chased leaders, soon pushed along, driven and no impression from 2f out, hanging right over 1f out
prominent, ridden 2f out, beaten over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
prominent, led over 2f out, soon ridden, headed close home
held up, took keen hold, headway and switched left 2f out, 2nd over 1f out, held when lost 2nd and not much room towards finish
very slowly away, well behind, closed a bit 3f out, stayed on from over 1f out, went 2nd and edged right towards finish, led close home
led, headed over 2f out, no extra inside final furlong
This isn't entirely straightforward for IZVESTIA but she can deliver another winner for in-form Hollie Doyle as she's well treated by race conditions and also has a course win to her name in a similar contest earlier in the campaign. However, Colonel Slade would be a player if back to the form of his penultimate run when second to Desert Lion at Bath in a novices' event but he did disappoint last time. A stronger threat could be Max Guevara whose season had not looked promising until a far better performance at Epsom recently when a staying-on fourth behind Lady Morpheus in Class 5 company. He still has something to find with the selection but that was much better.
Izvestia (IRE) 2-5fav (9-0) Tracked leader, pushed along to lead over 2f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, 2nd of 6, 1 3/4l behind Smith (9-1) at Windsor 1m 2f stks (5) gf in Jul.
Max Guevara (IRE) 14-1 (9-7) Soon chasing leaders on outside, wide straight, every chance 2f out, edged left and weakened inside final furlong, 4th of 11, 3 1/2l behind Lady Morpheus (8-4) at Epsom 7f hcp (6) gd in Jul.
Colonel Slade (IRE) 5-1 (9-5) Close up, pushed along over 3f out, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 9th of 11, 12 1/2l behind Shifting Gold (8-13) at Nottingham 1m hcp (6) gd in Jul.
Klipperty Klopp 18-1 (9-5) Tracked leaders, pushed along over 3f out, lost place over 2f out, 10th of 14, 16 3/4l behind Antico Lady (9-9) at Wetherby 1m hcp (6) gf in May.
Lippy Lady (IRE) 9-4fav (8-12) Slowly into stride, soon chased leaders, effort on outside when hung left and ridden 2f out, kept on same pace, no impression with front pair inside final furlong, 3rd of 9, 5 3/4l behind Chikoko Trail (9-9) at Lingfield 7f hcp (6) gf in Jul.
Little Tipple 66-1 (8-10) Close up, pushed along and outpaced halfway, last of 6, 27 1/4l behind Forseti (9-10) at Leicester 7f stks (5) gf in Jul.