led, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
keen prominent, ridden 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong
in touch, headway when hung left over 1f out, led inside final furlong, stayed on
prominent, ridden 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong
in rear, headway 2f out, carried left over 1f out, switched right entering final furlong, weakened inside final furlong
in touch, headway to lead over 1f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, no extra
towards rear, ridden and weakened 2f out
prominent, ridden 3f out, weakened 2f out
Indian Trifone finished closer at York last time but most of these have been at their best on the all-weather of late. The Ginger Berry rattled up a hat-trick on Polytrack early in the year but was tailed off on his return at Leicester. Tucson Arizona won a maiden at Kempton in November and Little Buxted went close at the same track off a higher mark last year. But EXCELLENT PUCK has been threatening to score at Wolverhampton of late and he gets a tentative vote allowed to compete off a 9lb lower mark back on this surface.
Dolphin Rock 5-2fav (9-2) Pressed leader, ridden 4f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 5, 13l behind Maybeme (8-12) at Ripon 1m 2f hcp 0-85 (4) gd in Jun.
Little Buxted (USA) 10-1 (9-8) Mid-division, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on, nearest finish, 4th of 11, 8l behind Emulating (9-7) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp 0-80 (4) pol.
Excellent Puck (IRE) 11-2 (9-0) Tracked leader, led over 3f out, headed over 1f out, no extra and lost 2nd place close home, 3rd of 9, 2l behind Villa Royale (9-0) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Mar.
Indian Trifone (IRE) 33-1 (8-11) Slowly into stride, mid-division, ridden 5f out, edged left 2f out, never able to threaten leaders, 8th of 18, 4l behind Eurystheus (9-4) at York 1m 1f hcp 0-80 (4) gd in Jun.
Minstrel Lad 11-2 (9-3) Held up towards rear, ridden over 2f out, no headway, 10th of 13, 9l behind If I Were A Boy (9-2) at Windsor 1m 2f hcp 0-65 (6) gf.
Tucson Arizona 33-1 (9-3) Held up towards rear, pushed along and headway 2f out, no impression final furlong, 6th of 10, 7l behind Arab Dawn (9-7) at Kempton 1m 3f 3yo hcp 0-80 (4) pol in May.
Archie Rice (USA) 28-1 (8-9) Led, driven and headed over 4f out, weakened over 2f out, eased over 1f out, 6th of 7, well behind Meetings Man (9-0) at Newmarket 1m 5f hcp 0-75 (5) gf in Jun.
The Ginger Berry 5-1fav (8-8) Held up mid-division, headway over 4f out, weakened over 2f out, last of 12, 44l behind Flying Power (9-0) at Leicester 1m 4f hcp 0-75 (5) gd in Jun.
