chased leaders, went 2nd over 3f out, hung right from 2f out, impeded over 1f out, led well inside final furlong, ran on
bumped start, held up, headway 2f out, ran on inside final furlong, went 2nd close home
went left start, chased leaders, edged right over 2f out, outpaced over 1f out, no impression
tracked leader until niggled along over 3f out, ridden and outpaced from over 1f out
led, ridden and edged left over 1f out, headed well inside final furlong, lost 2nd close home
awkward start and slowly into stride, held up in last pair, some headway over 2f out, soon hung right and weakened
NonRunner
Both Al Khafji and Gold Faith step up in trip having won maiden races on the Polytrack and the former is having his first start since November. Epsom Day won his maiden over 1m4f at Lingfield but a 9lb rise now looks excessive while Real Dominion returned a disappointing favourite at Salisbury having gone close over track and trip earlier. MOUEENN will need to step up on a recent third at Nottingham to figure but a claimer takes 7lb off his back today and Roger Varian’s charge can confirm latest running with Clever Bob on these terms.
Real Dominion (USA) 5-4fav (9-5) Chased leaders, under pressure over 2f out, faded final furlong, 3rd of 7, 7 1/4l behind Harbour Law (9-5) at Salisbury 1m 4f mdn stks (5) gs in May.
Gold Faith (IRE) 9-2 (9-6) Keen tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 8, 11 1/2l behind Medburn Dream (8-7) at Epsom 1m 1f hcp (4) sft in Apr.
Machine Learner 33-1 (8-6) Prominent, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 8, 15 3/4l behind Taqdeer (8-13) at Newmarket 1m 2f hcp (3) gd in May.
Al Khafji 11-4fav (9-2) Held up, switched right and headway over 1f out, ridden and ran on strongly to lead towards finish, readily, won at Lingfield 7f (5) pol in Nov beating Lightsome (9-6) by 1 1/4l, 13 ran.
Moueenn 9-1 (9-7) Close up, ridden over 2f out, effort when edged right over 1f out, kept on one pace, 3rd of 9, 3 1/4l behind Shabbah (9-2) at Nottingham 1m 2f hcp (5) gf in May.
Epsom Day (IRE) 7-2 (9-7) Tracked leader, tracked new leader inside final mile, pushed along and lost 2nd 3f out, chased leading pair, ridden over 2f out, soon no impression, weakened and lost modest 3rd towards finish, 4th of 6, 6 1/4l behind Cat Royale (9-4) at Windsor 1m 4f hcp (5) sft in Apr.
Clever Bob (IRE) 25-1 (9-6) In touch, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on towards finish, 4th of 9, 4l behind Shabbah (9-2) at Nottingham 1m 2f hcp (5) gf in May.