held up in 5th, plugged on in 3rd inside final furlong, never going pace to reach leaders
slowly into stride, pushed along early in rear, never involved
made all, clear when ridden over 1f out, stayed on strongly, unchallenged
tracked leaders on inside, angled out and went 2nd turning in, stayed on all the way to the line but not pace to challenge
held up off the pace in last pair, rapid headway out wide chasing winner over 3f out, pushed along and lost 2nd turning in, weakened soon after
prominent, went 2nd after 1f until pushed along over 3f out, chased leaders and wide home turn, edged left and no impression inside final furlong
tracked leader for 1f, tracked leaders, pushed along inside final 3f, soon lost place
Tajawal beat Lil' Frank in a maiden over a mile at Ayr though the former’s moderate earlier effort over this longer trip is a worry. But BALANCE PLAY (NAP) faced a tougher task than this when third at Epsom on his handicap bow and should cope well with this track’s similar camber on that evidence. Razoni finished runner-up over track and trip last month and gets a change of headgear while both Theme Park and Noodle Mission step up in distance with the former preferred in this grade. Mandega is a winner on testing ground in France and debuts for a new yard.
Theme Park 5-1 (9-5) Towards rear, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on to go second final 50yds, 2nd of 10, 1l behind Quantum Impact (9-6) at York 1m hcp (3) gf in May.
Tajawal (IRE) 2-7fav (9-5) Made all, ran on strongly, unchallenged, won at Ayr 1m mdn stks (5) gf in Jun beating Lil' Frank (9-5) by 1 3/4l, 7 ran.
Balance Play (IRE) 4-1 (8-7) Raced keenly tracking leaders, hung left on camber and outpaced 2f out, continued to hang left and styed on into 3rd inside final furlong, 3rd of 13, 3 3/4l behind Torito (9-7) at Epsom 1m 2f hcp (2) gf in Jun.
Razoni (IRE) 9-2 (9-9) Towards rear, pushed along over 2f out and no impression, ridden 1f out, kept on final 110 yards and took 2nd closing stages, not trouble winner, 2nd of 7, 1l behind Power Of Gold (9-7) at Doncaster 1m hcp (4) gf in Jun.
Noodle Mission (USA) 3-1 (9-9) In rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (5) pol in Feb beating Emperor Zen (9-8) by 1 3/4l, 6 ran.
Lil' Frank 9-4 (9-5) Wore hood to post, chased winner, hung badly left and carried head high from over 2f out, plugged on at same pace, never enough pace to challenge, 2nd of 7, 1 3/4l behind Tajawal (9-5) at Ayr 1m mdn stks (5) gf in Jun.
Mandega (FR) (9-5) 2nd of 10, shd behind Rebel Angel (9-5) at Fontainebleau 1m 3f stks hvy in Mar.
Gordon Grey (IRE) 14-1 (9-4) Rear mid-division, pushed along over 3f out, never showed, 6th of 9, 15 1/4l behind Lord Of Biscay (9-11) at Nottingham 1m stks (5) gf in Jun.
