soon outpaced and behind, headway over 1f out, stayed on well, never able to challenge
led, hard ridden and headed over 1f out, kept on same pace
tracked leaders, hard ridden to lead over 1f out, all out
with leader, every chance over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
dwelt, held up in rear, headway over 1f out, switched left to challenge, soon hung left, stayed on same pace
held up in touch, chased leaders over 2f out, ran on inside final furlong, never reached winner
Nonrunner
A return to Chester might spur STAR ROVER back into action and he gets the nod here ahead of Duchess Dora and Falasteen in a competitive heat. David Evans' son of Camacho is a speedy fellow and showed up really well for a long way in the Palace House Stakes last week. He has his sights lowered today and off a feasible mark of 100 he should run well. Duchess Dora has the plum draw in stall one and was a solid winner at Sandown on her reappearance; she is a very strong traveller so could do with a nice lead in the race and this progressive daughter of Tagula is hard to ignore. Archers Road hasn't been with the yard for long but is held by the selection on a form line through Mister Manannan, Falasteen is a course and distance winner and showed that he has trained on with a Leicester victory, whilst Secret Millionaire is only trained just down the road and therefore should not be discounted dropping in grade. Tim Easterby has his horses in rude health so Confessional is shortlist material, along with Diman Waters who broke his maiden tag last time and may now be a different horse. His stable won this race last year, however with a 7lb rise in the weights in a better race we can take him on with Star Rover.
Star Rover (IRE) 40-1 (8-4) Tracked leaders, ridden halfway, weakened over 1f out, 10th of 12, 7l behind Equiano (8-13) at Newmarket 5f Grp 3 (1) gf.
Duchess Dora (IRE) 14-1 (8-12) Took keen hold, pressed leader, led over 1f out, soon ridden and edged left, held on, won at Sandown 5f 3yo hcp 0-100 (2) gd in Apr beating Fratellino (9-5) by shd, 7 ran.
Archers Road (IRE) 16-1 (9-1) Tracked leaders, led over 1f out, soon headed and hung right, 4th of 10, 3 1/2l behind Layla's Hero (9-4) at Doncaster 6f 2yo Listed stks (1) gs in Oct.
Falasteen (IRE) 15-8 (9-0) Led, 3 lengths clear halfway, headed narrowly inside final furlong, pushed along and rallied to lead post, won at Leicester 6f con stks (3) sft in Apr beating Singeur (9-2) by shd, 3 ran.
Confessional 8-1 (8-12) Went right start, chased leaders, ridden to go 2nd 2f out, led inside final furlong, headed final strides, 2nd of 11, 1/2l behind Whozthecat (9-3) at Thirsk 5f 3yo hcp 0-90 (3) gf in Apr.
Diman Waters (IRE) 4-1 (8-12) Close up, led entering final furlong, soon ridden, held on well towards finish, won at Haydock 5f 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) gf in Apr beating Rio Mist (8-13) by 1 1/4l, 14 ran.
Secret Millionaire (IRE) 66-1 (9-0) Held up in touch far side group, weakened inside final furlong, 8th of 22, 8l behind Lucky Like (8-6) at Redcar 6f Lstd auc stks (1) gf in Oct.
