held up in touch, chased leaders over 2f out, ran on final furlong, never reached winner
chased leaders, effort over 2f out, soon outpaced, stayed on under pressure, never able to challenge
raced keenly tracking winner, effort when hung right over 1f out, soon under pressure, faded inside final furlong
slowly away, soon tracking leaders, pushed along over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
made virtually all, driven over 2f out, soon strongly challeneged, kept on well under pressure
MAGIC JACK holds Danehill Sunset on his debut second and it'll be disappointing if he can't get the better of 76-rated Youm Jamil. Richard Hannon's charge was tenderly ridden to take second behind a Godolphin hot-pot at Salisbury and he'd have won in another stride or two so, as that was over seven, this step up to a mile is expected to suit. While this is a maiden that's attracted runners from five top yards it doesn't look strong, so any improvement will see Magic Jack very hard to beat. Youm Jamil has done nothing wrong in maiden's over this trip but on the evidence of his Newmarket handicap run he's not quite up to his BHA rating and he's exposed so we shouldn't expect improvement. Priors Gold is steadily going the right way but perhaps he'll do better returned to further while Politbureau should show more but he was sent off at 25/1 on debut, suggesting he's no star.
Danehill Sunset (IRE) 7-2 (9-3) Tracked leaders, challenged over 3f out, ridden and edged left over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, 3rd of 8, 3 1/2l behind Barq (9-3) at Salisbury 7f 3yo & 4yo mdn (4) gf.
Magic Jack 14-1 (9-3) Held up in touch, pushed along over 2f out, ridden, edged left and chased winner entering final furlong, ran on well, just failed, 2nd of 8, hd behind Barq (9-3) at Salisbury 7f 3yo & 4yo mdn (4) gf.
Politbureau 25-1 (8-13) In touch, ridden over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 6th of 16, 9l behind Mortbet (8-13) at Leicester 1m 2f 3yo & 4yo mdn (5) gd in Jul.
Priors Gold 6-1 (9-3) Tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, chased winner entering final 2f, soon outpaced by winner, 2nd of 7, 8l behind Lunar Victory (9-3) at Goodwood 1m 2f mdn stks (5) gd.
Youm Jamil (USA) 8-1 (9-3) Squeezed out start, in rear, short lived effort 2f out, 8th of 9, 6l behind Suited And Booted (9-9) at Newmarket 7f 3yo hcp 0-85 (4) gf in Jun.