held up in rear, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
prominent, led over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, headed well inside final furlong, no extra
held up, ridden and headway from over 2f out, not much room well over 1f out, never on terms, weakened inside final furlong
held up, headway over 3f out, edged right from 2f out, stayed on, nearest finish
in touch in mid-division, lost place halfway
took keen hold, led, headed over 3f out, carried right well over 1f out, soon weakened
tracked leaders, went 2nd over 2f out, kept on to lead well inside final furlong
soon prominent and ridden along, lost place halfway
YORK GLORY has yet to finish out of the places and has wins at Southwell and Pontefract to his credit. Kevin Ryan's consistent colt went close again at Haydock last week and, as this looks slightly easier, he gets the nod. Shesastar beat subsequent winner Fast Shot over C&D last month and has leading claims, while My Own Way Home won her maiden here a fortnight ago and he could figure on her handicap bow. Restless Bay is another to consider though he's developed a bad habit of seconditus and Dubaianswer has scope for improvement.
Dubaianswer 7-1 (9-6) Held up towards rear, ridden and stayed on inside final furlong, 5th of 9, 4l behind Hallelujah (9-1) at Kempton 6f fll hcp 0-80 (4) pol in Jun.
York Glory (USA) 9-2 (9-1) Keen tracked leader, led approaching 2f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, ran on, 2nd of 10, 1/2l behind Cinderkamp (9-2) at Haydock 6f 3yo hcp 0-85 (4) gf.
Restless Bay (IRE) 8-1 (8-5) Went left start, held up in touch, headway 3f out, not clear run and switched right over 1f out, strong run inside final furlong, going on close home, unable to reach winner, 2nd of 7, nk behind Drawnfromthepast (9-5) at Bath 6f hcp 0-95 (3) fm.
Maverik 8-1 (9-6) Took keen hold tracked leader, ridden and weakened over 1f out, last of 9, 20l behind Bajan Bear (8-12) at Doncaster 7f 3yo hcp 0-80 (4) gf in Jun.
Shesastar 7-4fav (9-7) In rear, pushed along halfway, headway over 1f out, led inside final furlong, soon hung left, won going away, won at Doncaster 6f 3yo hcp 0-70 (5) gf in Jun beating Roman Strait (9-5) by 1 1/2l, 10 ran.
My Own Way Home 7-1 (8-9) Mid-division, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, led inside final furlong, just held on, won at Doncaster 6f mdn stks (5) gf beating Vizean (8-12) by shd, 11 ran.
Royal Bajan (USA) 4-1 (8-12) Behind and soon outpaced, ridden 1f out, kept on same pace, never on terms, 4th of 7, 7l behind Cadeaux Pearl (9-4) at Catterick 5f 3yo hcp 0-85 (4) gd.
Fast Shot 11-8fav (8-13) Tracked leaders, headway to chase leader 2f out, driven inside final furlong, led post, won at Catterick 6f 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) gf beating Bay Of Fires (9-4) by nk, 7 ran.
Il Battista 66-1 (7-9) Always in rear, outpaced halfway, last of 9, 23l behind Belgian Bill (9-4) at Doncaster 1m 3yo hcp 0-95 (3) gf in Apr.