pushed along to soon lead, headed over 3f out, soon weakened
steadied start, held up in rear, headway on outside over 5f out, 2nd over 3f out, led over 1f out, clear inside final furlong, stayed on well
tracked leaders, 2nd 11f out, driven over 2f out, headed over 1f out, no impression on winner inside final furlong, stayed on same pace
held up, effort 3f out, driven over 2f out, stayed on same pace final furlong
tracked leader until 11f out, stayed handy until outpaced over 3f out, no impression after
held up, outpaced 4f out, switched outside and effort 3f out, 3rd over 1f out, stayed on but no impression
FITZWILLY is getting closer as he slips further down the weights. Mick Channon’s course and distance winner was runner-up over today’s trip at Kempton last week with See And Be Seen well beaten. Ayr Of Elegance won over 2m on the Polytrack here in March and can race off a similar mark while Oxford Blu has a shout if staying the extra distance though never troubled the winner when third over 1m4f at Sandown last time with Ulysses further behind. Linguine has been hurdling without success this year and hasn’t won on the Flat since 2014.
Linguine (FR) 9-2 (11-9) Led until 8th, not fluent 4 out, soon ridden, weakened next, last of 6, 27 1/2l behind Lillian (10-8) at Fontwell 3m 2f hcp (4) gd in May.
Ayr Of Elegance 13-2 (8-11) Held up in rear, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on same pace and no impression, 5th of 7, 5 1/2l behind Machine Learner (9-5) at Sandown 1m 6f hcp (4) gf in Jun.
Fitzwilly 3-1 (9-0) Mid-division, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, stayed on and went 2nd inside final furlong, no impression on winner, 2nd of 9, 2 3/4l behind Authorized Too (9-7) at Kempton 2m hcp (5) pol in Jul.
See And Be Seen 6-1 (8-12) Ridden leaving stalls, soon led, headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 8th of 9, 15l behind Authorized Too (9-7) at Kempton 2m hcp (5) pol in Jul.
Ulysses (GER) 16-1 (9-6) Prominent on outer, pressed leader after 4f, driven and lost place over 2f out, no impression after, last of 6, 12 1/4l behind Dominating (9-2) at Sandown 1m 6f hcp (5) gf in Jun.
Oxford Blu 6-1 (8-10) Held up in rear, driven to chase leaders on outer over 3f out, soon ridden and one pace, stayed on to take modest 3rd inside final furlong, no chance with front pair, 3rd of 6, 9l behind Dominating (9-2) at Sandown 1m 6f hcp (5) gf in Jun.