held up in touch in rear, ridden 2f out, stayed on to 3rd near finish, never able to challenge
tracked leaders, pressed leader over 2f out, led over 1f out, ridden out
close up, headway approaching final furlong, challenged winner inside final, not quicken
tracked leader, ridden 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
led, hung right from over 2f out, headed over 1f out, one pace and lost 3rd near finish
in rear, ridden halfway, soon struggling, tailed off final furlong
The recent consistency of top weight Gold Story can't be faulted but George Baker's four-year-old remains a maiden after 12 starts and is rated 8lb higher on turf than on the all-weather. Crystallize won at Kempton in February but his best form is over further while Diddums is in the midst of a long losing sequence, though hasn't been running too badly since the turn of the year. THOUGHTSOFSTARDOM is also looking to end a barren spell but Phil McEntee's gelding is much better on turf than the all-weather and his last victory came over this C&D on good to firm ground. The eight-year-old is 6lb lower in the weights today and can give the promising Leonna Mayor another winner.
Gold Story 7-1 (8-9) Held up, headway approaching final furlong, challenging winner under stand's side rail when short of room and bumped inside final, not run on, 2nd of 5, hd behind Soopacal (9-1) at Southwell 5f clm stks (6) fbs in Feb.
Crystallize 20-1 (8-7) Prominent, ridden over 1f out, no extra well inside final furlong, 5th of 13, 2 3/4l behind West Leake (9-5) at Kempton 7f hcp 0-65 (6) pol.
Diddums 25-1 (9-2) Slowly into stride, held up in rear, headwy over 1f out, unable to reached leaders, 5th of 14, 3l behind Cane Cat (8-13) at Kempton 7f hcp 0-50 (7) pol in Mar.
Evey P (IRE) 6-1 (8-11) Raced keenly tracking leaders, effort when not clear run over 2f out, soon beaten, 11th of 12, 16l behind Miss Bounty (8-12) at Lingfield 1m app hcp (0-55) (6) pol in Mar.
Thoughtsofstardom 12-1 (8-5) Tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace, 6th of 9, 3l behind Rebecca Romero (8-12) at Lingfield 5f hcp 0-60 (6) pol.
Stargazy 12-1 (9-2) Slowly away, held up last, headway on outside 3f out, soon ridden and weakened, 5th of 6, 12l behind Fire King (9-5) at Brighton 1m hcp 0-60 (6) gf in Aug.