held up in rear, pushed along over 3f out, chased leaders over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on to take 2nd towards finish, no impression with winner
tracked leaders, outpaced over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, switched left and stayed on into 3rd near finish, no impression
slowly into stride, tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
led, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, no impression with winner final furlong, dropped to 4th near finish
tracked leader, challenged over 2f out, driven to lead over 1f out, ridden clear final furlong, stayed on well
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Mondain has only raced on the all-weather so far and won over 1m4f at Lingfield last month on his first start after being gelded. There should be more to come from him but QAWAMEES is preferred at this level having placed on his last couple of outings and narrowly beaten at Beverley a week ago. Mick Easterby’s charge gets the vote to go one better though Echo will appreciate the return to a shorter trip having notched-up a hat-trick earlier in the year and can also figure. Royal Cosmic has struggled since scoring at Musselburgh and Question Of Faith was due to run at Catterick yesterday.
Qawamees (IRE) 7-1 (9-7) Behind, never travelling that well, headway over 2f out, every chance inside final furlong, held final 50 yards, 2nd of 7, 1 1/4l behind Celestial Force (9-9) at Beverley 1m 4f hcp (5) gs in Jun.
Echo (IRE) 8-1 (9-1) Towards rear, ridden 3f out, never a factor, 7th of 12, 26 1/2l behind Michael's Mount (9-7) at Pontefract 2m 1f hcp (4) gs in Jun.
Question Of Faith 7-1 (9-9) Mid-division, headway over 3f out, driven to challenge over 2f out, soon ridden, one pace over 1f out, no impression with front pair final furlong, lost 3rd towards finish, 4th of 10, 4 1/4l behind Trautmann (9-5) at Ayr 1m 7f hcp (5) gd in Jun.
Corton Lad 8-1 (11-0) Led, headed narrowly over 7f out, effort over 3f out, outpaced over 2f out, soon ridden and no impression, gradually weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 8, 9l behind Be Perfect (10-7) at Hamilton 1m 5f hcp (5) gf in Jun.
Mondain 5-2 (9-7) Tracked leaders, went 2nd over 1f out, led inside final furlong, stayed on well, won at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Jun beating Natsovia (9-8) by 3/4l, 6 ran.
Royal Cosmic 10-1 (9-1) Tracked leaders on inside, weakened just over 1f out, 4th of 10, 5 3/4l behind Buckland Boy (8-9) at Thirsk 1m 4f hcp (4) gs in Jun.
Fox Fearless 14-1 (9-7) Stumbled and awkward leaving stalls, held up in last pair, ridden 3f out, never able to get involved, beaten and eased final furlong, 7th of 8, 17 1/4l behind Moon King (9-2) at Nottingham 1m 6f hcp (5) gd in Jun.
