in rear, headway over 1f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong
mid-division, pushed along and one pace over 1f out
towards rear headway and switched right over 1f out, one pace
close up early, tracked leaders in 3rd, ridden inside final furlong, led towards finish, just held on
in touch, ridden entering final furlong soon weakened
tracked leader, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace
led, ridden inside final furlong, headed towards finish, just held
Almashriq could only manage fourth over 7f at Newmarket on his return but is entered in the Dante later this month and is expected to stay this longer trip. Jim Crowley prefers the latter to Almokhtaar while Maamora also steps up in distance having finished runner-up at HQ on her return to action. But it could pay to stick with DEREVO (NAP) in this given he landed the odds over track and trip on his reappearance and there looks plenty more to come from Sir Michael Stoute’s charge. Duckett's Grove and Landa Beach made winning debuts but ran shockers on their latest starts while Great Example was well beaten on his introduction and headgear is fitted today.
Ramsbury 4-5fav (9-9) Pulled hard, in touch, headway over 3f out, chased winner from over 2f out, no extra closing stages, 2nd of 14, 5l behind Ulster (9-2) at Kempton 1m 4f stks (5) pol in Jan.
Emojie 50-1 (11-0) Held up in mid-division, steady progress on outside over 5f out, pushed along and weakened over 3f out, tailed off, last of 9, dist behind Only Money (11-0) at Fontwell 1m 6f (5) gd in Mar.
Derevo 8-13fav (9-3) Tracked leader, driven to lead over 1f out, ran on well, won at Chelmsford City 1m 2f stks (4) pol in Apr beating Kimblewick (9-5) by 1 1/4l, 4 ran.
Duckett's Grove (USA) 5-2 (9-1) Prominent, weakened 2f out, 6th of 7, 18 3/4l behind Raakib Alhawa (8-12) at Newbury 1m stks (2) gs in Sep.
Landa Beach (IRE) 3-1 (9-8) Slowly away soon tracked leaders, pushed along over 3f out, weakening when hung right 2f out, 5th of 6, 15 1/4l behind Technician (9-2) at Leicester 1m 4f stks (3) gd in Apr.
Almokhtaar (USA) 8-1 (9-2) Prominent, led approaching 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 4th of 10, 13 1/2l behind Humanitarian (9-2) at Lingfield 1m stks (5) pol in Nov.
Great Example 3-1 (9-2) Dwelt in touch, headway on outer 2f out, never nearer, 6th of 13, 15 1/2l behind Top Rank (9-7) at Thirsk 1m stks (5) gf in Apr.
Maamora (IRE) 2-1fav (9-0) Led, headed entering final furlong, kept on well, 2nd of 9, 2 1/2l behind Lavender's Blue (9-0) at Newmarket 1m mdn fll stks (4) gf in Apr.
Almashriq (USA) 11-8fav (9-6) Slowly into stride, raced keenly, held up 3rd in centre trio, headway and hung right towards far side over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside furlong, 4th of 7, 5 1/2l behind Fox Champion (9-9) at Newmarket 7f stks (3) gf in Apr.
