raced keenly on far rail, chased leaders, switched left and went 2nd over 1f out until inside final furlong, kept on same pace
slowly into stride, ran green in last pair, headway over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, led 100 yards out, headed and not pace of winner close home
bit green to post, chased leader until over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
chased leaders 3f
held up in touch in last pair, headway under pressure over 1f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong
race don far rail, chased leaders, pushed along halfway, weakened 2f out
led, ridden and headed final 100 yards, no extra
bit green to post, chased leaders on outside of group, ran green in dip, shaken up and ran on inside final furlong, quickened to lead near finish
Strong Power sets the standard and beat a subsequent winner when second in the Brocklesby at Doncaster last month. He should be in the mix again but Godolphin are represented by half the field and Charlie Appleby won this in 2017. William Buick partners WELL OF WISDOM, a half-brother to three Pattern winners including a Group 1 winner in Australia, and he is preferred to 600,000gns purchase and stablemate Full Verse. Saeed bin Suroor also runs two with Ryan Moore an interesting presence on Electrical Storm, a half-brother to the high-class Ribchester, and making more appeal than City Walk. Lexington Quest needs to take a big step forward on the evidence of a recent modest debut at Windsor.
City Walk (IRE) Brazen Beau colt out of My Lucky Liz.
Electrical Storm Dubawi colt out of Mujarah.
Full Verse (IRE) Kodiac colt out of Anthem Alexander.
Lexington Quest (IRE) 5-2 (9-5) 6th of 9, 5 1/2l behind Chasanda (9-0) at Windsor 5f stks (5) gd in Apr.
Millionaire Waltz Heeraat colt out of Radio Gaga.
Percy Green (IRE) Sir Percy colt out of All In Green.
Strong Power (IRE) 4-1 (9-3) 2nd of 17, 3/4l behind Show Me Show Me (9-3) at Doncaster 5f stks (3) gd in Mar.
Well Of Wisdom Oasis Dream colt out of Alessandria.
