held up in touch, hung right from over 4f out, ridden and stayed on inside final furlong, nearest finish
led 3f, led again over 2f out, hard ridden inside final furlong, headed close home
tracked leader, led after 3f, ridden and headed over 2f out, soon one pace
tracked leaders, driven to challenge over 2f out, hung left and ran on to lead inside final furlong
Splendid Era and Wilful renew rivalries here and the winner looks like it will come form this pair though Richard Hannon's Garmoucheh can not be easily written off. Splendid Era gets the narrow vote to put a below par performance at Newmarket behind him and return to the form which saw him finish third in the Craven. Wilful beat him at Newmarket last time out but there were excuses for the selection and he is taken to reverse form. Garmoucheh has some useful form under her belt and she may be able to put her experience to good use. She did not get the run of the race last time out at Newbury and may be some value if the front two are fighting out favouritism.