mid-division, ridden along over 2f out, made no impression
went right leaving stalls, held up in rear, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on to lead inside final furlong, no extra final 50yds, headed and lost second final strides
prominent, ridden over 2f out, faded inside final furlong
led, ridden for effort over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra final 100yds
chased leaders, pushed along over 2f out, ridden inside final furlong, ran on to lead final strides
midfield, pushed along over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on well inside final furlong, went second final strides
held up in rear, outpaced and pushed along over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, never in contention
Thunder Legend placed here before finding one too good at Chester and cheekpieces are applied. Beluga Gold and Haymaker return to their winning trips having both run below par over 6f last time but another chance goes to ESPRESSOO. The latter struggled in the Sandringham at Ascot last month but gets the vote on an earlier head defeat in a tougher contest than this over today’s trip at York. Skittlebombz may prove best of the rest.
Espressoo 16-1 (9-0) Tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong, 20th of 28, 16 1/2l behind Heredia (9-8) at Ascot 1m hcp fll stks (2) gf in Jun.
Thunder Legend (IRE) 9-2 (9-0) Tracked leaders, chased leader approaching final furlong, ridden and every chance inside final furlong, stayed on, 2nd of 12, 1 1/2l behind Outgate (9-9) at Chester 1m hcp (2) gd in Jun.
Beluga Gold (IRE) 7-1cfav (10-0) Held up in mid-division in centre, headway over 2f out, never on terms with leaders, 6th of 21, 4 1/2l behind Showtime Mahomes (9-9) at York 6f hcp (4) gd in May.
Haymaker 9-4fav (8-10) Keen prominent, led over 2f out, ridden and hung right over 1f out, soon headed, weakened final furlong, 8th of 10, 7 3/4l behind Harry Three (9-6) at Newmarket 6f hcp (2) gf in May.
Skittlebombz 3-1fav (9-9) Chased leaders, went 2nd over 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed and no extra towards finish, 2nd of 12, 1/2l behind Dayman (9-8) at Kempton 7f hcp (4) pol in Jun.
Liamarty Dreams 11-1 (9-11) Raced keenly tracing leaders, ridden and outpaced inside final 2f, weakened final furlong, 7th of 11, 2 3/4l behind Adjudicator (9-3) at Sandown 7f hcp (5) gd in Jun.
Monsieur Jumbo (FR) 9-1 (9-9) Midfield, outpaced over 4f out, ridden over 2f out, made no impression, 7th of 9, 10l behind Grifter (9-5) at Beverley 1m hcp (5) gf in Jun.
Piffle (IRE) 9-1 (9-0) Reluctant and led riderless to post, went left start, soon switched right, held up and behind, never on terms, 7th of 8, 4 1/4l behind Notions (9-2) at Goodwood 7f hcp (3) gf in Apr.