slowly into stride, soon recovered and went prominent over 10f out, ridden over 2f out, no impression on winner from over 1f out, well held inside final furlong
disputed lead early, held up in 4th, ridden 5f out, outpaced and no impression from over 2f out, plugged on
ridden away from stalls, soon led, headed 3f out, weakened and eased over 1f out
disputed lead early, prominent, led 3f out, asserting over 1f out, drew well clear inside final furlong, easily
held up in rear, ridden 3f out, headway over 2f out, 3rd over 1f out, no impression, plugged on
Junoesque has won seven times over shorter trips here, including his latest start over 1m2f, but Harbour Project took 17 attempts to open his account but finally did so at Wolverhampton last time. Militry Decoration opened his account on Turf after 15 attempts when scoring at Bath while Keeper won over track and trip last summer but was tailed off on his reappearance. MITIGATED RISK was well supported in the betting at Yarmouth on his debut for a new yard and, with cheekpieces fitted today, John Butler’s charge gets another chance.
Leroy Leroy 15-2 (9-10) Slowly into stride, behind, headway over 1f out, plugged on final furlong, no threat, 4th of 9, 4 3/4l behind Wonder Starelzaam (9-4) at Windsor 1m 2f hcp (5) gf in May.
Mitigated Risk (IRE) 2-1 (9-3) Raced wide close up, ridden 2f out, unable to quicken final furlong, last of 4, 3 1/2l behind Contingency Fee (9-5) at Yarmouth 1m 3f hcp (5) gf in Apr.
Keeper 5-2 (9-6) Tracked leader, pushed along over 3f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out, last of 4, 22l behind Songo (9-5) at Bath 1m 4f hcp (5) gf in May.
Junoesque 5-1 (9-0) Disputed lead, ridden and headed narrowly 2f out, kept on and rallied to lead again final 110 yards, strongly pressed close home but stayed on gamely, won at Brighton 1m 2f hcp (6) gf in Apr beating Smokey Malone (9-6) by 1/2l, 8 ran.
Harbour Project 5-1 (8-13) Held up in rear, pushed along briefly halfway, ridden over 2f out, good headway in between horses entering final furlong, stayed on strongly to lead final strides, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (6) pol in Apr beating Reformed Character (8-13) by 3/4l, 13 ran.
Militry Decoration (IRE) 4-1 (9-7) Keen held up, headway over 3f out, ridden and headway over 3f out, every chance over 1f out, led inside final furlong, eased close home, won at Bath 1m 4f hcp (6) gs in Apr beating Urban Forest (8-5) by 2l, 10 ran.