held up in rear, headway on inside over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, no impression on winner, took 2nd near finish
mid-division, headway on inside 2f out, ridden over 1f out, led inside final furlong, stayed on well
tracked leaders, edged right and 2nd briefly over 2f out, soon beaten, no extra inside final furlong
went right start, tracked leaders on outside and raced keenly, went 2nd over 2f out until driven over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong
led early, chased leaders, lost place over 2f out, kept on without threatening inside final furlong
soon led, driven over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, lost 2nd near finish
slowly into stride, held up in rear, switched right over 1f out, kept on, never dangerous
soon tracking leader, lost 2nd over 2f out, weakened
mid-division, towards rear when not clear run over 2f out, well beaten over 1f out
Maiden winner Victory Wave makes her handicap debut and the Godolphin filly has plenty of scope but Unforgiving Minute disappointed over 7f here last time having won a decent handicap at Lingfield before that. ISOMER (NAP) was also well beaten last month but in much better company than this at York and Andrew Balding’s charge had gone close at Newmarket before that when ahead of Glory Awaits. A similar effort today should see him bang there at the finish while Ghalib is another dropping back down in class and should be sharper for last month’s run at Goodwood.
Unforgiving Minute 6-1 (9-7) Raced keenly tracking leaders, ridden over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 7th of 8, 6 3/4l behind Qaffaal (9-6) at Chelmsford City 7f hcp (3) pol in May.
Isomer (USA) 7-1 (8-8) Held up, ridden over 2f out, never a factor, last of 10, 9 1/4l behind Afaak (9-1) at York 1m hcp (2) gf in May.
Ghalib (IRE) 12-1 (8-10) Chased leaders on outside, edged right and weakened over 1f out, 7th of 8, 9 1/2l behind Love Dreams (9-7) at Goodwood 7f hcp (2) gf in May.
Victory Wave (USA) 7-1 (10-0) Close up, ridden 2f out, stayed on towards finish, 4th of 13, 1 1/4l behind Ganayem (9-3) at Goodwood 1m fll stks (5) sft in Jun.
Glory Awaits (IRE) 8-1 (9-5) Keen tracked leader, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 4th of 7, 2 1/2l behind Secret Art (9-7) at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (4) pol in Apr.
Ice Slice (IRE) 6-1 (9-9) Tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong, 10th of 16, 7 1/2l behind Thomas Cranmer (9-4) at Wetherby 1m hcp (4) gf in Jun.
Executive Force 25-1 (9-1) In touch, ridden 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong, 8th of 10, 7 3/4l behind Sir Titan (9-2) at Goodwood 7f hcp (4) gs in May.
Dark Magic 8-1 (9-8) Held up towards rear, outpaced over 2f out, soon beaten, weakened over 1f out, last of 10, dist behind Brother McGonagall (9-1) at Doncaster 1m hcp (5) gf in Jun.
Sir Roderic (IRE) 5-2fav (9-5) Slight lead over 2f, remained handy, stayed on inside final furlong, not pace to challenge, 3rd of 13, 2 1/4l behind Treacherous (8-12) at Kempton 7f hcp (5) pol in Jun.
