chased leader, led narrowly well over 1f out, headed over 1f out, stayed on same pace final furlong
chased leaders, pushed along 3f out, weakened over 1f out
held up last, rapid headway on wide outside to chase leaders approaching halfway, ridden over 2f out, plugged on inside final furlong
led, joined 2f out, headed well over 1f out, weakened and hung left final furlong
chased leaders, ridden to lead over 1f out, stayed on well, ridden out
always behind, ridden along over 4f out, soon struggling, no chance final 2f
Whiepa Snappa deserves to get his head in front having been running well in defeat at the end of last season and again on his reappearance here over 1m4f last month but he remains a maiden after eight starts and preference is for TUSCAN KING, who gets the vote ahead of Truly Magic. Harry Dunlop's filly made a pleasing return to action at Leicester last month when a close fourth behind Haatheq and she has every chance racing off a 1lb lower mark today. Eve Johnson Houghton's Catchanova is unexposed after just six starts but needs to improve on all known form, while First Fandango looks plenty high enough in the weights for what he has achieved. Roger Charlton's Home Advantage may do better now sent handicapping but he has shown little sign of ability so far and of more interest may be Richard Hannon's Pastello, who is better than he showed at Goodwood last time. The vote though goes the way of Tuscan King, who has been running well on the Polytrack and turf for David Evans this term and he can record his fourth success of the year.
First Fandango 8-1 (8-12) Tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, staying on same pace when not much room 2f out, no impression final furlong, 7th of 14, 9l behind Hayzoom (8-12) at Chepstow 1m 2f mdn stks (5) gd.
Pastello 9-1 (9-0) Held up in rear, driven and headway over 3f out, soon under pressure and weakened, 6th of 8, 16l behind Eltheeb (9-2) at Goodwood 1m 2f 3yo hcp 0-70 (5) gd.
Tuscan King 7-2 (8-8) Tracked leading trio, pushed along 3f out, staying on when hampered on rail over 1f out, went 3rd inside final furlong, not pace of leading duo, 3rd of 6, 1 3/4l behind Fremen (9-7) at Ffos Las 1m clm stks (6) gf.
Whiepa Snappa (IRE) 11-2 (8-9) Chased leaders, driven along on outside 2f out, kept on same pace, 4th of 8, 4l behind High On A Hill (9-0) at Windsor 1m 4f 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) gf in Apr.
Catchanova (IRE) 33-1 (8-7) Held up, ridden over 2f out, ran on final furlong, nearest finish, 5th of 14, 9l behind Contredanse (9-4) at Windsor 1m 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) gd in Apr.
Home Advantage 12-1 (9-3) Slowly into stride, towards rear, pushed along halfway, weakened over 2f out, 6th of 9, 16l behind Bintalwaadi (8-12) at Lingfield 1m 3yo mdn auc stks (5) pol in Apr.
Truly Magic 10-1 (8-7) Behind, effort over 2f out, soon no impression, 4th of 8, 5l behind Haatheq (9-4) at Leicester 7f 3yo hcp 0-70 (5) gf in Apr.