held up in rear but in touch, effort and headway 3f out, kept on to chase winner in vain inside final furlong
with leader, led on bit over 3f out, soon quickened up and clear, eased near finish
tracked leaders, effort 4f out, weakening when hanging left over 1f out, eased near finish
led and keen, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened over 1f out
Areyoutalkingtome can beat Art Man, with any support for Phebe to be noted. Areyoutalkingtome has plenty of experience already, and looked as though his turn was near when second to Alqaab at Lingfield on his last outing on the Turf course there in May. The winner was a costly purchase and highly-rated, so although one or two pundits reckon that Charles Cyzer's charge is a frustrating sort, his earlier defeat behind Killybegs at Newmarket shows that he has taken on decent company. With that in mind, unless Art Man improves significantly on his narrow defeat to Nefski Alexander at Folkestone, Areyoutalkingtome should come out on top. The fly in the ointment is Phebe who is a full-sister to the stable's Pukka, and is related to plenty more winners. She is likely to come into her own over further though, and unless the market comes down heavily in her favour, we would rather side with Areyoutalkingtome.
Guadiana (GER) 14-1 (9-5) Towards rear, some late progress, 10th of 16, 8l behind Another Con (9-2) at Bath 1m 2f ldy rds hcp (6) frm in Jun.
Areyoutalkingtome 10-11fav (8-11) Raced freely, led, hard ridden final 2f, headed 1f out, no extra, 2nd of 11, 1 1/2l behind Alqaab (8-11) at Lingfield 1m 2f mdn stk (5) gd in May.
Art Man 7-2 (8-11) Tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, effort inside final furlong, stayed on, 2nd of 8, hd behind Nefski Alexander (8-11) at Folkestone 1m 2f mdn aut stk (6) gf in Jun.
Ten Commandments (IRE) 33-1 (8-3) Led and keen, ridden and headed over 2f out, soon weakened, 9th of 14, 19l behind Champagne Shadow (9-13) at Lingfield 1m 4f sll (6) pol in Jun.
Phebe Sadler's Wells filly, sister to 1m3f winner Pukka, half-sister to several winners up to 1m4f including the Group 2 winner Pongee.