led 6f, pressed leader, pushed along 3f out, ridden to challenge over 1f out, led inside final furlong, stayed on well
tracked leader until led 10f out, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, stayed on same pace
raced keenly, settled 5th after 3f, headway on outside chasing leaders and ridden 2f out, went 3rd inside final 2f, stayed on same pace
chased leaders, ridden and weakened over 1f out
slowly into stride, raced keenly, headway tracking leaders after 3f, weakened over 2f out
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MASTER MILLINER showed good progress last year and won at Bath before scoring over today’s trip at Kempton. He’s returning from a lay-off but this isn’t a strong race. Mr Shady placed at over 1m5f at Lingfield in March but the remainder have been struggling for form including the veteran Gavlar, who hasn’t won since 2018. Ivaquestion has failed to figure since placing on the all-weather earlier in the year while Be My Sea and Nelson River were both well beaten over hurdles last time and the latter was engaged to run at Chepstow yesterday.
Master Milliner (IRE) 15-8fav (9-10) Tracked leaders, ridden over 4f out, effort over 2f out, led inside final furlong, stayed on, won at Kempton 2m hcp (5) pol in Nov beating Figeac (9-8) by nk, 13 ran.
Be My Sea (IRE) 13-2 (11-1) Towards rear, mistake 5th, ridden 2 out and never a factor, 6th of 8, 30 1/2l behind Poppa Poutine (12-2) at Catterick 3m 1f hcp (4) sft in Mar.
Ivaquestion (IRE) 8-1 (9-8) Always towards rear, 9th of 10, 9 3/4l behind French Minstrel (9-1) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Mar.
Mr Shady (IRE) 20-1 (9-0) Went right start, towards rear, switched wide 3f out, headway 2f out, ridden to lead approaching final furlong, headed inside final furlong, lost 2nd final strides, 3rd of 10, 1 3/4l behind Crimson King (9-5) at Lingfield 1m 5f hcp (5) pol in Mar.
Gavlar 40-1 (9-10) Headway from wide draw to lead after 1f, pushed along and headed inside final 3f, weakened quickly over 2f out, 11th of 12, 9 1/2l behind Peat Moss (8-9) at Lingfield 2m hcp (6) pol in Apr.
Nelson River 11-1 (11-5) Towards rear, in last when badly hampered by the faller 2 out, soon well-adrift and never involved, 5th of 8, 22l behind Hooper (10-11) at Cheltenham 2m 1f hcp (2) gd in Apr.