led early, raced keenly in touch, headway 2f out, stayed on to lead over 1f out, ridden and held on towards finish
in rear, pushed along halfway, ridden and outpaced over 2f out, never able to challenge
soon tracked leader, led 3f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, kept on until no extra towards finish
soon led, hung right and headed 3f out, ridden and every chance inside final furlong, held towards finish
held up, driven and outpaced over 2f out, never on terms
Millfield was doing all of his best work close home behind Triskaidekaphobia at York last time so should appreciate the step up in trip to seven furlongs and he gets the vote ahead of Wee Charlie Castle and Jaassey. The selection had looked useful when landing his maiden here over five furlongs last month prior to that run at York, which looked to be in a better race than today's and the son of Elnadim is taken to resume winning ways. Yarmouth selling winner First Byte was well held in a novice race at the same venue on her only subsequent start and is difficult to recommend from 2lbs out of the weights, while Twilight Avenger only had one behind him on his nursery debut at Newmarket recently probably best left out of calculations. Mick Channon's Wee Charlie Castle, who chased home the well-treated Pickett at Hamilton last week has an obvious chance off the same mark and should appreciate today's longer trip. He makes more appeal than stablemate Jaassey, who has not progressed as much as may have been expected. The same cannot be said of Millfield though and Howard Johnson's colt is taken to continue on the upgrade.
Millfield (IRE) 4-1 (9-3) Chased leaders, outpaced over 2f out, stayed on final furlong, 3rd of 9, 4l behind Triskaidekaphobia (9-7) at York 5f 2yo hcp (3) gd.
Wee Charlie Castle (IRE) 9-1 (8-9) Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, stayed on under pressure final furlong to go 2nd towards finish, no chance with winner, 2nd of 6, 5l behind Pickett (8-12) at Hamilton 6f 2yo hcp (3) gf.
Twilight Avenger (IRE) 50-1 (7-11) Steadied start, keen hold, some headway over 1f out, soon faded, 12th of 13, 19l behind Rising Cross (9-0) at Newmarket 7f 2yo hcp (3) gs.
Jaassey 9-1 (9-0) Soon behind, 12th of 15, 12l behind Clare Hills (8-9) at Carlisle 5f 2yo mdn aut (6) sft in May.
First Byte 25-1 (8-4) Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, hung left over 1f out, outpaced, 3rd of 7, 10l behind Hunter Street (8-12) at Yarmouth 6f nov aut stk (6) gf in Jun.