held up in rear, headway over 3f out, chased leaders over 2f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong, never able to challenge
made all, driven when challenged from well over 1f out, stayed on strongly towards finish
tracked leaders, keen early, weakened 4f out, rallied over 1f out, never a threat
held up, took closer order over 4f out, soon chasing leaders, every chance from over 1f out, no extra closing stages
tracked leader, effort over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
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A smaller than usual field for this prestigious amateur contest but competitive all the same. Royal Cosmic has been steadily returning to form and scored with authority here eight days ago. He should go well off his lowly perch but the concern is that he now faces totally different ground conditions compared to last week. Therefore, THORNTOUN CARE gets the vote despite taking a rise in trip of 3f after his recent Ayr success. He goes really well for an amateur or apprentice pilot and is very much at home on quick ground. Duke Of Yorkshire was well behind the selection last week but is better off at the weights here and probably did not run to his best that day. Four Kingdoms cannot be ignored on the best of his form either on his second start for the Smith team.
Thorntoun Care 11-2 (11-2) Held up towards rear, steady headway on inside over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, stayed on to lead near finish, won at Ayr 1m 2f hcp (6) gd in Jun beating Haymarket (10-4) by hd, 14 ran.
Duke Of Yorkshire 10-1 (11-1) Mid-division, kept on same pace final 2f, 7th of 14, 6 1/2l behind Thorntoun Care (11-2) at Ayr 1m 2f hcp (6) gd in Jun.
Down Time (USA) 25-1 (11-4) Towards rear, weakened over 2f out, 9th of 11, dist behind Barnaby Brook (11-4) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f stks (6) pol in Jun.
Royal Cosmic 7-1 (9-8) In touch early, held up behind over 6f out, headway on outside over 2f out, led over 1f out, ridden clear inside final furlong, readily, won at Hamilton 1m 4f hcp (6) sft in Jun beating Druid's Diamond (9-4) by 3 3/4l, 9 ran.
Rock A Doodle Doo (IRE) 100-1 (9-8) Tracked leaders, lost place over 7f out, 8th of 14, 11 1/4l behind Sir Runs A Lot (9-1) at Newcastle 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Sep.
Diamonds A Dancing 3-1 (10-5) With leader, ridden over 2f out, soon lost place, no chance with leaders from over 1f out, 4th of 5, 11 1/2l behind Duke Of Yorkshire (9-7) at Haydock 1m 4f hcp (5) gf in Jun.
Four Kingdoms (IRE) 12-1 (8-8) Tracked front pair, driven and lost place when not much room inside final 2f, soon outpaced, stayed on to take modest 4th inside final furlong, no chance with leaders, 4th of 6, 7 3/4l behind Bedrock (9-10) at Musselburgh 2m hcp (3) gf in Jun.
