held up, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on, never nearer
held up, good headway from over 1f out, ridden to chase winner and carried left briefly inside final furlong, kept on same pace towards finish
keen close up, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong
held up towards rear, ridden 2f out, kept on, never near leaders
made all, ridden over 1f out, edged left and soon straightened inside final furlong, ran on
tracked winner, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
mid-division, headway 2f out, soon ridden, weakened final furlong
keen in touch, pushed along over 2f out, ridden to chase winner over 1f out, edged left inside final furlong, kept on one pace
It's no surprise to see Recession Proof turned out again but this is tougher than the company he's been keeping and we'll give another chance to BUGAKU ahead of Whispering Gallery. The selection does carry a health warning as he ran inexplicably badly at Newbury when attracting a mountain of support. This relatively quick return to action suggests that nothing came to light which isn't necessarily a good thing whilst a couple of furlongs further wouldn't go amiss either but it's too soon to forget the potential that he showed on the first two starts of the season. Recession Proof won with any amount in hand at Pontefract but he enjoyed the run of that race to some extent and could find life tougher in this company although he's undeniably well handicapped. Yirga has been progressing quietly and could come on again although it's a shade disappointing that he was beaten on his first attempt over this trip at Folkestone. However, the ground that day was the fastest that he's encountered and this softer surface could show him in a better light. Scuffle is useful but has questions to answer as does Yorgunnabelucky after a poor run here last time. Vainglory has claims but Whispering Gallery could emerge as a bigger challenger following a creditable effort in a twelve furlong York handicap on just his second start. We wouldn't put anyone off him but will take a chance with Bugaku.
Scuffle 7-2 (9-6) Tracked leader, ridden 3f out, weakening when short of room over 1f out, 6th of 8, 7l behind Eva's Request (9-9) at Goodwood 1m Listed stks (1) gd in May.
Alarazi (IRE) 40-1 (8-11) Mid-division, pushed along 3f out, weakened over 2f out, 11th of 15, 12l behind Perfect Stride (9-5) at Royal Ascot 1m 2f Listed hcp (1) gf in Jun.
Bugaku 11-8fav (9-10) Close up, pushed along 4f out, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 9th of 11, 10l behind King Charles (9-9) at Newbury 1m 2f hcp 0-95 (3) gs in Jul.
Vainglory (USA) 7-1 (8-13) Chased leaders, pushed along 3f out, switched left approaching 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, not pace to reach front pair and joined for 3rd post, 3rd of 10, 1 3/4l behind Fanjura (9-7) at Ascot 1m 2f hcp 105 (2) gd in Jul.
Whispering Gallery 2-1fav (9-1) Tracked leaders, one pace final furlong, 4th of 11, 1 1/2l behind Cosmic Sun (8-11) at York 1m 4f hcp 0-100 (2) gd in Jul.
Weald Park (USA) 16-1 (8-11) In rear, weakened over 2 f out, last of 11, 39l behind Sri Putra (9-7) at Ascot 1m 3yo hcp 0-110 (2) gd in Jul.
Yirga 2-5fav (9-7) Tracked leader, ridden along 3f out, driven to challenge from 2f out, hard driven to take narrow lead inside final furlong, headed and outpaced by winner final 100 yards, 2nd of 3, 1l behind Sequillo (8-12) at Folkestone 1m 2f 3yo hcp 0-85 (4) gf in Jul.
Recession Proof (FR) 15-8fav (10-10) Keen early, soon led, set steady pace, quickened 2f out, soon ridden clear, eased towards finish, won at Pontefract 1m 2f am hcp 0-75 (5) gd beating Locum (10-6) by 9l, 15 ran.
Yorgunnabelucky (USA) 7-2fav (9-6) Held up, pushed along 4f out, effort 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 7th of 8, 18l behind Laaheb (8-10) at Newmarket 1m 2f 3yo hcp 0-95 (3) sft in Jul.
