chased leaders, ridden and edged left halfway, soon weakened
held up in rear, ridden and headway over 2f out, no extra final furlong
in touch, ridden to chase winner 2f out, no impression final furlong
tracked leaders, effort 2f out, weakened entering final furlong
made all, pushed out final furlong
Zak Facta has a good chance to earn some winning brackets, with Naughty Girl and, possibly, Raccoon, looking the biggest dangers. A repetition of his fourth to Ground Zero at Newcastle on 4 June gives the selection a big shout here, a view strengthened by the fact that his rider takes a useful five pounds off his back. Naughty Girl ran in a Royal Ascot handicap first time up this year but then disappointed at Folkestone. This step up to six furlongs might see the daughter of Dr Devious more competitive. Raccoon made late headway on his debut at Ripon and is entitiled to improve on that. Cut Ridge has some reasonable efforts to his name although, on official ratings, he has a bit to find. Overall. then, we opt for Zak Facta.