led, headed and ridden 2f out, no impression with front pair final furlong
tracked leading pair, driven 3f out, outpaced over 2f out, switched outside and ridden over 1f out, stayed on to press winner final 100 yards, just held
tracked leader, driven 4f out, lost place over 2f out, soon beaten and eased, tailed off
held up in 4th and last, headway on outside 3f out, led 2f out, ridden inside final furlong, stayed on well when hard pressed final 100 yards, held on
None of these can be dismissed out of hand but Tommy Docc has a 14lb hike to contend with after a tremendous effort over 2m in the Queen's Vase at Royal Ascot. Dannyday has strong claims having won easily in a lower grade here last time but Quest For Wonder has a tougher task after landing a Class 5 contest at Brighton last month. HERNANDOSHIDEAWAY (NAP) could not prevent Fabricate landing a double over 1m4f here on his latest start but was five lengths clear of the rest. Michael Dods' charge has more scope than most of these and is also preferred to the frustrating Polarisation.
Quest For Wonder 15-8 (9-7) Held up in 4th, went to inside rail and 3rd halfway, 2nd 5f out, led on bit over 3f out, well clear final 2f, hard held, won at Brighton 1m 4f 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) sft in May beating Spring Dixie (9-1) by 11l, 4 ran.
Dannyday 2-1fav (9-3) Switched left start, held up in rear, pushed along and headway 2f out, edged left and led just inside final furlong, ridden and ran on strongly, won at Haydock 1m 6f 3yo hcp 0-85 (4) gf in Jun beating Cosmic Statesman (8-3) by 3 1/2l, 6 ran.
Shadow Rock (IRE) 4-1 (9-7) Tracked winner and ran in snatches, reminder on bend halfway, reminder again over 4f out, lost 2nd over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 4th of 5, 11l behind Subcontinent (9-7) at Windsor 1m 2f 3yo hcp 0-80 (4) gf in May.
Polarisation 7-2 (8-9) Tracked leaders, pushed along over 4f out, ridden over 2f out, joined winner inside final furlong, not quicken close home, 2nd of 9, shd behind Simple Verse (8-13) at Salisbury 1m 4f 3yo hcp 0-95 (3) gf in Jun.
Tommy Docc (IRE) 33-1 (9-3) Towards rear, headway on inner over 3f out, ridden and every chance from over 1f out, not quicken inside final furlong, 2nd of 13, 1/2l behind Aloft (9-3) at Royal Ascot 2m 3yo lst stk (1) gf in Jun.
Hernandoshideaway 3-1 (9-0) Held up in touch, headway 2f out, ridden to chase winner entering final furlong, kept on, always held, 2nd of 7, 1 3/4l behind Fabricate (9-2) at Haydock 1m 4f 3yo hcp 0-95 (3) gs in May.
Barefoot Dancer 9-4 (8-12) Took keen hold tracking leading pair, 2nd 10f out, pushed along and every chance from 2f out, outpaced into 3rd final 100 yards, 3rd of 5, 2 3/4l behind Moruadh (8-7) at Leicester 1m 4f mdn stks (5) gd in Jun.
