made virtually all, ridden when hard pressed over 1f out, stayed on gamely final furlong, just held on
awkwardly away, held up in touch, headway over 2f out, chased leaders and effort over 1f out, short of room and checked inside final furlong, switched left, kept on same pace final 100 yards
tracked leaders, ridden and effort over 1f out, outpaced final 100 yards
tracked leaders on inside, driven and effort over 1f out, kept on same pace, weakened inside final furlong
tracked winner, challenged 2f out, ridden and every chance over 1f out, kept on, no extra in 3rd towards finish
tracked leaders, driven when not much room 2f out, ridden and one pace over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
slowly into stride, in touch in rear, switched outside 3f out, ridden to chase leaders over 1f out, headway and edged slightly left inside final furlong, ran on to press winner inside final 50 yards, just held
BLACK CAESAR never seems to run a bad race here. He is weighted to reverse running in September with Good Luck Charm and it will be a surprise if he’s not in the firing-line again. Bounty Pursuit was only beaten a nose at Kempton last month but is not as efficient on Turf and may struggle to confirm Kempton running in September with Balgair, who is a pound better off and recorded his only win so far on good going over this trip. Zlatan is starting to slip down the weights and can’t be ignored.
Black Caesar (IRE) 12-1 (9-5) Tracked leader, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 5th of 7, 8 1/4l behind Hedging (9-0) at Brighton 7f hcp (4) gf in Apr.
Zlatan (IRE) 15-2 (9-9) Took keen hold, tracked leaders, led 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 4th of 10, 4 1/4l behind Bakht A Rawan (9-5) at Windsor 1m hcp (5) hvy in Apr.
Good Luck Charm 66-1 (9-7) Started very slowly, always behind, tailed off, 8th of 10, 27 3/4l behind Bakht A Rawan (9-5) at Windsor 1m hcp (5) hvy in Apr.
Briyouni (FR) 14-1 (9-7) Tracked leaders and keen, lost place over 1f out, last of 12, 10 1/4l behind Kingston Kurrajong (9-7) at Kempton 1m hcp (5) pol in Mar.
Bounty Pursuit 14-1 (9-6) Tracked leaders, challenged from 2f out, rider soon dropped whip, led 1f out, ran on, headed post, 2nd of 9, shd behind Coverham (9-2) at Kempton 7f hcp (5) pol in Apr.
Tai Sing Yeh (IRE) 9-2 (9-5) Led, headed over 2f out, chased leader until ridden over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 7th of 9, 10 3/4l behind Island Cloud (9-2) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (5) pol in Apr.
Duke Of North (IRE) 14-1 (9-1) Slowly into stride, mid-division on outside, headway chasing leaders over 2f out, ridden 2f out, weakened soon after, 8th of 12, 5 1/4l behind East Coast Lady (9-7) at Windsor 1m hcp (5) sft in Oct.
Balgair 5-4fav (9-5) Held up in last pair, headway on outside over 1f out, went 2nd final 150 yards, never going pace to reach winner, 2nd of 10, 1 3/4l behind Lacan (9-7) at Kempton 1m hcp (5) pol in Nov.