led briefly, soon steadied into last trio, ridden and good headway between horses over 1f out, stayed on towards finish, not pace to challenge
raced keenly tracking winner, pushed along over 2f out, lost 2nd inside final 2f, weakened quickly soon after, eased
held up in last pair good headway on inside chasing leaders 2f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, ran on but not pace to challenge
raced keenly, tracked leaders out wide, went 2nd inside final 2f, hung right soon after, lost 2nd inside final furlong, weakened final 110 yards
raced keenly, held up in rear, headway out wide over 1f out, stayed on towards finish, never going pace to reach leaders
chased leaders on inside, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
made virtually all, ridden and ran on well inside final furlong
NonRunner
Dulas has yet to win a handicap but went close when attempting to make all at Chester a fortnight ago. But COLD STARE (NAP) makes more appeal as it was soft ground when he scored off a higher mark over track and trip last year and David O’Meara’s charge can also reverse last summer’s running at Haydock on better terms with the winner Greenside. Margub and Starshiba have both won on the all-weather this year though neither have encountered testing going before while Lord Rapscallion has slid back down the weights and posted a better effort at Newmarket last time.
Greenside 28-1 (9-0) Raced in main group, chased leaders, weakened final 2f, 21st of 27, 10 3/4l behind River Nymph (9-0) at Ascot 7f hcp (2) sft in May.
Margub 11-4fav (9-4) Tracked leader, ridden to press leader over 1f out, ran on strongly to lead final 100yds, kept on, won at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (3) pol in Apr beating Gobi Sunset (8-13) by 3/4l, 8 ran.
Lord Rapscallion (IRE) 20-1 (9-2) Tracked leaders, pushed along over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, chased winner inside final furlong, no impression, 2nd of 7, 3 1/2l behind Chil Chil (9-7) at Newmarket 6f hcp (2) gf in May.
Cold Stare (IRE) 6-1 (9-2) Held up in midfield, ridden and headway between horses over 1f out, ran on final furlong, 2nd of 8, 2 1/4l behind Rathbone (8-13) at Thirsk 6f hcp (3) sft in May.
Starshiba 13-8fav (8-3) Slowly into stride, in rear, headway over 2f out, not clear run over 1f out, kept on final furlong, 6th of 10, 3 3/4l behind Born To Be Alive (8-13) at Kempton 1m hcp (2) pol in Feb.
Zhui Feng (IRE) 14-1 (8-13) Led, pushed along and quickened over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, lost 2nd inside final furlong, weakened, 5th of 6, 4 1/4l behind Tiger Crusade (9-1) at Kempton 7f hcp (3) pol in May.
Dulas (IRE) 4-1 (8-4) Led, pushed along 2f out, ridden and headed towards finish, 2nd of 10, 3/4l behind Grove Ferry (9-6) at Chester 1m hcp (2) gs in May.
Ivatheengine (IRE) 14-1 (8-10) Steadied start, held up, pushed along 2f out, never on terms, 7th of 8, 3 3/4l behind Came From The Dark (9-3) at Newbury 5f hcp (2) gd in Apr.