held up behind in touch, driven over 3f out, soon ridden and beaten
tracked leaders on outside, ridden and effort when edged left 2f out, every chance when hung right towards stands side over 1f out, soon lost place, kept on inside final furlong, went 3rd post
tracked leader, driven and lost place 2f out, ridden over 1f out, rallied inside final furlong, led final strides
raced keenly, held up in 3rd, ridden over 2f out, soon lost place, weakened inside final furlong
led, ridden and headed inside final 2f, no extra inside final furlong, lost 3rd post
tracked leaders, ridden to lead inside final 2f, kept on, headed and no extra final strides
An apprentice's claim negates Postscript's latest rise in the weights for winning over C&D and he should make a bold bid for the hat-trick. He may find ILLUSTRIOUS PRINCE too good today, however, as the latter acts in soft ground and went close in a much tougher race at Newmarket last time. He gets the nod ahead of Dolphin Rock, who has claims on his latest third at York, while Levitate may be capable of further progress having scored at Doncaster last week. Uppercut is a winner on fast ground but has something to prove on today's going.
Chiswick Bey (IRE) 33-1 (9-4) Pulled hard in mid-division, stayed on over 1f out, never nearer, 6th of 12, 7l behind Swiftly Done (9-2) at Doncaster 1m hcp 0-95 (3) sft.
Postscript (IRE) 11-2 (8-10) Made all, in command final furlong, ridden out, won at Haydock 1m hcp 0-85 (4) gs beating Lindoro (8-5) by 1 3/4l, 7 ran.
Venutius 12-1 (9-4) Slowly into stride, mid-division, ridden 3f out, soon beaten, 6th of 11, 13l behind Cono Zur (8-10) at Haydock 1m hcp 0-80 (4) fm in May.
Illustrious Prince (IRE) 5-1 (7-12) Raced centre, tracked leader, every chance when groups merged over 2f out, kept on under pressure, never reached winner, 2nd of 9, 1l behind Paramour (8-8) at Newmarket 7f hcp 0-95 (3) sft.
Dolphin Rock 12-1 (9-3) Chased leaders, went 2nd well over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, kept on, 3rd of 17, 2 3/4l behind Edmaaj (9-1) at York 1m 1f hcp 0-80 (4) sft.
Epernay 15-2 (8-8) Held up, never a factor, 10th of 14, 10l behind True To Form (9-6) at Kempton 1m 2f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Dec.
Levitate 10-1 (9-3) Held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, led inside final furlong, kept on well, won at Doncaster 1m hcp 0-85 (4) gs beating Ingleby Exceed (8-11) by 1l, 11 ran.
Uppercut 20-1 (9-5) Mid-division on outside, headway on outside 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 14, 6l behind Sinfonico (9-3) at Kempton 1m hcp 0-85 (4) pol in May.
Early Applause 8-1 (8-13) With winner, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 7th of 11, 6l behind Watered Silk (9-0) at Chester 1m 2f hcp 0-85 (4) gf in May.