led, ridden and headed inside final furlong, kept on
tracked leaders, effort on inner over 1f out, led inside final furlong, pushed out
raced wide tracked leaders, ridden to lead briefly inside final furlong, stayed on
pressed leader until ridden over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
close up, ridden and slightly outpaced 2f out, stayed on towards finish
Thataboy has lost his form since landing a double on the Polytrack and was well beaten at Bath earlier this month. MINLEY is preferred despite dropping back in distance as he likes to race prominently and this poor handicap won't take much winning. Artemis has shown no improvement for a slide down the weights and Dove Mountain was still beaten 10 lengths when placed over a longer trip here back in February. Khelfan is unexposed and makes more appeal than Ellingham.
Thataboy (IRE) 16-1 (9-1) Tracked leaders, ridden and lost place over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, last of 9, 6l behind Ishiamber (10-0) at Bath 6f hcp 0-80 (4) gd.
Minley 5-2 (9-5) Broke well, soon tracking leader, driven to challenge over 1f out, soon one pace, 4th of 6, 2 3/4l behind Royal Warrior (9-2) at Brighton 6f 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) gd in May.
Dove Mountain (IRE) 100-1 (9-2) Steadied start, held up in rear, ridden and weakened over 2f out, never a factor, last of 10, 26l behind Johara (9-7) at Kempton 6f 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) pol.
Artemis (IRE) 10-1 (9-5) Held up towards rear, ridden over 1f out, one pace and no impression, 5th of 9, 6l behind Bashiba (8-7) at Leicester 5f 3yo hcp 0-60 (6) gd.
Ellingham (IRE) 33-1 (9-7) Always in rear, outpaced over 3f out, last of 9, 23l behind Shades of Silk (8-4) at Southwell 6f hcp 0-60 (6) fbs in May.
Khelfan 33-1 (8-12) Tracked leaders, weakened over 1f out, 7th of 9, 23l behind Johara (8-12) at Yarmouth 6f mdn auc stks (6) gs in May.