tracked leaders, ridden and weakened over 3f out, tailed off
in rear, ridden and headway 2f out, no impression final furlong
in touch, ridden 3f out, weakened 2f out, tailed off
led, ridden and headed 3f out, weakened over 1f out
close up, chased leaders 3f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, ran on
held up, pushed along over 3f out, some late headway, never nearer
held up, ridden and headway over 1f out, no impression final furlong
tracked leader, led 3f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, kept on same pace
always in rear, pushed along over 4f out, soon outpaced, tailed off
Whitehall will likely improve for last month’s reappearance with Ryan Moore back on board but Apache Blaze could only place off today’s mark last time having won at Nottingham before that. Midnight Wilde has a shout on his recent second here and Blame Culture is better than his latest effort on soft ground suggests. But a couple of these make their handicap debuts including Brighton runner-up Morning Skye though SPORTSWRITER makes most appeal having been narrowly beaten at Lingfield on his latest start and wearing a tongue-tie for the first time today.
Blame Culture (USA) 3-1 (9-2) Keen, tracked leader, ridden 3f out, outpaced 2f out, last of 3, 18 1/2l behind Corelli (9-8) at Yarmouth 1m 3f stks (3) sft in May.
Morning Skye (IRE) 5-4fav (9-5) Tracked leaders, ridden to chase winner over 1f out, no impression final furlong, 2nd of 6, 4 1/2l behind Fayrouz Rose (9-4) at Brighton 1m 2f stks (6) gs in May.
Sportswriter 11-8 (9-2) Tracked leader, led approaching 2f out, ridden 3 lengths clear entering final furlong, edged right and headed close home, 2nd of 5, hd behind Beautiful Memory (9-11) at Lingfield 1m 2f stks (5) pol in Mar.
Midnight Wilde 25-1 (8-4) In touch in rear, switched left and headway over 1f out, driven to press winner inside final furlong, ran on, 2nd of 8, shd behind He's Amazing (8-10) at Newmarket 1m 2f hcp (3) gf in May.
Shuhood (IRE) 33-1 (8-13) Raced centre tracked leaders when merged with far side halfway, ridden 3f out, weakened 2f out, 10th of 15, 7 3/4l behind Breath Caught (9-6) at Newmarket 1m hcp (4) gd in Apr.
Beringer 16-1 (9-7) Steadied start, held up in rear, switched sharply left inside final 2f, headway on outside over 1f out, kept on final furlong, never going pace to reach leaders, 7th of 17, 6 1/4l behind Victory Chime (9-4) at Goodwood 1m 2f hcp (5) gs in May.
Grandscape 6-1 (9-2) Raced wide close up, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong, 8th of 14, 10l behind Herecomesthesun (9-4) at Kempton 1m stks (5) pol in Mar.
Apache Blaze 7-2 (9-0) Led early, tracked leaders, went 2nd 3f out until inside final furlong, kept on, 3rd of 9, 1 1/4l behind Hyanna (8-11) at Nottingham 1m 2f hcp fll (5) sft in May.
Whitehall 13-2 (9-6) Dwelt, mid-division, hung left under pressure over 1f out, stayed on well final furlong, never on terms, 6th of 13, 3 3/4l behind Berkshire Royal (9-3) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (5) pol in Apr.
Love Rat 25-1 (8-12) Chased leaders, ridden 4f out, soon lost place, behind final 2f, tailed off, last of 11, dist behind Ship Of The Fen (9-9) at Doncaster 1m 2f hcp (4) sft in Apr.
