stumbled start, soon tracking leaders on outside, ridden and unable to quicken 2f out, soon weakened
slowly into stride, held up towards rear, some late headway, never involved
raced keenly, wide in mid-division, pushed along 3f out, weakened quickly
led until hung left and headed over 2f out, soon ridden, weakened quickly
held up in mid-division, weakened over 2f out
mid-division on inside, effort on inner over 2f out, plugged on, never going pace to get involved
tracked leaders, ridden and not quicken over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
tracked leader, chased winner approaching final 2f, soon every chance until one pace inside final furlong
tracked leaders on inside, went 2nd led over 2f out, stayed on well, ridden out
held up towards rear, headway and switched left 2f out, stayed on in 3rd inside final furlong
switched right start, held up last, short-lived effort towards inside over 1f out, soon beaten
NonRunner
Plenty with claims in this though Beverley winner Juneau was beaten off today’s mark at Ripon last time. Betjeman has a shout back on the all-weather and is preferred to El Borracho but Barnay has something to prove over today’s trip after finishing well behind third-placed Berkshire Spirit at York. The latter has strong claims back at this level but ATTICUS BOY was beaten only a length at Yarmouth on his handicap debut and David Lanigan’s colt gets the vote with further progress expected.
Juneau (IRE) 3-1 (9-12) Held up, headway over 3f out, edged right over 2f out, driven and pressing leaders on outside 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 4th of 7, 5 3/4l behind Claire Underwood (9-4) at Ripon 1m 2f hcp (5) gd in Jun.
Betjeman 7-1 (9-1) Raced keenly, led early, tracked leader, ridden 2f out, lost place over 1f out, one pace final furlong, 6th of 11, 6l behind Ship Of The Fen (9-9) at Doncaster 1m 2f hcp (4) sft in Apr.
Pastamakesufaster 20-1 (9-7) Prominent, lost place over 3f out, soon ridden and behind, tailed off, last of 8, 21 1/4l behind Gilded Hour (9-10) at Chepstow 7f hcp fll (5) sft in May.
Lifeboat (IRE) 10-1 (9-6) Mid-division, unseated rider 4f out, at Windsor 1m 3f hcp (5) gd in May.
Elusif (IRE) 10-1 (9-2) Sweating, towards rear, headway over 1f out, kept on, never going pace to reach leaders, 8th of 14, 3l behind Paco's Prince (9-2) at Kempton 1m hcp (5) pol in May.
Barnay 25-1 (8-9) Mid-division, headway to chase leaders over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 10th of 16, 12 1/2l behind Baghdad (9-7) at York 1m 4f hcp (4) gf in May.
Berkshire Spirit 7-1 (8-8) Held up in rear, headway 2f out, pushed along and kept on inside final furlong, 4th of 10, 3l behind Beringer (9-2) at Leicester 1m 2f hcp (4) gd in Jun.
Gripper 8-1 (9-5) Mid-division, not much room and stumbled over 5f out, well beaten over 2f out, 9th of 12, 10 1/2l behind Angelina D'Or (9-0) at Lingfield 1m mdn stks (6) pol in May.
Atticus Boy (IRE) 25-1 (9-4) Raced wide held up, pushed along and headway over 1f out, ran on towards finish, 3rd of 13, 1l behind Immortal Romance (9-6) at Yarmouth 1m 2f hcp (5) gf in Apr.
El Borracho (IRE) 9-2jfav (9-7) Held up towards rear, good headway on outside chasing leaders 3f out, led over 2f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra and lost 2nd towards finish, 3rd of 13, 2 1/4l behind Pippin (9-6) at Salisbury 1m 4f hcp (6) gs in May.
Stirling Value 50-1 (9-2) Held up in 5th, pushed along over 3f out, soon beaten, 6th of 7, 12 3/4l behind Jetstream (9-2) at Newcastle 1m 2f stks (5) pol in Feb.
Breakfast (IRE) 16-1 (9-0) Led, headed over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, faded inside final furlong, 6th of 10, 9 3/4l behind Silver Character (9-1) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in May.
