slowly into stride, soon tracked leaders, ridden to lead 2f out, soon headed, driven and stayed on inside final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, stayed on one pace
held up, headway 3f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, soon headed no extra inside final furlong
soon led, ran wide bend 10f out, ridden and headed 2f out, soon weakened
chased leader, ridden over 3f out weakened over 2f out
held up in rear, travelled well, headway approaching 3f out, led approaching final furlong, ridden clear
held up towards rear, wide and headway over 4f out, ridden over 2f out, soon one pace
raced wide, tracked leaders, ridden and weakened over 2f out
slowly into stride, soon behind
King's Fable gets a solid shout here ahead of Peas 'n Beans and Joy In The Guild. King's Fable has been sent down here from Mark Johnston's stable following a good Hamilton last time. He can make the clocked-up miles pay off here in this modest event. Irish Whispers showed improvement at Goodwood last time and could yet improve again. Peas 'n Beans has not been beaten too far in big-field handicaps on his last two starts and can go well again, particularly in this smaller field. Joy In The Guild came good in a seller last time but had been showing up in non-sellers prior to that so has to be given some thought, and you are going to have to monitor the betting with the likes of Captain Bolsh and Polish Welcome. Overall, then, once again the selection is King's Fable.
Irish Whispers (IRE) 33-1 (8-12) Towards rear, ridden 3f out, effort 2f out, not quicken, kept on same pace, 5th of 13, 3l behind Star of Canterbury (9-7) at Goodwood 1m 3f 3yo hcp (5) gf in Jun.
Peas 'n Beans (IRE) 6-1 (8-9) Towards rear, headway 7f out, ridden 3f out, edged left from over 1f out, ran on, 6th of 15, 2 1/2l behind Another Con (9-1) at Warwick 1m 3f hcp 0-60 (6) frm.
Captain Bolsh 14-1 (8-11) Chased leaders, ridden and weakened from 2f out, 10th of 13, 10l behind Carloman (9-2) at Epsom 1m 1f 3yo mdn hcp (5) gf.
Polish Welcome 7-1 (9-7) Tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 4th of 13, 10l behind Spaceman (9-6) at Yarmouth 1m 3f 3yo hcp (6) frm.
King's Fable (USA) 50-1 (8-0) Tracked winner, challenged 3f out, soon ridden, kept on same pace final furlong, 2nd of 7, 2 1/2l behind Alambic (7-13) at Hamilton 1m 5f hcp 0-70 (5) gf.
Joy In The Guild (IRE) 11-2 (8-8) Took keen hold in rear, ridden and headway over 2f out, edged left and led 1f out, ran on, won at Warwick 1m 3f 3yo sll (6) gd beating Simplified (8-8) by 2l, 11 ran.
Lewis Lloyd (IRE) 13-2 (8-12) In touch, ridden to chase leaders 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 9th of 14, 11l behind Thornfield Clo (8-10) at Bath 1m 3yo sll hcp (6) gf in Jun.
Rockatorri 66-1 (8-9) In rear, behind final 4f, last of 13, 35l behind And Again (8-9) at Lingfield 1m 2f mdn fll (5) gf in Jun.