towards rear, ridden and headway to chase leaders over 2f out, one pace final furlong
in touch, headway and switched left 2f out, one pace near finish
held up, headway over 1f out, ran on to lead line
keen tracking leaders, ridden and slightly hampered 2f out, weakened soon after
tracked leaders and keen, ridden to lead inside final furlong, headed line
in touch, ridden 3f out and weakened
reared start, keen in mid-division, weakened 2f out
led, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong and faded
Dvinsky is taken to get the better of Pure Imagination and Arctic Desert in a competitive finale to the card. The selection does have a penalty for his recent success at Pontefract when he beat Geojimali, but the return to 7f should suit and with ground conditions in his favour he has an obvious chance. Pure Imagination put up a sound effort at Musselburgh last time when he finished a close fifth behind Royal Dignitary. A reproduction of that effort tonight would give him a chance of troubling the judge. Artic Desert is turned out quickly after finishing third behind Samuel Charles at Kempton. However, he may be better over an extra furlong these days so he is passed over. Big Bradford may have needed the run on his seasonal reappearance last time so he could go well at a price, but Divinsky is in good form and gets the vote.
Pure Imagination (IRE) 6-1 (8-11) Mid-division, ridden over 3f out, soon one pace, 5th of 9, 3l behind Royal Dignitary (8-13) at Musselburgh 7f hcp 0-85 (4) gf.
Curtain Bluff 20-1 (8-9) Mid-division, pushed along 3f out, soon weakened, 10th of 11, 5l behind Chief Exec (9-4) at Lingfield 7f hcp 0-60 (4) pol in Jan.
Blue Trojan (IRE) 8-1 (9-6) Behind, ridden 4f out, soon beaten, 12th of 14, 9l behind Aggravation (8-6) at Windsor 1m hcp 0-75 (5) gf.
Arctic Desert 9-2 (9-5) Held up in rear, headway on outside over 2f out, ridden and hung right from over 1f out, 3rd of 12, 3l behind Samuel Charles (9-10) at Kempton 1m app hcp (5) pol.
Dvinsky (USA) 7-1 (9-11) Prominent, ridden over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on, won at Pontefract 6f hcp 0-70 (5) gf beating Geojimali (9-8) by 3/4l, 15 ran.
Big Bradford 11-1 (8-12) Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened 1f out, 7th of 9, 3 1/2l behind Premier Fantasy (9-0) at Brighton 7f hcp 0-75 (5) gf.
Elidore 9-1 (8-9) Led, headed over 3f out, soon weakened, last of 8, well behind Olimpo (8-11) at Chepstow 1m 2f hcp 0-75 (5) gs in May.
Bow Wave 16-1 (8-13) Raced centre, always towards rear, 13th of 16, 23l behind Rain Stops Play (9-1) at Newmarket 1m hcp 0-75 (5) sft in May.
Inka Dancer (IRE) 14-1 (8-7) Overall leader on far side, ridden when headed approaching 1f out, faded, 3rd of 12, 3l behind Up Tempo (8-7) at Chepstow 7f hcap (5) sft in May.