rear, headway from over 3f out, 3rd and hanging left from over 1f out, stayed on, unable to challenge, 3rd of 8, 3/4l behind Enmeshing (9-4) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Jun.
Gemini 25-1 (9-0) Tracked leaders, pushed along over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 10, 7 3/4l behind Heart Of Grace (9-0) at Goodwood 1m 2f mdn fll stks (5) gd in May.
Altra Vita 9-5 (8-9) Made all, pushed along 3f out, ridden and edged left over 1f out, driven out, won at Brighton 1m 4f hcp (5) gf in Jun beating Braemar (9-7) by 1/2l, 4 ran.
Street Art (IRE) 16-1 (8-9) Raced wide in touch, ridden and weakened 3f out, tailed off, last of 9, dist behind Bartholomew J (9-7) at Yarmouth 1m 2f hcp (6) gf in May.
No Equalisers 150-1 (8-8) Towards rear, pushed along over 3f out, headway on wide outside chasing leaders 3f out, weakened over 2f out, 13th of 16, 32l behind Cassini (8-8) at Windsor 1m 2f stks (5) gd in Jun.
Red Miracle 33-1 (9-2) Towards rear, headway on outside over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 16, 5l behind Seinesational (9-4) at Windsor 1m 3f hcp (6) gf in Jun.