led, ridden over 2f out, headed inside final furlong, weakened towards finish
held up in rear, headway and effort well over 1f out, no impression final furlong
tracked leaders, effort 2f out, stayed on to lead inside final furlong, headed towards finish, no extra
slowly into stride, soon in touch, pushed along 3f out, soon ridden and weakened
held up towards rear, headway under pressure 2f out, stayed on well inside final furlong to lead near finish
towards rear, never dangerous
mid-division, headway 2f out, soon ridden and effort, stayed on final furlong
tracked leaders, effort over 2f out, no extra final furlong
towards rear, never dangerous
This can go the way of Blue Trojan at the expense of Flipando and Langford. The selection bids to follow up on his win over Dvinsky at Chepstow two weeks ago. Blue Trojan runs off a four pound higher mark here which we feel is not enough to stop him as he still carries a nice racing weight. Flipando has been consistent this season without getting his head in front. His last performance saw him finish fourth of seven at Nottingham but was only beaten just over a length so he is worth noting once more. As is Langford who was not disgraced in the Royal Hunt Cup at Royal Ascot last week when finishing in the first half of the field and he will be better here dropped in grade. But for the winner we return to Blue Trojan.
Langford 25-1 (8-11) Slowly into stride, held up in rear far side, ran on final furlong, 4th of 12 that side, no chance with stand's side leaders, 11th of 30, 9l behind Cesare (8-8) at Ascot 1m hcap (2) gf.
Rio Riva 7-1 (10-0) Held up in touch and keen, ridden over 3f out, weakened final 2f, last of 12, 13l behind Goodbye Mr Bond (9-4) at York 1m 1f hcap (2) gf.
Hartshead 14-1 (9-10) Held up, ridden and weakened over 2f out, 9th of 12, 8l behind Goodbye Mr Bond (9-4) at York 1m 1f hcap (2) gf.
Artistic Style 25-1 (9-1) Soon behind, never dangerous, 9th of 17, 3 1/2l behind Chantaco (9-0) at Redcar 1m 2f hcp 0-105 (2) gd in May.
Flipando (IRE) Evensfav (9-13) Chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, not quicken, 4th of 7, 1 1/2l behind Samuel Charles (8-12) at Nottingham 1m hcp 0-95 (3) gf.
Doric (USA) 10-1 (9-6) Mid-division, ridden and headway 2f out, challenging for 2nd when not much room inside final furlong, 5th of 9, 2 1/2l behind Waterside (9-2) at Goodwood 7f hcp 0-85 (4) gf.
Bolodenka (IRE) 20-1 (8-12) Towards rear, ridden over 2f out, stayed on final furlong, 6th of 20, 3l behind Krugerrand (8-13) at York 1m 1f hcp 0-85 (4) gs in Oct.
Blue Trojan (IRE) 6-1 (9-13) Held up, headway over 1f out, ran on to lead line, won at Chepstow 7f hcp 0-75 (5) gf beating Dvinsky (9-11) by 3/4l, 9 ran.
Gaelic Princess 15-2 (8-11) Held up in rear, ridden 2f out, headway and switched left 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, just failed, 2nd of 6, nk behind Mistress Twister (8-4) at Pontefract 1m 2f fll hcp (2) gf.