held up in rear, ridden over 1f out, never dangerous
tracked leader, led on bit approaching 2f out, shaken up over 1f out, ridden inside final furlong, soon headed, kept on and held towards finish
led, headed approaching 2f out, ridden over 1f out, rallied to regain lead inside final furlong, kept on gamely towards finish
held up and keen behind, ridden over 1f out, never dangerous
tracked leaders and keen, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong
pulled hard in mid-division, soon tracked leaders in 3rd, ridden over 1f out, weakened entering final furlong
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Richard Guest seems determined to land this prize, saddling three of the eight runners. Jockey bookings suggest penalised Newcastle winner Ted's Brother is the pick of the trio but we prefer the claims of ABIDHABIDUBAI. John Quinn's Nottingham scorer bounced back from a poor effort at Hamilton to finish third at Pontefract 12 days ago and looks capable of winning another race off her current mark. Materialism was below par at Thirsk last month but it would be no surprise to see some improvement here and he looks a better bet than Alensgrove, who is still striving for that elusive first win and was easily brushed aside off this mark at Doncaster last Saturday.
Free Art 15-2 (9-0) Towards rear, headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, never going pace to trouble leaders, 6th of 14, 14l behind Power Punch (9-0) at Beverley 7f mdn stks (5) gf in Jun.
Abidhabidubai 4-1fav (9-4) In rear, headway over 2f out, ridden to chase leading pair over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, 3rd of 9, 2 3/4l behind Princess Lexi (9-8) at Pontefract 1m fll hcp (5) gd in Jun.
Materialism 11-2 (9-4) Coltish in preliminaries, slowly away, behind, headway on inside 2f out, soon switched right, no further impression, 7th of 12, 11l behind Viking Warrior (9-0) at Thirsk 7f hcp 0-70 (5) gd in Jun.
Piccarello 16-1 (8-11) Held up in touch, headway halfway, chased leaders 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 9, 8l behind Certral (8-6) at Newmarket 1m 3yo clm (5) gf in Jun.
Alensgrove (IRE) 16-1 (8-11) Held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, ridden to chase winner over 1f out, kept on, no impression, 2nd of 12, 4l behind Caelis (9-1) at Doncaster 7f fll hcp (5) gf in Jun.
I Got You Babe (IRE) 9-4fav (9-5) Raced wide held up, ridden and headway over 2f out, led 1f out, headed and no extra inside final, 3rd of 12, 1 1/2l behind Blues Jazz (8-13) at Hamilton 6f hcp 0-65 (6) gd in Jun.
Bint Mazyouna 20-1 (8-0) Held up in rear, pushed along over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 7, 23l behind Elusive Sue (8-13) at Carlisle 7f flls hcp 0-85 (4) gs in Jun.
Ted's Brother (IRE) 7-1 (8-4) Pulled hard, held up, headway over 2f out, led inside final furlong, won at Newcastle 7f 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) gs in Jun beating Icy Blue (8-12) by 2l, 12 ran.