held up in rear, headway on outside 6th, lost place next, behind 4 out, tailed off
held up towards rear, headway 6th, not fluent 3 out, well held from next, lost 3rd towards finish
2nd until before the 2nd, chased leaders, not fluent 6th, lost place 8th, outpaced next, well beaten from 4 out, tailed off
in rear, slow 1st, not fluent next, headway before 7th, 4th when blundered 3 out, well held after, went 3rd towards finish
prominent, lost place before not fluent 4th, last after 6th, well beaten from next
chased leaders, went 2nd before 3rd, every chance final bend, soon ridden, held inside final 150 yards
prominent, outpaced after 8th, well held 5th 4 out
made all, not fluent 7th, ridden and joined final bend, stayed on gamely and holding 2nd final 150 yards
NonRunner
Tonto's Spirit loves it here and has tumbled down the handicap but he’s been out of form for a long time. Lucky Flight never runs two races alike but King Alfonso is only a pound higher than successful over track and trip in August and Ardera Cross has won three times at Ayr since the turn of the year. VALENCE D’AUMONT is improving fast and should get the strong gallop he needs in this so can defy a 3lb rise and can complete the hat-trick. Leapaway can also figure and looks best of the rest.
Dr Sanderson (IRE) 14-1 (11-12) Held up towards rear, not fluent 5th, headway 8th, lost place before 2 out, soon well held, 6th of 10, 16 1/2l behind Valence D'Aumont (10-8) at Kelso 2m 1f hcp (3) gd in May.
Leapaway (IRE) 28-1 (11-2) Mid-division, ridden along before 3 out, weakened 2 out, 5th of 6, 25 1/4l behind Fidelio Vallis (11-4) at Kempton 2m 2f hcp (2) gd in May.
King Alfonso 15-2 (11-0) Raced in fourth, slightly hampered 3rd, mistakes 9th and 10th, soon dropped to last and outpaced, 4th of 5, 17 1/2l behind Scardura (10-13) at Newton Abbot 2m hcp (3) gd in Sep.
Valence D'Aumont (FR) 6-1 (10-8) Mid-division, headway before 6th, went 2nd from 2 out, 4 lengths down last, stayed on, led towards finish, hard pressed, held on, won at Kelso 2m 1f hcp (3) gd in May beating Lake Takapuna (10-13) by ns, 10 ran.
Monsieur Co (FR) 28-1 (11-7) Held up in rear, headway 5th, pushed along before 2 out, plugged on one pace from last, 4th of 10, 11l behind Halcyon Days (10-3) at Carlisle 2m hcp (2) sft in Mar.
Hasankey (IRE) 7-1 (11-9) Prominent, close up when ridden approaching 2 out, one pace from before last, 5th of 18, 13 1/4l behind Orkan (11-2) at Warwick 2m hcp (4) hvy in Feb.
Ardera Cross (IRE) 16-1 (11-10) Led, headed 12th, led narrowly 14th, ridden and headed before 4 out, soon weakened, 3rd of 8, 22 1/4l behind Alf 'n' Dor (10-3) at Ayr 2m 4f hcp (4) sft in May.
Tonto's Spirit 16-1 (9-9) Tracked leader until 6f out, pushed along and outpaced over 3f out, ridden and rallied approaching final furlong, kept on, 3rd of 12, 8 3/4l behind Let Me Be (9-9) at Catterick 2m hcp (6) sft in May.
Lucky Flight (FR) 4-1 (11-2) Chased winner until 3rd, lost place 5th, soon last, mistake next, pulled up after, at Ayr 2m hcp (3) gd in Apr.
