raced centre, held up, headway chasing leaders over 2f out, ridden and every chance over 1f out, no extra close home
raced centre, tracked leaders, switched left to near side rail over 1f out, ridden to lead and hung right inside final furlong, all out
dwelt, soon tracking leaders near side, ridden and weakened over 1f out
raced near side, pulled hard, tracked leaders, lost place over 2f out, never dangerous after
raced near side, held up, headway and switched right over 2f out, stayed on towards finish
chased leaders near side, pushed along halfway, soon outpaced, ridden and hung right 2f out, ran on towards finish
prominent in centre, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
led near side group of 5, led overall halfway until over 2f out, weakened quickly, soon behind
slight lead in centre, headed halfway, led again over 2f out, narrowly headed inside final furlong, rallied towards finish, just failed
NonRunner
Firmdecisions has been raised 6lb for winning over track and trip and Areen Heart is preferred off his current mark after going close at Ayr recently. International Man wasn’t beaten far despite only finishing fifth in a higher grade race at Yarmouth and Sergio Leone could go well but a couple of these are less exposed and make their handicap debuts. Godolphin’s Kaser has placed in all three starts in novice company but ETISALAT (NAP) has won a novices race and was fourth behind Emblazoned last time and the latter has subsequently placed in a Group 2. He gets the vote for Owen Burrows’ in-form yard.
Firmdecisions (IRE) 14-1 (9-4) In touch, headway to lead over 2f out, driven clear entering final furlong, ran on well, won at Leicester 7f hcp (4) gd in Jun beating Sans Souci Bay (9-0) by 1 1/2l, 16 ran.
Areen Heart (FR) 7-2fav (9-9) Raced wide in touch, headway over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, headed towards finish, 2nd of 11, nk behind Luis Vaz De Torres (9-10) at Ayr 7f hcp (4) gf in Jun.
Cheerfilly (IRE) 12-1 (9-5) Tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, faded inside final furlong, last of 5, 9 3/4l behind Yeah Baby Yeah (9-9) at Chelmsford City 7f hcp fll (3) pol in May.
Zafaranah (USA) 4-1 (9-7) Tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace final 100 yards, 5th of 7, 2 1/4l behind Considered Opinion (9-12) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp fll (5) pol in May.
Wilson (IRE) 25-1 (9-5) Held up and always towards rear, 12th of 17, 10 1/2l behind Corrosive (9-8) at Ascot 1m hcp (4) gf in May.
Etisalat 5-1 (9-9) Tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, faded inside final furlong, 4th of 7, 4 1/4l behind Emblazoned (9-9) at Yarmouth 6f stks (5) gf in May.
Sergio Leone (IRE) 11-2 (9-2) Tracked leaders, driven over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, unable to challenge, 4th of 8, 1 1/4l behind Crack On Crack On (9-5) at Lingfield 7f hcp (4) pol in May.
Kaser (IRE) 8-13fav (9-2) Tracked leaders, switched left halfway, pushed along halfway, ridden to press leader entering final furlong, unable to quicken and no extra towards finish, 3rd of 9, 2 1/2l behind Crossing The Line (9-4) at Lingfield 7f stks (5) gd in May.
International Man 16-1 (8-2) Mid-division on outside, headway chasing leaders over 2f out, ridden to challenge when hung left over 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, no extra in battle for places towards finish, 5th of 15, 1 1/2l behind Clubbable (8-7) at York 7f hcp (3) gf in May.
Gibeno (IRE) 10-1 (9-3) Raced alone centre and well on terms, every chance well over 2f out, soon weakened, eased final furlong, 5th of 6, 17 1/4l behind Bint Dandy (9-3) at Yarmouth 1m hcp (4) fm in May.
