held up in rear, headway over 1f out, ran on into 3rd inside final furlong, nearest finish
chased leaders, effort well over 1f out, soon no impression
slowly into stride, short of room soon after start, sent forward to track leader over 4f out, weakened over 1f out, eased
soon prominent, effort well over 1f out, weakened entering final furlong
led, hard ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on
Javelin made a winning return at Lingfield but came up short in this grade at Doncaster last week. FIELD GUN (NAP) found the 6f too short when second at Lingfield last time but scored over course and distance on his reappearance and Stuart Williams’ charge gets the vote racing off a similar mark back over today’s trip. Young John and Salt Whistle Bay should both be sharper for recent comebacks, though the latter looks more favourably handicapped, but Dourado failed to win last year and is still 5lb higher than when last successful. Pearl Spectre scored here in January and has slipped back down the weights since without threatening.
Dourado (IRE) 6-1 (9-5) Close up, ridden and headway over 1f out, edged right and chased winner entering final furlong, stayed on, 2nd of 12, 1/2l behind Macaque (9-4) at Goodwood 1m hcp (4) sft in Oct.
Salt Whistle Bay (IRE) 12-1 (8-13) Held up, headway over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, ran on, never nearer, 4th of 10, 1 3/4l behind Glenn Coco (9-3) at Chelmsford City 7f hcp (3) pol in Apr.
Young John (IRE) 9-2 (9-5) Led, ridden and headed approaching final furlong, driven and rallied gamely inside final furlong, just held, 2nd of 8, hd behind Kupa River (8-13) at Leicester 7f hcp (4) gd in Apr.
Field Gun (USA) 11-4 (9-6) In touch, ridden over 1f out, ran on final furlong, went 2nd towards finish, 2nd of 11, 2l behind Global Tango (9-11) at Lingfield 6f hcp (4) pol in Apr.
Javelin 8-1 (8-7) In touch, pushed along and headway 2f out, slightly hampered over 1f out, kept on same pace, 4th of 7, 8 1/2l behind Florenza (9-5) at Doncaster 7f hcp fll (4) gd in Apr.
Pearl Spectre (USA) 10-1 (8-7) Tracked leaders, ridden inside final furlong, kept on same pace, 6th of 8, 2 1/2l behind Harbour Vision (9-1) at Chelmsford City 7f hcp (4) pol in Apr.