rider removed hood late and slowly away in rear, ridden 2f out, ran on strongly final furlong to lead final strides
tracked leaders, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and every chance inside final furlong when short of room, stayed on
in touch, switched right over 2f out, soon ridden, stayed on final furlong, nearest finish
raced wide close up, ridden and headway over 1f out, driven and edged left inside final furlong, stayed on
towards rear, ridden 2f out, never on terms
raced wide in touch, ridden over 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong
keen towards rear, ridden 2f out, never on terms
raced wide keen tracked leader, ridden and every chance over 1f out, weakened final furlong
led, ridden over 1f out, driven and edged right inside final furlong, headed final strides
Noble Peace narrowly beat Pastoral Player at Goodwood in May with Russian Soul and subsequent runner-up Fox Trotter further behind. But he was beaten by IN THE RED at the latter track on his latest start and Martin Smith’s charge is taken to go in again on that form raised only 2lb. Qeyaadah finally won a handicap when successful at Redcar recently while Sans Souci Bay landed a couple of plating races before beaten at Chelmsford.
Pastoral Player 7-2 (9-11) Dwelt towards rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on same pace, 6th of 9, 4 3/4l behind In The Red (9-4) at Goodwood 7f hcp (4) gf in Jun.
Noble Peace 3-1fav (9-9) Held up, pushed along over 2f out, effort when short of room from over 1f out, ridden and ran on strongly inside final furlong, not reach leaders, 3rd of 9, 1l behind In The Red (9-4) at Goodwood 7f hcp (4) gf in Jun.
Russian Soul (IRE) 11-2fav (9-9) Held up in mid-division on inside, headway 2f out, never reached leaders and weakened final furlong, 6th of 12, 4 1/2l behind Noble Peace (9-3) at Goodwood 7f hcp (4) gd in May.
Qeyaadah (IRE) 11-2 (9-7) Led, ridden over 1f out, soon pressed, kept on gamely towards finish, won at Redcar 7f hcp (3) gf in Jun beating Horsted Keynes (10-0) by 1/2l, 9 ran.
Fox Trotter (IRE) 6-1 (9-5) Held up towards rear, headway over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, nearest finish, 2nd of 8, hd behind Goring (9-5) at Chepstow 7f hcp (4) sft in Jun.
In The Red (IRE) 10-1 (9-4) Raced wide held up towards rear, ridden 2f out, headway approaching final furlong, stayed on to lead towards finish, won at Goodwood 7f hcp (4) gf in Jun beating Majestic Moon (9-8) by nk, 9 ran.
Plucky Dip 14-1 (9-2) Chased leaders in 3rd place, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 7, 15 3/4l behind Medburn Dream (9-5) at Lingfield 1m hcp (4) gf in Jun.
Sans Souci Bay 7-2fav (9-13) Held up in touch on inside, switched right over 1f out, soon ridden and plugged on inside final furlong, never troubled leaders, 5th of 9, 6 1/2l behind Etikaal (9-7) at Chelmsford City 7f hcp (5) pol in May.
Tavener 7-2fav (9-10) Tracked leader, led over 2f out, headed over 1f out, faded final furlong, 5th of 10, 5l behind Big Storm Coming (9-7) at Musselburgh 7f hcp (5) gf in Jun.
Saleh (IRE) 9-2fav (9-9) Tracked leaders, pressing for 2nd from 2f out until 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 5th of 13, 3 1/4l behind Believe It (9-9) at Kempton 7f hcp (5) pol in Jun.
