steadied and awkwardly away, held up in rear, angled out over 2f out, wandered 2f out, soon outpaced and beaten
tracked leaders out wide, pushed along and outpaced 3f out, ridden and beaten over 2f out
raced keenly, held up in last pair, pushed along and outpaced over 2f out, never a factor
raced keenly in close 3rd, ridden and unable to quicken 2f out, plugged on in modest 3rd
held up in 5th, angled out and pushed along out wide over 3f out, ridden 2f out, weakened soon after
tracked leader, ridden into narrow lead inside final furlong, well on top final 100 yards
led, ridden and strongly pressed over 1f out, narrowly headed inside final furlong, no extra final 100 yards
NonRunner
Graham was allowed to dominate a three-runner contest over a longer trip at Salisbury and returned an easy winner. FINEST LEADER is not the most straightforward but first-time cheekpieces brought a big improvement from the Charltons’ charge over today’s trip at Wetherby and there should be more to come in the headgear. Several step up in distance including last month’s Goodwood winner Trais Fluors and the handicap debutants Man Of A'An and Tribute.
Elshaameq 20-1 (9-8) Held up in mid-division, headway and switched right over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, went 4th towards finish, 4th of 13, 3 3/4l behind Mr Fustic (9-9) at Southwell 1m hcp (5) pol in Jun.
Tribute (IRE) 33-1 (9-4) In rear, pushed along 2f out, never on terms, last of 10, 20 3/4l behind Quddwah (9-11) at Newmarket 1m stks (4) gd in May.
Dutch Kingdom (IRE) 40-1 (9-7) Led, pushed along 2f out, headed entering final furlong, soon ridden and no extra, 5th of 7, 4 1/4l behind Power Of Gold (9-7) at Doncaster 1m hcp (4) gf in Jun.
Man Of A'An (IRE) 5-4fav (9-5) Raced keenly, led briefly, soon steadied in 5th, good headway out wide over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, not reach leading duo, 3rd of 7, 1l behind Bobby's Blessing (10-0) at Beverley 7f mdn stks (5) gf in May.
Pure Gold 40-1 (9-0) In touch, pushed along over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 9th of 11, 5 1/4l behind Sudden Ambush (9-5) at Goodwood 1m hcp (4) gd in May.
Finest Leader (IRE) 10-1 (9-6) Slowly into stride, soon chasing leader, challenged 2f out, edged right 1f out, led well inside final furlong, stayed on, won at Wetherby 1m 2f hcp (5) gf in Jun beating Blue Yonder (9-7) by nk, 8 ran.
Graham 6-4 (9-9) Made all, clear 2f out, unchallenged, won at Salisbury 1m 4f hcp (6) gf in Jun beating Gallimimus (9-5) by 7 1/2l, 3 ran.
Balgair 6-1 (9-8) Close up, pressed leader 3f out, pushed along 2f out, ridden when every chance just inside final 110 yards, unable to quicken and no extra in third near finish, 3rd of 6, 1/2l behind Richard P Smith (9-7) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (5) gf in May.
Trais Fluors 9-4fav (9-9) Slowly away, in rear, headway on inner over 3f out, ridden when switched right over 1f out, kept on to go 3rd inside final furlong, 3rd of 7, 5 1/2l behind Finbar's Lad (9-10) at Haydock 1m hcp (5) gf in Jun.
