close up, headway on outer to press leaders 3f out, ridden to lead entering final 2f, headed approaching final furlong, kept on one pace
set steady pace, ridden and headed entering final 2f, kept on one pace
tracked leader until ridden 2f out, faded inside final furlong
keen tracked leaders, effort between horses over 1f out, soon led, ridden and ran on
Chant has a shout dropping back in trip and finished ahead of the three-year-old Right Of Appeal, who has only won on Polytrack, when runner-up at Beverley last month. Collateral form also gives him the beating of Northside Prince but PRESSURE POINT makes most appeal. The latter came good at Musselburgh recently and Keith Dagleish's charge has plenty of scope for further improvement. He was due to run in the 5.35 at Ayr yesterday so that result should be monitored but if he turns up here he should be good enough. Arizona John ran below par last time but is preferred to Aleksandar if back to his best.
Arizona John (IRE) 16-1 (9-9) Chased leaders, lost place over 2f out, last of 5, 16l behind High Church (9-2) at Leicester 1m 4f hcp 0-85 (4) gd.
Chant (IRE) 11-1 (9-4) Close up, ridden to lead over 2f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong, 4th of 12, 3 1/2l behind Entihaa (9-9) at York 2m hcp 0-85 (4) gf.
Aleksandar 85-40fav (9-2) Tracked leader until ridden over 2f out, soon outpaced, 4th of 5, 7l behind Deepsand (9-5) at Musselburgh 2m hcp 0-85 (4) gs.
Right Of Appeal 6-4 (9-2) Zero visibility for first 200 yards, tracked leader, zero visibility from over 8f out until over 5f out when still in 2nd place, led before 3f out, soon zero visibility until 3rd and weakened inside final furlong, 3rd of 4, 9l behind Merchant Of Dubai (10-0) at Musselburgh 1m 4f hcp 0-70 (5) gs.
Northside Prince (IRE) 10-1 (8-9) Keen early, tracked leaders, outpaced over 1f out, rallied inside final furlong, went 3rd near finish, 3rd of 9, 5l behind Zeus Magic (9-5) at York 1m 4f app hcp 0-80 (4) gf.
Pressure Point 10-1 (9-4) In touch, headway on outer over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ridden and ran on, won at Musselburgh 1m 4f hcp 0-70 (5) gd beating Testa Rossa (8-11) by 2l, 7 ran.