held up off the pace in rear, shaken up 3f out, steady headway from over 2f out, switched left over 1f out, went second inside final furlong, not reach winner
in rear, ridden along over 3f out, soon detached, tailed off from over 2f out
led, ridden along over 2f out, soon headed, rallied to regain lead over 1f out, kept on well inside final furlong
took keen hold tracking leaders, shaken up over 3f out, unable to quicken when ridden along 2f out, stayed on strongly towards finish, not pace to challenge
prominent early, lost position and briefly pushed along after 2f, ridden along and struggling 3f out, soon weakened
close up, ridden over 2f out, soon led, headed over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
Hurdles winner Princess T returned to the Flat with a decent effort at Windsor and Kraken Filly won over track and trip last month but both are conceding weight to the younger horses. Of that group, ABSOLUTE QUEEN has had a couple of outings over today’s distance this year and faces an easier task in this. Yellow Lion is preferred to Beautiful Eyes as both step up in trip.
Yellow Lion 13-2 (9-6) Towards rear, switched left over 3f out, headway over 1f out, edged left inside final furlong, went 3rd close home, 3rd of 10, 3l behind Zoukster (9-2) at Goodwood 7f hcp (5) gf in Jun.
Beautiful Eyes 8-1 (9-2) Towards rear, mid-division halfway, pushed along over 2f out, soon well beaten, 8th of 11, 11 1/4l behind Senesi (9-2) at Redcar 1m hcp fll (5) gd in May.
Absolute Queen (IRE) 9-2 (9-8) Raced wide, tracked leader, ridden 2f out, kept on one pace, 4th of 11, 3 3/4l behind A Shining Moon (9-10) at Pontefract 1m 2f mdn hcp (5) gf in May.
Princess T 9-2jfav (9-5) Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, not quicken over 1f out, switched left inside final furlong, kept on, 5th of 14, 1 1/4l behind Trojan Truth (9-9) at Windsor 1m 2f hcp (6) gf in May.
Uther Pendragon (IRE) 25-1 (9-10) Towards rear of midfield, ridden over 3f out, kept on one-paced over 2f out, 7th of 14, 7 1/4l behind Glenister (10-0) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Jun.
Kraken Filly (IRE) 11-4 (9-13) Started very slowly, soon recovered chasing leaders out wide led 8f out, went clear over 3f out, reduced lead and ridden 2f out, headed and weakened inside final furlong, 4th of 7, 3 1/4l behind Galactic Glow (9-13) at Bath 1m 2f stks (6) fm in Jun.