slowly into stride and went right start, off the pace in last pair, headway 2f out, soon ridden, stayed on same pace inside final furlong
chased leaders, ridden and stayed on same pace in 3rd inside final furlong
led 1f, tracked leader, led again 2f out, ridden over 1f out, headed and no extra towards finish
held up off the pace in last pair, headway on inside over 1f out, ran on for hand riding inside final furlong, led towards finish
pressed leader out wide, led 5f out, headed 2f out, chased leader until over 1f out, weakened over 1f out
raced keenly, chased leaders, weakened over 1f out
KING’S GUARD (NAP) was no match for the winner when runner-up at Nottingham but showed enough to suggest he can win at this level and the Godolphin colt gets the vote ahead of Cavalluccio. The latter found one too good at Chepstow last time but Battle Of The Nile went backwards at Salisbury on his latest start. Siraju cost 110,000gns and makes more appeal than the US-bred Show Maker.
Battle Of The Nile 13-2 (9-2) Mid-division, headway out wide chasing leaders over 2f out, ridden 2f out, hung left over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 7th of 10, 10 3/4l behind Groom (9-4) at Salisbury 6f stks (4) gf in Jun.
Cavalluccio (IRE) 9-1 (9-5) Chased leaders centre, effort from 2f out, went 2nd well inside final furlong, stayed on, no impression on winner, 2nd of 7, 2l behind Mahagoni (9-5) at Chepstow 6f mdn stks (4) gf in Jun.
King's Guard 9-2 (9-5) Tracked leaders, outpaced 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, went 2nd close home, no impression on winner, 2nd of 6, 3l behind Love De Vega (9-5) at Nottingham 6f stks (5) gf in Jun.
Noisy Night 13-2 (9-5) Slowly into stride then veered badly left, always well behind, 7th of 8, 25 3/4l behind Unspoken (9-5) at Nottingham 6f mdn stks (5) gs in May.
Show Maker (USA) Empire Maker colt out of Belle Ete.
Siraju Showcasing colt out of Bereka.
Chaotic Carter (IRE) 28-1 (9-0) Midfield, ridden and weakened 3f out, 9th of 10, dist behind Al Shibli (9-0) at Chester 6f mdn stks (2) gs in May.