led, headed before 4th, tracked leader, led again 3 out, ridden and headed next, outpaced when hampered soon after, rallied flat to go 3rd near finish
in touch, ridden and headway after 4 out, weakened 2 out
tracked leaders, ridden 5th, dropped to rear next
badly hampered when in rear first, headway 3 out, ridden and every chance next, kept on one pace, lost 3rd near finish
tracked leaders, hit 4th, soon lost place
in touch when fell first
keen close up, led before 4th, ridden and headed 3 out, weakened next
raced wide close up, ridden and every chance 3 out, weakened last
in rear, headway 4 out, ridden and every chance 2 out, led next, headed towards finish
raced wide held up, headway 3 out, ridden to lead next, headed last, hung right flat, stayed on to lead again towards finish
in touch when hampered and unseated rider soon after first
Only Back To Bracka and Most Honourable of these have had a recent run and the former was disappointing when favourite on his UK debut here a couple of weeks ago. Emral Silk is unexposed while Mohawk Ridge did well last season. Just Cameron and Tikkandemickey are others entitled to respect, though the latter was beaten 10 lengths off level weights behind Frankie's Promise at Hexham in April. GRANARUID is three from three here over longer trips and was only beaten half-a-length over 2m at Hexham in May. Just a pound higher, he has every chance of enhancing his impressive track record.
Ueueteotl (FR) 9-2 (11-5) Tracked leaders, weakened after 4 out, 7th of 8, well behind Strongpoint (11-7) at Musselburgh 2m 4f hcp hdl 0-125 (3) gd in Dec.
Frankie's Promise (IRE) 4-1 (11-6) Tracked leaders, not fluent 4th, led when not fluent 2 out, clear before last, eased towards finish, won at Hexham 2m nov hdl (4) gs in Apr beating Wild Card (11-6) by 10l, 14 ran.
Granaruid (IRE) 10-1 (10-9) Tracked leaders, went 2nd after 7th until 2 out, no extra last, 6th of 10, 28l behind Any Given Day (11-12) at Cartmel 2m 6f hcp hdl 0-135 (3) gd in May.
Just Cameron 7-2 (11-3) With leader, mistake 2 out, weakened before last, 4th of 5, 14l behind Strongpoint (11-9) at Perth 2m hcp hdl 0-135 (3) gd in Apr.
Mohawk Ridge 3-1fav (11-6) Close up, mistake 3rd, weakened after 2 out, last of 7, 29l behind Trust Thomas (10-5) at Hexham 2m hcp hdl 0-135 (3) sft in May.
Emral Silk 16-1 (11-6) Prominent, led 2 out, easily, won at Catterick 2m 3f nh nov hdl (4) sft in Jan beating The Backup Plan (11-6) by 13l, 6 ran.
Tikkandemickey (IRE) 6-4fav (11-6) With leader, led before 2nd, headed after 5th, ridden 2 out, kept on same pace, just failed to get 2nd, no chance with winner, 3rd of 14, 10l behind Frankie's Promise (11-6) at Hexham 2m nov hdl (4) gs in Apr.
Slipper Satin (IRE) 4-1 (10-4) With winner until ridden before 2 out where not fluent, lost 2nd when not much room last, no extra, 3rd of 6, 20l behind Take The Cash (11-2) at Sedgefield 2m 4f nh nov hdl (4) sft in Mar.
Back To Bracka (IRE) 15-8fav (10-12) Led, headed before 3 out, quickly weakened, 5th of 9, 48l behind Rolling Maul (11-12) at Carlisle 2m 4f nov hdl (4) sft.
Captain Clayton (IRE) 9-2 (11-5) Held up well in rear, mistake 8th, modest 6th and ridden before 3 out, soon well behind, 6th of 10, well behind Boris The Blade (9-10) at Sedgefield 3m 3f hcp hdl 0-110 (4) sft in Mar.
Most Honourable 12-1 (11-7) Held up, ridden before 2 out, soon weakened, last of 7, 24l behind Sleep In First (11-2) at Kelso 2m hcp hdl 0-120 (4) sft.
