steadied start, held up in rear, weakened over 2f out
steadied start, held up in rear, headway over 2f out, never on terms
prominent, effort over 2f out, stayed on well final furlong
held up in touch, outpaced over 3f out, headway to chase leaders over 1f out, ran on final furlong, never reached winner
pulled hard tracking leaders, ridden to challenge over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong
went right start, chased leaders, under pressure over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
made virtually all, driven clear over 3f out, held on under pressure closing stages, all out
WINTER HOUSE has not raced since making a winning start in the Wood Ditton at Newmarket over a year ago. But a slew of winners came out of that race and the Godolphin colt can start making up for lost time in this company. Dutch Uncle is upped in class on the back of a couple of placed efforts and Hail Clodius makes more appeal with a comeback run at Nottingham under his belt. Slowfoot has been hurdling but was tailed off at Epsom earlier last month while Passover and Firestorm arrive out of sorts. Zand has yet to win in six starts in this country but has slipped down the weights as a consequence.
Slowfoot (GER) 14-1 (11-12) Mid-division, outpaced 3 out, weakened next, tailed off last, last of 10, dist behind Banyu (11-5) at Fontwell 2m 2f hcp (3) gd in Apr.
Passover 9-1 (9-6) Prominent, lost place over 2f out, 8th of 9, dist behind Master Of Finance (9-3) at Pontefract 1m 2f hcp (2) hvy in Apr.
Zand (IRE) 14-1 (8-11) Mid-division, ridden and weakened 3f out, 20th of 22, dist behind Litigant (9-10) at Doncaster 1m 4f hcp (2) hvy in Nov.
Winter House 11-2 (9-5) Broke well, steadied towards rear after 1f, pushed along 3f out, headway over 1f out, effort between horses entering final furlong, stayed on to lead near finish, won at Newmarket 1m stks (4) gf in Apr beating Mustaaqeem (9-5) by nk, 12 ran.
Hail Clodius (IRE) 20-1 (9-0) Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, stayed on to take 3rd inside final furlong, no impression on winner, 3rd of 12, 9 1/2l behind Sinfonietta (8-3) at Nottingham 1m hcp (3) hvy in Apr.
Firestorm (GER) 11-1 (8-6) Towards rear, ridden over 2f out, never on terms, 8th of 11, 15 3/4l behind Dark Red (8-2) at Epsom 1m 2f hcp (2) sft in Apr.
Dutch Uncle 7-2 (9-6) Took keen hold, prominent, went 2nd 8f out until 7f out, chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, went 2nd again inside final furlong, not pace to threaten, 2nd of 11, 1 1/2l behind Weetles (9-3) at Windsor 1m 2f hcp (4) gs in Apr.