led, hard pressed 3 out, soon ridden, headed before next, kept on under pressure flat, no extra in 3rd towards finish
mostly tracked leader, challenged 3 out, ridden after next, stayed on to lead narrowly flat, headed near finish
held up in last pair, close up 4th, tracked leader after 8th to 4 out where not fluent, soon outpaced, weakened 2 out
held up in last pair, mistake 5th, headway before 4 out, challenged next, led before 2 out, ridden and rallied gamely when narrowly headed flat, regained lead near finish
prominent, lost place 6th, struggling in rear 8th, tailed off 3 out
Red Inca has his ground but was left to come home alone last time, his first points win in 10 attempts. O MAONLAI is a little quirky and probably not the force of old but he may still have enough left to win a modest finale ahead of Scorpion Star and the out-of-sorts Exclusive Rights.
O Maonlai (IRE) 2-1 (12-0) (tt) led 8 til hdd & no ex final 75yds, 2nd of 4, 2l behind Syracuse's Dream (12-0) at Flete Park 3m gd in May.
Red Inca 8-1 (12-0) Prsd ldr 12 til wknd aft 3 out; lft solo last, won at Paxford 3m gd in Apr
Scorpion Star (IRE) 25-1 (11-10) Held up, raced keenly on outside, chased winner before 8th, jumped right 12th, hit 4 out, lost 2nd next, weakened 2 out, last of 4, 34 1/2l behind Monsieur Gibraltar (12-4) at Kempton 2m 4f (5) gf in Apr.
Tusa Eire (IRE) 6-1 (11-11) Rr, 5th frm 3rd, last 6out, 4th 3out until went 3rd 2out, 10l 3rd & no ex when mstk last, ko onepcd, 3rd of 6, 10l behind Red River Gold (12-2) at Tralee 3m sft in May.
Exclusive Rights 5-1 (11-5) Chased leaders, jumped slowly a few times, struggling from 9th, tailed off 12th, pulled up after, at Sedgefield 2m 3f (6) gd in Apr.
