tracked leader until taken towards centre halfway, went 2nd again 3f out, led over 2f out, soon hung right to near side rail, ridden clear over 1f out, stayed on strongly
held up in 3rd, went 2nd halfway, pushed along over 2f out, lost 2nd 3f out, went 2nd again final furlong, no chance with winner
led, steadied pace halfway, pushed along over 2f out, headed soon after, weakened into 3rd final furlong
Withdrawn
JEAN BAPTISTE had been narrowly beaten in his two previous starts before scoring at Chester and is just 2lb higher with his young rider able to claim 7lb. Warm Smile has only run on the all-weather and makes her handicap debut but Chips And Rice battled on to dead-heat over this trip at Haydock for which she's been raised 5lb. Aryaah, who started favourite for that latter event, didn't enjoy the soft ground and was well beaten but is better judged on his earlier victories at Bath and Leicester.
Warm Smile 6-4fav (8-11) Chased winner 1f, close 3rd on inside, went 2nd again over 1f out until inside final furlong, no impression towards finish, 3rd of 5, 1 1/4l behind Alazwar (9-9) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f stks (5) pol in Apr.
Chips And Rice 11-4jfav (9-7) Front mid-division, pushed along over 2f out, headway into close 2nd 1f out, ridden and strongly pressed leader final furlong, kept on gamely to join leader on line, won at Haydock 1m 2f hcp (5) gs in Jun beating Brazilian Beach (9-8), 13 ran.
Aryaah (IRE) 11-4jfav (9-9) Led, ridden 2f out, headed over 1f out, soon weakened, 10th of 13, 11 1/4l behind Brazilian Beach (9-8) at Haydock 1m 2f hcp (5) gs in Jun.
Jean Baptiste (IRE) 9-2 (9-4) Disputed lead 1f, tracked leader, pushed along to lead approaching final furlong, ridden out, won at Chester 1m 2f hcp (4) gd in Jun beating Love Is Golden (9-10) by 1/2l, 7 ran.