in touch, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened
raced wide towards rear, ridden 3f out, never on terms
raced wide held up, headway to track leaders 9f out, ridden over 2f out, kept on one pace final furlong
made most, clear 9f out, ridden 3f out, stayed on gamely final furlong
in rear, ridden 3f out, headway approaching final furlong, nearest finish
led early, tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong
dwelt, keen, soon tracked winner, pushed along over 4f out, ridden 2f out, one pace and lost 2nd towards finish
in touch, ridden over 2f out, headway entering final furlong, stayed on to go 2nd towards finish
Mccools Gold was second at Nottingham recently and won at Bath last year when Danglydontask was well beaten. But the latter made a winning return in April when just getting the better of AKAVIT. Ed de Giles charge went on to score himself when successful at Chepstow and then found only one too good off today’s mark at Ripon last week. He gets the nod to come out best today. Ruler Of The Nile was second over 2m at Wolverhampton when last on the Flat while Daghash drops in class as he slips further down the weights.
Ruler Of The Nile 8-1 (11-12) Mid-division, weakening when hampered 3 out, 9th of 15, dist behind Clearly Capable (10-11) at Newton Abbot 2m 6f hcp (5) gd in May.
Daghash 8-1 (9-3) Keen in touch, slightly outpaced 2f out, kept on final furlong, 6th of 10, 8l behind Fire Jet (9-8) at Nottingham 1m 6f hcp (4) gd in May.
Bamako Du Chatelet (FR) 11-4fav (9-7) Mid-division, headway over 1f out, never on terms, 7th of 9, 4 1/2l behind Bosphorus Prince (9-8) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in May.
Akavit (IRE) 4-1 (9-5) Led, headed over 2f out, ridden and slightly hampered inside final furlong, kept on towards finish, 2nd of 8, 1 1/2l behind Wishing Well (9-6) at Ripon 2m hcp (5) gs in Jun.
Bridey's Lettuce (IRE) 13-2 (9-2) Slowly away, held up in last pair, no impression when hung badly left from over 2f out, plugged on, 7th of 14, 6l behind Multigifted (8-11) at Newbury 1m 4f hcp (5) sft in May.
Mccools Gold 6-1 (8-13) Keen, raced very wide until dropped in after 2f, in touch, headway to lead over 7f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, kept on one pace, 2nd of 8, 3l behind Coeur de Lion (9-6) at Nottingham 2m hcp (5) sft in May.
Danglydontask 11-4 (9-9) Chased leaders, progress over 3f out, driven to challenge well over 2f out, edged left over 1f out, stayed on strongly to lead close home, won at Bath 2m 1f hcp (6) fm in Apr beating Akavit (9-11) by nk, 4 ran.
Night Generation (GER) 6-1 (11-2) Held up last, outpaced 3 out, plugged on from 2 out, modest 3rd when mistake last, 3rd of 6, 17 1/4l behind Lillian (10-8) at Fontwell 3m 2f hcp (4) gd in May.
