held up in touch, driven and outpaced 3f out, soon ridden and no impression, stayed on to go moderate 3rd over 1f out, no chance with leading pair
raced keenly, led, clear over 7f out to 4f out, headed over 3f out, soon ridden and outpaced, weakened 2f out
tracked leader, headway 4f out, led over 3f out, ridden and headed well over 2f out, soon lost place, weakened over 1f out
raced keenly, held up in rear, headway over 3f out, went 2nd over 2f out, soon ridden, stayed on same pace, no chance with winner final furlong
tracked leaders, headway to challenge over 3f out, led well over 2f out, driven clear final furlong, eased towards finish, comfortably
The 70-rated Palawi sets the standard but RAWNAQ can improve past him and see off stablemate Le Volcan D'Or in the process. With Greg Fairley taking the ride the seelction looks to be the pick of the Middleham trainer's duo. His first run at the unique Epsom track was laced with promise and this well-bred colt is only going to improve for the longer trip this afternoon. Le Volcan D'Or was really well-touted before his debut at Wolverhampton in January but he flopped badly. Presumably he is capable of better but he is taken on here with his breeding not suggesting this trip at this track will be ideal. Haunting has shown very little and may be more of a handicapping prospect, so a bigger threat should be I'm Frank who started off life in an Ayr bumper and will appreciate the stiffer test of stamina this afternoon. Palawi represents a yard in good nick and this Dubawi colt shaped at Redcar last time as if ready for this longer trip. There is plenty of stamina in the dam's side of his pedigree to back up this claim however we are happy to take him on with Rawnaq.
I'm Frank 33-1 (9-11) In touch, outpaced over 4f out, rallied over 1f out, kept on final furlong, 4th of 12, 4l behind Bin Shamardal (8-11) at Beverley 1m mdn stks (5) gf in Apr.
Haunting 100-1 (8-12) Held up, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened, 9th of 12, 26l behind Zelos Diktator (8-12) at Newcastle 1m 4f mdn auc stks (6) gs in Oct.
Le Volcan D'or (USA) 8-11fav (9-3) Raced greenly, chased leading pair, lost place 3f out, soon beaten and behind, last of 4, 20l behind Reallymissgreeley (8-12) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f 3yo mdn stks (5) pol in Jan.
Palawi (IRE) 11-8fav (8-11) Led until headed well over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 10, 6l behind Dandino (8-11) at Redcar 1m 1f mdn stks (5) sft in Apr.
Rawnaq (IRE) 7-1 (9-3) Slowly away, in rear, ridden over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, never nearer, 4th of 6, 6l behind Five Cents (9-0) at Epsom Downs 7f 2yo mdn aut (4) gf in Sep.
