led, pushed along and headed under 2f out, 3rd and ridden 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, eased closing stages
tracked leader in 2nd, headway to lead under 2f out, pushed along and 2 lengths clear 1f out, stayed on well inside final furlong
Jack Yeats scored over this trip at Naas then made the pace for Japan in the King Edward VII Stakes at Ascot. LEO DE FURY made his debut at the Curragh last month and could hardly have done it any easier, coming home 5l clear eased down. He takes on better opponents here and though Kaftan hasn't run over this trip she stayed on strongly to score over a mile at Naas and also when just failing to catch Morpho Blue over that trip at Limerick.
Jack Yeats (IRE) 16-1 (9-0) Led, ridden and headed over 2f out, tailed off, last of 8, dist behind Japan (9-0) at Ascot 1m 4f Grp 2 stks (1) gs in Jun.
Leo De Fury (IRE) 7-1 (9-5) Soon tracked leaders, pushed along briefly over 4f out, headway to lead over 1f out, soon asserted and stayed on well, comfortably, won at Curragh 1m 2f mdn gd in Jun beating Macquarie (9-5) by 5l, 9 ran.
Kaftan 15-8 (9-4) Broke well, tracked leaders, 4th halfway, some headway on outer early straight and 2nd under 2f out, ridden over 1f out, under pressure and kept on well inside final furlong, just failed, 2nd of 4, shd behind Morpho Blue (9-4) at Limerick 1m fll gd in Jun.