steadied start, held up in rear, headway over 2f out, led 1f out, ran on well, pushed out
chased leader, led over 2f out, soon headed, weakened inside final furlong
carried left start, raced keenly, held up in rear, headway on outside over 3f out, led 2f out, headed entering final furlong, soon held by winner, kept on
led until headed over 2f out, edged left and soon weakened
slowly into stride, tracked leaders, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and beaten over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong
The evergreen IOLANI always seem to run well here and handles fast ground, though wouldn’t be troubled if there was some rain. Royal Countess has gone close the last twice in this grade but is closely matched with Graces Quest on Ayr running. The maiden Tele Red slips further down the weights and makes more appeal than Ooh La Lah and Marcello Si.
Graces Quest 7-1 (8-8) Mid-division, pushed along 2f out and not quicken, late headway inside final furlong, 5th of 10, 2 1/2l behind El Picador (9-11) at Musselburgh 1m 4f hcp (4) gd in Jun.
Tele Red 10-1 (10-10) Chased leaders out wide, went 2nd 8f out until 3f out, chased leaders, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 17, 3 3/4l behind Kingson (10-9) at Haydock 1m 4f hcp (5) gd in May.
Marcello Si 50-1 (10-2) Tracked leaders, pushed along halfway, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace, 4th of 10, 7 1/4l behind Aguaplano (9-4) at Redcar 1m mdn stks (6) gd in May.
Iolani (GER) 7-2 (9-2) Close up in 4th, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and stayed on to press winner towards finish, 2nd of 4, 1/2l behind Mr Mccall (9-4) at Carlisle 1m 3f hcp (6) gd in May.
Ooh La Lah 13-2 (9-5) Raced keenly, mid-division, headway on outside 9f out, steadied 7f out, kept on final furlong, not trouble leaders, 4th of 9, 5 3/4l behind Charlie Arthur (9-10) at Thirsk 1m 4f hcp (6) gd in May.
Royal Countess 8-1 (9-2) Dwelt in touch towards rear, pushed along and headway 2f out, stayed on to chase winner inside final furlong, 2nd of 9, 3/4l behind Flying Moon (9-4) at Ayr 1m 2f hcp (6) gf in May.