in touch, headway and switched right approaching final furlong, quickened to lead inside final furlong, ran on, comfortable
raced wide tracked leader, ridden over 1f out, no impression inside final furlong
led over 5f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, kept on
keen early raced wide close up, ridden 2f out, kept on inside final furlong
slowly into stride towards rear, weakened over 2f out
in rear, some headway over 1f out, never nearer
led, headed over 5f out, tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, no extra towards finish
towards rear, ridden 2f out, no impression
In The Red won easily over track and trip last time but has been raised 8lb for his trouble and Pearl Spectre is also upped in class after scoring at Southwell. Shyron is usually thereabouts but rarely wins these days but Sea Fox ran well behind the progressive Goring over a mile here back in February and has a shout if reproducing that run. SILENT ATTACK hasn’t raced for over a year since well beaten in tough handicaps at Meydan. But he was a progressive three-year-old and, with an apprentice’s allowance helping his cause on his return, a chance is taken Saeed bin Suroor’s charge can make a winning reappearance.
Silent Attack 14-1 (9-1) 13th of 14, 8 1/2l behind Bravo Zolo (9-5) at Meydan 1m hcp fst in Feb.
Alfred Hutchinson 12-1 (9-7) Mid-division, headway when not clear run over 1f out, not clear run again inside final furlong, soon eased, 10th of 14, 3 3/4l behind Eljaddaaf (9-9) at Lingfield 7f hcp (3) pol in Feb.
Sea Fox (IRE) 4-1 (9-2) Pushed along to lead, ridden over 1f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong, 4th of 8, 3 1/4l behind Constantino (9-6) at Lingfield 1m hcp (3) pol in Mar.
Lightning Charlie 7-1 (9-9) Held up towards rear, headway on outside over 1f out, kept on in 4th final furlong, 4th of 8, 2 1/4l behind Karijini (9-7) at Kempton 6f hcp (4) pol in Feb.
In The Red (IRE) 13-2 (9-9) Held up, wide into straight 2f out, headway over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ridden and ran on, won at Lingfield 7f hcp (5) pol in Mar beating Pour La Victoire (9-7) by 2 1/2l, 13 ran.
Shyron 6-1 (9-8) Held up in rear, switched left over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, not able to challenge, 7th of 10, 1 1/2l behind Spare Parts (9-5) at Kempton 7f hcp (4) pol in Mar.
Pearl Spectre (USA) 12-1 (9-5) Tracked leader, ridden to lead over 1f out, ran on, won at Southwell 1m hcp (4) pol in Apr beating Mama Africa (9-3) by 1l, 9 ran.
Nautical Haven 20-1 (8-2) Close up, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 8th of 9, 3 1/2l behind Lancelot Du Lac (9-9) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp (2) pol in Mar.