held up towards rear, pushed along halfway, outpaced and beaten when hung right over 2f out
made all, ridden and drifted left from approaching final furlong, kept on gamely
towards rear, weakened final 2f
tracked leaders, pushed along 3f out, went 2nd over 2f out, ridden and lost 2nd over 1f out, kept on same pace in 3rd
mid-division, headway on outside over 2f out, went 2nd over 1f out, ridden and stayed on pressing winner inside final furlong, always just held
held up in rear, headway on inside over 2f out, plugged on in 4th final furlong
mid-division, plugged on final 2f, no threat
mid-division until lost place quickly before halfway, soon behind, tailed off and eased final 3f
slowly into stride, soon mid-division on outside, pushed along over 3f out, soon weakened
chased winner until ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final 2f
Palavecino completed a double with last week’s victory here having made all on both occasions. But he’s 7lb higher today and may get taken on for the lead by Bo Samraan. City Tour missed out on a hat-trick when runner-up at Lingfield last time and remains 9lb higher than when last successful but EDINBURGH CASTLE (NAP) can race off the same mark as when starting favourite and finishing fourth at Newmarket on his recent handicap debut. He should have come on for that outing and is preferred to the likes of Emirates Knight, Prejudice and Vindolanda, who are all returning to action.
Bo Samraan (IRE) 14-1 (9-3) Led, headed 8f out, tracked leader, weakened final furlong, 7th of 12, 14l behind Alignak (9-1) at Newcastle 1m 4f hcp (3) pol in Jun.
Palavecino (FR) 9-2 (9-4) Made all, hung badly left from over 1f out, ridden and stayed on well inside final furlong, won at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (4) pol in Jun beating House Edge (9-3) by 2l, 10 ran.
City Tour 11-4 (9-4) Chased leader after 2f, led 2f out, ridden and headed just over 1f out, one pace, 2nd of 5, 4l behind Pirate King (9-5) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (3) pol in Feb.
Jersey Wonder (IRE) 40-1 (9-4) Led 4f, chased leader until 4f out, chased leaders, ridden and weakened over 2f out, 8th of 12, 15 1/4l behind Holy Kingdom (9-3) at Newmarket 1m 4f hcp (3) gf in Jun.
Emirates Knight (IRE) 8-1 (8-9) Set steady pace, ridden and headed over 1f out, kept on one pace, 4th of 14, 1 1/4l behind All Yours (8-12) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (2) pol in Nov.
Landue 22-1 (9-7) Bumped start, held up, headway inside final furlong, nearest finish, 3rd of 12, 3 3/4l behind Mordred (9-0) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (4) pol in Jun.
Prejudice 8-11fav (9-4) Steadied start, soon held up last, headway between horses into 2nd over 2f out, ridden and no impression over 1f out, no chance with winner, 2nd of 5, 7l behind Skymax (8-13) at Newbury 1m 4f hcp (3) gs in Jul.
Darksideoftarnside (IRE) 16-1 (10-12) Chased leaders, not fluent and lost place 4th, headway 6th, ridden after 4 out, weakened before next, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out, at Ffos Las 2m 4f mdn (4) sft in Nov.
Edinburgh Castle (IRE) 7-2fav (8-13) Steadied start, raced keenly and held up towards rear, good headway on far rail tracking leaders over 5f out, disputing 2nd 2f out, ridden and no extra inside final furlong, 4th of 12, 6 1/2l behind Holy Kingdom (9-3) at Newmarket 1m 4f hcp (3) gf in Jun.
Vindolanda 33-1 (8-11) Chased leader, chased new leader 3f out until 2f out, weakened final furlong, 8th of 10, 7 1/4l behind Sapa Inca (8-11) at Bath 1m 6f lst fll stks (1) sft in Oct.
