tracked leader, driven to lead inside final 2f, soon hard pressed, ridden and edged left inside final furlong, ran on
held up in last pair, headway to chase front pair inside final 2f, challenged 1f out, stayed on and every chance inside final furlong, held towards finish
led, driven and headed inside final 2f, kept on same pace, no chance with leaders final furlong
tracked leaders, outpaced 2f out, ridden over 1f out, no chance with leaders final furlong
chased leaders, driven and headway over 2f out, soon challenged, ridden over 1f out, driven and readily outpaced by front pair final 120 yards
slowly into stride, held up in last pair, outpaced when switched left inside final 2f, never a threat, weakened inside final furlong
Dragon Moon couldn’t cope with a penalty at Chester having won on the Polytrack here before that. It remains to be seen if SOUMEI fares any better after winning at Brighton but a chance is taken Ed Walker’s charge finds further improvement. United Kingdom and stablemate Secret Eye return to action and may be capable of better this year but the newcomer Brexit Time has a middle-distance pedigree and is probably best watched on this occasion
Dragon Moon (USA) 5-2 (9-8) Led, pushed along over 2f out, ridden inside final furlong, soon weakened, 5th of 7, 7 3/4l behind Caradoc (9-2) at Chester 1m stks (4) gd in May.
Brexit Time (IRE) Dandy Man colt out of Dolce Dovo.
United Kingdom 10-1 (9-2) Tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, soon challenged and every chance, no extra final 100 yards, 5th of 9, 2 1/4l behind Lansky (9-9) at Kempton 6f stks (5) pol in Oct.
Eternal Destiny 20-1 (8-11) Slowly into stride, off the pace in last pair, never on terms, 6th of 7, 13l behind Dubai Silk (8-11) at Windsor 5f stks (5) gd in May.
Secret Eye (IRE) 40-1 (9-0) Tracked leaders, driven over 2f out, outpaced over 1f out, ridden and kept on inside final furlong, no impression, 6th of 12, 4 3/4l behind Lush Life (9-0) at Kempton 7f fll stks (5) pol in Nov.
Sweet Dreams 33-1 (8-11) Held up, headway over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 9th of 15, 14 1/4l behind Manthoor (9-2) at Lingfield 7f mdn stks (6) gf in Jun.
Soumei (IRE) 11-4 (9-2) Soon crossed over to go prominent on rail, led 2f out, ran on well, ridden out, won at Brighton 5f stks (5) gf in May beating Haylah (8-11) by 1l, 8 ran.
Dories Delight (IRE) 50-1 (9-5) Chased leaders, pushed along before halfway, lost 3rd and weakened inside final furlong, 4th of 13, 9 3/4l behind Embour (9-5) at Salisbury 6f mdn stks (5) gs in May.
Penwood (FR) 66-1 (8-11) Towards rear, plugged on inside final furlong, no threat, 6th of 12, 8 3/4l behind Rebel Streak (9-2) at Windsor 6f stks (5) gf in Jun.