slowly into stride, soon ridden along in rear
dwelt, chased leaders, effort and switched left approaching final furlong, soon every chance, ran on
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, slightly outpaced over 1f out, stayed on final furlong
chased leaders, close up when short of room and hampered approaching final furlong, not recover
slowly into stride, headway halfway, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace
slowly into stride, outpaced throughout
led, ridden and headed and no extra over 1f out
with leader, led briefly over 1f out, soon headed, kept on
close up, led approaching final furlong, ridden and ran on
The shortlist contains Candyland, Astronomic View and My Lovely Lesley, with the vote going to Candyland. Much as Candyland finished last of six on his Newbury debut, he was not beaten far. With his stablemate Yerevan already having won from the race, normal improvement from that racecourse bow can see him in the thick of things today. Astronomic View and Danseuse are interesting newcomers, while Disco Dan showed promise on his Chepstow debut and Stoneacre Gareth could be one to look at in the betting. Finally, Bodes Galaxy cost 205,000 euros but will need to have improved from his Brighton debut in order to feature here and Brian Meehan's My Lovely Lesley showed some debut promise and has to be given some consideration. Overall, though, the vote stays with Candyland.
Alnwick Kylian gelding out of 7f winner Cebwob.
Astronomic View Observatory colt, half-brother to numerous winners up to 1m3f.
Dawson Creek (IRE) Titus Livius colt out of a lightly-raced mare.
Disco Dan 12-1 (8-5) Tracked leaders, led 3f out, ridden and headed 2f out, weakening when hanging left approaching final furlong, 7th of 11, 4l behind Rainbow Mirage (8-9) at Chepstow 6f 2yo mdn aut (5) gf.
Stoneacre Gareth (IRE) Grand Lodge colt, half-brother to numerous winners up to 6f including the Group 3 winner Innit.
Totally Free Woodborough gelding out of 7f winner Barefooted Flyer.
Candyland (IRE) 3-1 (8-5) Chased leaders on outer, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong, last of 6, 2l behind Sunley Gift (8-5) at Newbury 5f 2yo fll (3) gd in May.
My Lovely Lesley (USA) 14-1 (8-9) Mid-division, chased along halfway, effort over 1f out no impression, 8th of 11, 5l behind Roxan (8-9) at Beverley 5f 2yo lst fll (1) gd in May.