tracked leaders, headway over 4f out, led over 2f out, soon joined, ridden over 1f out, headed towards finish
led, pushed along over 3f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened final furlong
close up, headway to press leader from over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, led towards finish
tracked leader, pushed along over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong
steadied start, in touch in rear, outpaced 5f out
Several return from lay-offs carry penalties for earlier wins. Maxident’s success came on heavy ground in April while Gather Ye Rosebuds struggled in the Musidora at York having made a winning debut at Newbury. But KINGFISHER KING beat a subsequent winner when scoring at Salisbury in May and may come out best having been gelded during the interim. Something was amiss with King Of The Plains last time but he’d shown decent form before that and is preferred to Clash Of The Ash.
Kingfisher King 11-8fav (9-2) Held up in mid-division, headway chasing leaders over 2f out, went 2nd over 1f out, sustained challenge inside final furlong, led post, won at Salisbury 1m 2f stks (5) gd in May beating Ibrahimovic (9-2) by shd, 11 ran.
Maxident 11-4 (9-10) Chased leaders, went 2nd over 8f out, led over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 4th of 7, 6 3/4l behind Gregory (9-4) at Haydock 1m 4f stks (2) gd in Apr.
Gather Ye Rosebuds 15-2 (9-2) Dwelt, hung right and raced wide soon tracked leader, pushed along 3f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 8, 11 1/2l behind Soul Sister (9-2) at York 1m 2f Grp 3 fll stks (1) gd in May.
King Of The Plains (IRE) 3-1 (9-4) Led, headed over 2f out, soon beaten, pulled up over 1f out, at Doncaster 1m 4f stks (2) gf in Jul.
Clash Of The Ash (IRE) 50-1 (8-13) Close up, pushed along 3f out, weakened 2f out, 8th of 11, 26 1/4l behind Botanical (9-4) at Hamilton 1m stks (5) gs in Jul.