made all, pushed along and joined inside final 2f, ridden clear final furlong, stayed on strongly, unchallenged
held up in 5th, ridden and hung right from over 2f out, weakened inside final 2f
raced in 3rd throughout, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and one pace inside final 2f, no chance with leading duo
steadied start, held up last, pushed along and struggling 3f out, never a factor
tracked leaders on inside, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and weakened inside final 2f
Lone Eagle is penalised for winning the Group 3 Zetland Stakes at Newmarket last year and finished behind third-placed YIBIR in the Classic Trial at Sandown last month. Neither the track nor first-time cheekpieces seemed to suit the latter at Chester last time but Charlie Appleby’s colt gets another chance in this with the headgear removed. Dual handicap winner Aleas is worth a try at this level stepping up in trip along with Gentleman Joe, who struggled in Listed company last month while Stay Well and Man Of Riddles are other unexposed types upped in class.
Lone Eagle (IRE) 7-2fav (9-1) Mostly raced in 3rd, ridden and unable to quicken over 1f out, weakened into 4th entering final furlong, 4th of 10, 4 1/2l behind Alenquer (9-1) at Sandown 1m 2f Grp 3 (1) gd in Apr.
Aleas 11-8fav (9-0) Chased leaders, challenged over 2f out, led well over 1f out, soon clear, easily, won at Haydock 1m hcp (3) hvy in May beating Darvel (8-12) by 9 1/2l, 5 ran.
Gentleman Joe 50-1 (9-0) In rear, pushed along 2f out, some late headway, 6th of 8, 9 1/2l behind Highland Avenue (9-0) at Newmarket 1m 1f lst stks (1) gd in Apr.
Man Of Riddles (USA) 5-2 (9-5) Towards rear, headway over 1f out, ridden to entering final furlong, edged right and ran on, won at Wolverhampton 1m 4f stks (5) pol in Mar beating Atacamena (9-0) by 3/4l, 8 ran.
Stay Well 8-11fav (8-11) Made all, green and edged left briefly over 3f out, shaken up and went clear over 1f out, stayed on strongly, unchallenged, won at Windsor 1m 2f mdn stks (5) gf in Apr beating Gauntlet (10-0) by 8l, 6 ran.
Yibir 5-2fav (9-0) Led after 1f, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 4th of 7, 5 3/4l behind El Drama (9-0) at Chester 1m 2f lst stks (1) gs in May.