held up towards rear, headway 3f out, soon driven along, edged right and plugged on into modest 4th inside final 2f
led until narrowly headed 10f out, chased leader until pushed along over 4f out, chased leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened quickly, behind and eased final 2f, tailed off
tracked leaders, slightly lost place on downhill run over 5f out, pushed along and headway over 4f out, ridden and hung right over 2f out, went modest 3rd inside final 2f
towards rear, struggling in rear 5f out, never a factor
took keen hold tracking leaders, led narrowly 10f out, reminders over 6f out, headed over 4f out, ridden and weakened 3f out
took keen hold in mid-division, headway on inside over 4f out to chase leaders over 3f out, weakened well over 1f out, eased when beaten final furlong
slowly into stride, took keen hold, held up towards rear, some headway over 3f out, never reached leaders and weakened well over 1f out
tracked leaders, led over 4f out until over 2f out, chased leaders, weakened over 1f out
slowly into stride, in rear, headway on inside over 3f out, chasing ledaers, not much room and squeezed through inside final 2f, plugged on in modest 5th, never on terms
towards rear, headway into mid-division 12f out, sustained progress on outside and switched left over 3f out, led over 2f out, ridden and strongly pressed over 1f out, stayed on until no extra and headed close home
took keen hold tracking leaders in 5th, pushed along over 4f out, headway on outside over 3f out, went 2nd over 2f out, ridden to challenge over 1f out, stayed on under pressure inside final furlong to lead close home
held up towards rear, steady progress 5f out to chase leaders 4f out, edged right under pressure over 2f out, ridden and weakened well over 1f out
OUR FOLLY is the only course and distance winner in the line-up and he enters the fray in good shape having made a very pleasing comeback behind Bob's World at Newbury. That could be good enough for this though Presto Volante, a very easy winner at Kempton last month, had finished just in front of him at Bath last year and is 2lb worse off so there's little between them. The latter's stablemate Lion Beacon was having his first start since October when a close second to Itlaaq at Doncaster earlier this month but Arty Campbell and Story Writer are both held by the selection on that Newbury run when Albonny and Kashgar were beaten a long way.
Presto Volante (IRE) 9-2 (8-11) Tracked leaders, ridden to lead over 1f out, ran on strongly, won at Kempton 2m hcp 0-95 (3) pol in Apr beating Dark Ranger (9-0) by 7l, 8 ran.
Figaro 16-1 (8-6) Led, headed over 4f out, soon weakened, last of 16, well behind Ile De Re (9-3) at Newcastle 2m hcp (2) hvy in Jun '12.
Lion Beacon 7-2fav (9-7) Soon led, ridden over 3f out, headed over 1f out, held by winner after, stayed on, 2nd of 9, 3/4l behind Itlaaq (9-7) at Doncaster 1m 7f hcp 0-85 (4) gs.
Riptide 25-1 (8-10) Led early, tracked leader, ridden 3f out, lost place over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 9, 17l behind Whiplash Willie (9-10) at Salisbury 1m 6f hcp 0-95 (3) sft.
New Youmzain (FR) 8-1 (9-7) Led, headed over 4f out, soon weakened, 8th of 9, 42l behind Perfect Heart (9-12) at Doncaster 2m hcp 0-85 (4) sft in Apr.
Echo Brava 6-1 (9-2) Took keen hold tracking leaders, under pressure over 1f out, stayed on same pace, 3rd of 8, 10l behind Flemish School (9-6) at Windsor 1m 4f hcp 0-85 (4) gs.
Arty Campbell (IRE) 6-4fav (8-12) Keen, tracked leaders, went 2nd over 5f out, ridden to lead over 2f out, headed approaching final furlong, switched right inside final furlong, kept on, 2nd of 6, 1 1/4l behind The Quarterjack (8-5) at Bath 2m 1f hcp 0-85 (4) gd.
Ordensritter (GER) 4-1 (9-1) Keen, tracked leader until over 5f out, tracked leaders, ridden to chase leader entering final 2f, kept on one pace, 4th of 6, 2 1/2l behind The Quarterjack (8-5) at Bath 2m 1f hcp 0-85 (4) gd.
Our Folly 13-2 (9-4) Mid-division, headway over 3f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed entering final furlong, kept on one pace, 2nd of 14, 4l behind Bob's World (9-1) at Newbury 2m hcp 0-80 (4) gs in Apr.
Kashgar 8-1 (9-7) Tracked leader until over 8f out, stayed prominent, led again over 2f out, headed inside final furlong, ran on, just held, 2nd of 6, ns behind Ivanhoe (8-11) at Warwick 1m 7f hcp 0-75 (5) sft.
Story Writer 4-1 (9-4) Mid-division, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on towards finish, just held, 2nd of 13, hd behind Civil War (9-7) at Goodwood 1m 6f hcp 0-75 (5) gs.
Albonny (IRE) 33-1 (8-5) Held up in last pair, headway over 2f out, driven into 4th inside final furlong, 4th of 8, 3 1/2l behind Chocala (9-3) at Ascot 2m hcp 0-90 (3) gs.
Eshtyaaq 8-1 (9-3) Tracked leaders, took keen hold, went 2nd over 8f out, led over 7f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, no extra inside final furlong, 4th of 6, 6l behind Ivanhoe (8-11) at Warwick 1m 7f hcp 0-75 (5) sft.
