led early, with leaders, ridden to lead over 1f out, edging right and kept on
soon led, ridden and headed over 1f out, kept on
with leaders, ridden and every chance from 1f out, faded close home
Rapid Release will be popular after closing in on success in three runs so far, but we prefer the claims of Wilbury Star here. The Richard Hannon-trained selection was very coltish in the preliminaries before his debut run at Folkestone last week and that made his performance, just held in third in a three-way photo, all the more eyecatching. With the experience under his belt and plenty of promise he can deliver for us this time. Rapid Release steps up in trip having contested three races all at six furlongs. There was improvement from run one to two, but not much evidence of anything better from him when runner up at Lingfield last time. The extra furlong may help here and he is not dismissed lightly but we'll take him on. Percys Corismatic showed improvement for this trip last time but that was in a seller and he may have to settle for a minor role again, while the other pair need to show marked improvement to get involved and we'll take Wilbury Star to shine.
Rapid Release (CAN) 3-1 (9-3) Started slowly, soon mid-division, went 3rd over 1f out, stayed on steadily final furlong to take 2nd towards finish, 2nd of 10, 1/2l behind Daddy's Gift (8-12) at Lingfield 6f 2yo mdn auc (6) pol in Jun.
Wilbury Star (IRE) 12-1 (9-3) Mid-division, headway over 2f out, ran on well final furlong, 3rd of 12, nk behind Rio Royale (9-3) at Folkestone 7f 2yo mdn auc (6) gf in Jun.
Graysland 20-1 (8-12) Slowly away, outpaced and always behind, last of 6, 20l behind Mazzola (9-3) at Brighton 6f 2yo mdn (5) gf in May.
Percys Corismatic 20-1 (8-6) Led 3f, ridden and still every chance over 1f out, kept on same pace, 4th of 8, 3l behind Rose of Coma (8-6) at Yarmouth 7f 2yo sll (6) gf in Jun.
Honorable Endeavor 14-1 (9-1) Always behind, 13th of 14, 26l behind Firth of Fifth (8-10) at Lingfield 7f 2yo mdn auc (6) gf in Jun.
