led, ridden 3f out, headed over 1f out, no extra final furlong
held up in rear, ridden over 3f out, ran on final furlong but never a factor
pressed leader, ridden and weakened quickly over 3f out, eased over 2f out
held up towards rear, moved to chase leaders halfway, ridden to press leader over 2f out, stayed on final furlong
midfield, dropped towards rear before halfway, headway over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, in touch over 1f out, weakened final furlong
keen in midfield, dropped towards rear when ridden over 3f out, headway over 2f out, driven to lead over 1f out, stayed on strongly final furlong
prominent, tracked leader travelling strongly 4f out, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out
towards rear, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
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Smart hurdler Goshen returns to the Flat for the first time since finishing third here back in 2020 while stablemate Aggagio has also been winning over timber. But SARATOGA GOLD (NAP) beat Mellow Magic with Cherry Cola and Nellie Moon further behind when scoring over 1m6f here on his reappearance and first start gelded and there looks more to come over this extra distance. Cloud Thunder beat Single over today’s trip at Newbury last autumn though it was heavy ground on that occasion.
Goshen (FR) 4-7fav (11-10) Led, pushed along and strongly pressed 2 out, soon ridden and headed narrowly before last, rallied to regain lead 110 yards out on run-in, gamely asserted close home, won at Wincanton 1m 7f (1) sft in Feb beating Adagio (11-7) by 1 3/4l, 4 ran.
Diamond Bay 9-1 (9-2) Mid-division, never dangerous, 10th of 16, 8 1/4l behind Juan De Montalban (9-4) at Ascot 1m 4f hcp (3) gd in May.
Cloud Thunder 15-2 (9-11) Prominent, ridden over 3f out, soon beaten and eased, last of 13, 31 1/4l behind Haizoom (9-8) at Hamilton 1m 5f hcp (4) gd in May.
Mellow Magic 85-40 (9-8) Tracked leader, shaken up under 3f out, led 2f out, soon faced challenge and headed over 1f out, kept on but no match for winner closing stages, 2nd of 7, 2 1/2l behind Saratoga Gold (9-3) at Goodwood 1m 6f hcp (4) gd in Apr.
Saratoga Gold 9-2 (9-3) Held up in touch, closer after 4f, headway over 2f out, shaken up to lead over 1f out, ran on well and went clear closing stages, comfortably, won at Goodwood 1m 6f hcp (4) gd in Apr beating Mellow Magic (9-8) by 2 1/2l, 7 ran.
Aggagio (FR) 5-2 (10-0) Raced freely, in rear, mistake 3 out, ridden before 2 out, no impression soon after, last of 4, 8l behind Bourbali (11-11) at Plumpton 2m 5f hcp (3) gd in Apr.
Nellie Moon 11-1 (9-3) Restrained start and held up, raced freely, switched right 3f out, shaken up and some progress on inner over 2f out, held final furlong but kept on steadily, 5th of 7, 5 1/2l behind Saratoga Gold (9-3) at Goodwood 1m 6f hcp (4) gd in Apr.
Cherry Cola 28-1 (8-12) Slowly into stride, in rear, pushed along 3f out, switched left and headway over 2f out, kept on final furlong and took 3rd near finish, 3rd of 7, 3l behind Saratoga Gold (9-3) at Goodwood 1m 6f hcp (4) gd in Apr.
Single (IRE) 7-1 (9-11) Towards rear, pushed along and headway entering final furlong, kept on one pace, 3rd of 13, 5 1/4l behind Cloud Thunder (9-10) at Newbury 2m hcp (5) hvy in Oct.