chased leaders, ridden and lost place over 3f out
mid-division, headway over 2f out, not clear run over 1f out, stayed on to take 3rd well inside final furlong, unable to challenge
held up towards rear, ridden over 2f out, some headway over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
slowly into stride, soon chasing leaders, ridden over 2f out, lost place over 1f out
held up in rear, ridden and headway when not much room over 1f out, never dangerous
mid-division, not much room 3f out, weakened over 1f out
held up towards rear, ridden and effort 2f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong
prominent, ridden over 2f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong
towards rear, headway over 2f out, switched left over 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, no impression towards finish
led, driven and headed just over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
mid-division, headway over 2f out, driven to lead just over 1f out, edged left inside final furlong, ran on, clear towards finish
in touch in mid-division, effort 3f out, weakened inside final furlong
prominent, weakened over 2f out
HARD TO HANDEL (NAP) was beaten only a short-head here last week when in front of Sands Chorus and Muhaafiz who dead-heated for third. The latter has already boosted the form by winning at Hamilton during the week and David O’Meara’s charge is taken to go one better. Muhaafiz is penalised for that recent success and Replenish was beaten in a higher grade at York having won at Lingfield before that. A similar comment applies to Wolverhampton winner Viewpoint who ran well in Class 3 company at Newmarket last time and the unexposed Dusky Dawn is another dropping in class for this.
Viewpoint (IRE) 4-1 (8-9) Steadied start, held up towards rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on one pace final furlong, 3rd of 8, 4 1/4l behind Interconnection (9-1) at Newmarket 1m 2f hcp (3) gf in May.
Hard To Handel 5-1cfav (9-4) Held up towards rear, headway and edging left 2f out, challenged over 1f out, ran on, held close home, 2nd of 13, shd behind Firmament (9-7) at Newcastle 1m hcp (4) pol in May.
Mustaqqil (IRE) 16-1 (8-12) Mid-division, weakened over 2f out, 12th of 13, dist behind Newera (9-0) at Chester 1m 2f hcp (3) gd in May.
Symbolic Star (IRE) 11-4fav (9-5) Held up in touch, outpaced over 2f out, soon ridden and beaten, 6th of 8, 13 3/4l behind Darshini (8-13) at Doncaster 1m hcp (3) gf in Apr.
Buccaneers Vault (IRE) 18-1 (9-7) In rear, headway over 2f out, ridden and kept on inside final furlong, 4th of 15, 2 1/2l behind Slemy (9-3) at Wetherby 7f hcp (4) gf in May.
Gurkha Friend 20-1 (9-0) Led, headed over 2f out, weakened last 50 yards, 8th of 10, 4 1/4l behind Turbine (8-8) at Newcastle 7f hcp (3) pol in May.
Dusky Dawn 12-1 (8-9) Led, headed 4f out, lost place over 2f out, soon weakened, 9th of 11, 14 1/2l behind Lil Sophella (8-9) at York 7f hcp fll (3) gf in May.
Sands Chorus 12-1 (8-13) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, no impression on front pair, 3rd of 13, 1 3/4l behind Firmament (9-7) at Newcastle 1m hcp (4) pol in May.
Push Me (IRE) 5-1cfav (9-10) Towards rear, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, kept on same pace and no impression, 6th of 15, 4 1/4l behind Nonno Giulio (9-4) at Wetherby 1m hcp (5) gf in May.
Musaaid (IRE) 8-1 (9-4) Always towards rear, 8th of 9, 8 1/4l behind Taysh (9-6) at Catterick 7f hcp (4) gs in May.
Replenish (FR) 12-1 (8-11) In touch, lost place 2f out, 18th of 20, 13 1/2l behind Castle Harbour (8-13) at York 7f hcp (3) gd in May.
Border Bandit (USA) 16-1 (8-13) Prominent on outer, weakened over 1f out, 12th of 13, 15 1/4l behind Hulcolt (8-13) at Beverley 1m hcp (4) gf in May.
Heraldic (USA) 50-1 (8-0) Tracked leader until 4f out, chased leaders, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and weakened well over 1f out, last of 14, 9 1/2l behind Oh This Is Us (8-6) at Goodwood 7f hcp stks (2) gd in May.
Muhaafiz (IRE) 10-3 (9-7) Tracked leaders, ridden to lead inside final furlong, kept on well, won at Hamilton 1m 1f hcp (4) gf in Jun beating Belle Travers (9-4) by 3 3/4l, 8 ran.
