went to post early, bit keen, held up in 4th place, smooth headway to lead over 2f out, joined and edged left under pressure entering final furlong, narrowly headed inside final furlong, no extra towards finish
led, pushed along and headed over 2f out, soon lost 2nd and weakened
raced keenly tracking leader, tracked new leader 2f out, ridden to challenge over 1f out, stayed on gamely to lead inside final furlong, edged right towards finish
HAMISH arrives on the back of landing a couple of valuable handicaps over today’s trip at York. It was soft ground on the Knavesmire last time and William Haggas’ charge is clear of the opposition on today’s terms. Trueshan found one too good over 1m6f in soft going at Haydock last month having won over 1m4f either side of that but Summer Moon is preferred dropping back down to his winning trip after finishing a close-up third at Newmarket in the Cesarewitch. Hiroshima has a stack to find with these at the weights but is guaranteed prize money.
Hamish 13-8fav (9-7) Held up in mid-division, smooth headway on outside over 3f out, led over 2f out, came easily clear final 2f, impressive, won at York 1m 6f hcp (2) sft in Oct beating Elysian Flame (8-12) by 2 3/4l, 17 ran.
Summer Moon 50-1 (8-7) Always prominent, driven to lead 2f out, ridden and headed narrowly over 1f out, kept on and every chance inside final furlong, held near finish, 3rd of 30, 1/2l behind Stratum (9-7) at Newmarket 2m 2f hcp stks (2) sft in Oct.
Trueshan (FR) 13-2fav (9-0) Close up, ridden to lead over 1f out, ran on (hand time), won at Newmarket 1m 4f hcp (2) gs in Oct beating First In Line (9-7) by 3 3/4l, 19 ran.
Hiroshima 12-1 (9-11) Rear of mid-division, dropped to rear before halfway and soon ridden, no extra under 4f out, eased, tailed off, 10th of 11, dist behind Dadoozdart (9-7) at Down Royal 1m 5f hcp Yielding in Jun.