in touch, pushed along and headway over 2f out, ridden and stayed on towards finish
prominent, led after 3f, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong
led 3f, tracked leader until halfway, tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out, tailed off
in touch in rear, good headway entering final 2f, ridden and stayed on to chase winner inside final furlong
raced wide tracked leaders, went 2nd halfway, ridden to lead over 1f out, ran on
in touch, ridden over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, not trouble leaders
The action moves on to the Turf course and EASY EQUATION (NAP) scored over track and trip last week. He drops down a grade for this and can confirm running with third-placed Cherry Cola, who beat Smokey Malone when successful over 1m6f at Yarmouth earlier. Social City went close over today’s distance at Wolverhampton last time while both Liberated Lad and Crafter step up in distance.
Cherry Cola 9-4fav (9-4) Mid-division on inside, going well 2f out almost upsides, led final furlong and soon length clear, no extra and headed close home, 3rd of 8, 1/2l behind Easy Equation (8-7) at Lingfield 2m hcp (5) gf in Jun.
Liberated Lad 12-1 (9-3) Mid-division on inside, ridden out wide 2 out, no headway, 7th of 9, 5 1/4l behind Lexington Knight (9-11) at Doncaster 1m 4f hcp (5) gf in Jun.
Crafter (IRE) 12-1 (9-12) Prominent in chasing group, 4th and no impression final furlong, 4th of 7, 7 3/4l behind Raqisa (9-10) at Yarmouth 1m 3f hcp (6) gf in May.
Smokey Malone 11-2 (9-11) Held up towards rear, steady headway tracking leaders over 2f out, went 2nd 2f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on same pace, no chance with winner, 2nd of 10, 2 1/4l behind Cherry Cola (9-10) at Yarmouth 1m 6f hcp (6) gf in May.
Social City 13-2 (9-9) Handy, pressed leader 3f out, pushed along and led 2f out, soon ridden and kept on, headed towards finish, 2nd of 10, 1/2l behind Victoriano (9-5) at Wolverhampton 2m 1f hcp (6) pol in May.
Easy Equation (FR) 12-1 (8-7) Mid-division, ridden and briefly outpaced 2f out, headway near side final furlong, stayed on strongly to lead close home, won at Lingfield 2m hcp (5) gf in Jun beating Russian Rumour (9-8) by 1/2l, 8 ran.