tracked leaders and keen, raced wide, switched to stands rail over 2f out, ridden and not much room over 1f out, no extra
led, ridden and headed over 1f out, one pace
held up in rear, headway to race stands rail over 2f out, led over 1f out, stayed on strongly to draw clear inside final furlong
tracked leaders in 4th, raced stands rail over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace
tracked leader, ridden and weakened over 2f out
The older pair at the head of the weights may struggle to contain a couple of promising three-year-olds in SPIETA and Brigh who are preferred in that order. Spieta ran a good second behind the progressive London Bridge on reappearance here before narrowly failing to hold on at Kempton last time under a canny Kieren Fallon front-running ride. He holds Bligh on their running that day and is actually 1lb better off with his victim who was a length away in third. Luca Cumani's decent record at the track enhances confidence. Megalala has been a wonderful servant to John Bridger down the years and boasts a career record of 15-102. The 12-year-old should take some prize money home once again.
Rossetti 11-1 (9-0) Slowly into stride, always behind, last of 13, 22l behind Invincible Hero (9-1) at Nottingham 1m hcp 0-80 (4) gd in May.
Megalala (IRE) 20-1 (9-1) Led, hard driven over 3f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra, 2nd of 13, 2 1/2l behind Hector's Chance (9-7) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Jun.
Brigh (IRE) 4-1 (8-11) Held up in touch, ridden over 1f out in 3rd, kept on inside final furlong, 3rd of 7, 1 1/2l behind Thwart (8-12) at Kempton 1m 4f flls hcp (0-70) (3yo+) (5) pol in Jun.
Spieta (IRE) 5-2 (8-11) Led, ridden inside final furlong, kept on and headed towards finish, 2nd of 7, 1/2l behind Thwart (8-12) at Kempton 1m 4f flls hcp (0-70) (3yo+) (5) pol in Jun.
