chased leaders, ridden and every chance over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
held up in rear, headway over 1f out, hung left inside final furlong, led near finish
pulled hard, held up in rear, headway over 1f out, staying on when not much room near finish
chased leaders, ridden and weakened final furlong
steadied start, held up in rear, headway over 1f out, not reached leaders
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong
with leader, led over 3f out till over 2f out, ridden and one pace from over 1f out
held up, headway over 2f out, outpaced over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong
close up, ridden halfway, soon weakened
soon led, headed over 3f out, led again over 2f out, ridden and headed near finish
Sacred Nuts gets the vote here, though in a competitive heat, Transaction, Encanto and Space Shuttle all have chances. The selection drops back to his preferred six furlongs here after an abortive attempt at seven last time. Twice a winner over this trip already this season, he has made plenty of improvement since being thrashed by Space Shuttle on debut, enjoying wins at Hamilton and Ascot before that recent defeat. A reproduction of his neck defeat of Fiefdom two starts ago would be good enough to see him prevail here. Transaction receives a useful 8lb from the selection and can also make his presence felt. He has improved in two starts since his debut and was gutsy in defeating Coup D'Etat at York last time and with more to come on this faster ground, he can be thereabouts. Encanto is a consistent sort, who has been on the premises in his three latest starts, all over this trip, and she relished faster ground when winning at Nottingham last time. She would have to improve to score here, but can run a big race nevertheless, while Space Shuttle will be better back over this trip but is another who also needs to find a bit more to come out on top. All things considered, Sacred Nuts looks the one to be on.
