held up, rear halfway, ridden and no impression inside final furlong, kept on same pace, 4th close home
chased leader, 3rd halfway, ridden 1 1/2f out, no impression 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong, dropped to 4th closing stages and lost 4th close home
chased leader, 2nd halfway, ridden to challenge 1 1/2f out, under pressure in 2nd 1f out, kept on final furlong and pressed winner closing stages
dwelt and rear, 4th halfway, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and no impression over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong into 3rd closing stages
made all, pressed 1 1/2f out, ridden and length advantage 1f out, soon jinked right, kept on well, pressed closing stages
The Coventry Stakes beckons for PSYCHEDELIC FUNK, who has looked a high-class juvenile in both starts to date and easily beat Ambiguity at Naas with Moritzburg trailing in third. The runner-up's yard is represented here by Lundy and Peace Envoy and the former looked a very nice prospect when landing a Leopardstown maiden. Hakeem travels over from the UK and showed the benefit of his debut at Newmarket with a facile success on fast ground at Nottingham and wouldn't be here without good reason.
Bective (IRE) 12-1 (9-5) Held up towards rear, progress on outer into 4th 2f out, soon ridden, no impression over 1f out, no extra final furlong, kept on one pace, 5th of 6, 7 1/4l behind The Mcgregornator (9-5) at Curragh 5f mdn hvy in Apr.
Hakeem (FR) 1-16fav (9-2) Keen, with leader, led approaching final 2f, clear over 1f out, very easily, won at Nottingham 6f stks (5) gf in May beating Roar (9-2) by 5l, 5 ran.
Lundy 6-5fav (9-5) Prominent in 3rd, improved to 2nd halfway, travelled well entering straight, pushed along to lead over 1f out, ridden and asserted inside final furlong, kept on strongly, won at Leopardstown 6f mdn gd in May beating Dapper Man (8-13) by 3l, 11 ran.
Moritzburg 16-1 (9-3) Went right leaving stalls, in rear, pushed along over 2f out, went moderate 3rd over 1f out, kept on steadily in 3rd inside final furlong, 3rd of 7, 8 3/4l behind Psychedelic Funk (9-7) at Naas 6f Yielding - Soft in May.
Peace Envoy (FR) 4-9fav (9-7) Tracked leaders, 3rd halfway, switched right and ridden to go 2nd over 1f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong, not reach winner, 2nd of 4, 1/2l behind King Electric (9-2) at Curragh 5f sft in May.
Psychedelic Funk 8-11fav (9-7) Made all, ridden 1 1/2f out, soon went clear, stayed on strongly final furlong, easily, impressive, won at Naas 6f Yielding - Soft in May beating Ambiguity (9-7) by 6l, 7 ran.