stumbled and awkward leaving stalls, held up in last pair, ridden 3f out, never able to get involved, beaten and eased final furlong
led, driven and headed over 2f out, soon ridden and one pace, no impression from over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
prominent 2f, mid-division, pushed along over 6f out, ridden over 3f out, never going pace to challenge, weakened over 1f out
slowly into stride, held up in last pair, struggling over 5f out, ridden and hung left inside final 2f, never a threat
pressed leader after 2f, driven to lead over 2f out, soon hard pressed and ridden, headed inside final 2f, kept on, no chance with winner inside final furlong
held up mid-division, headway 3f out, challenged over 2f out, led inside final 2f, ridden clear inside final furlong, kept on, readily
tracked leaders, outpaced 3f out, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace, never able to challenge
tracked leaders, outpaced 3f out, ridden over 2f out, went 3rd and kept on under pressure inside final furlong, no chance with winner
It could pay to stick with MOON KING (NAP) in this. He landed a double over today’s trip at Wetherby with his latest success and Ralph Beckett’s charge has been raised only 4lb. Anyonecanhaveitall was narrowly beaten in a maiden over 1m6f at Redcar on his reappearance and is preferred to stablemate Mister Chiang while Tigray won over 1m4f at Southwell earlier though struggled back on Turf last time. Palladium is one the least exposed and could figure but Surrey Warrior will need to step up on his recent third at Chelmsford.
Fox Fearless 15-2 (9-3) Pressed leader, pushed along 3f out, ridden and weakened 2f out, last of 5, 11l behind Gantier (9-6) at Newcastle 1m 4f hcp (4) pol in Apr.
Mister Chiang 15-2 (8-10) In touch, ridden 2f out, soon weakened, 7th of 10, 16 1/4l behind Sam Cooke (9-3) at Chester 1m 4f hcp (3) sft in May.
Surrey Warrior (USA) 4-1 (9-9) Raced keenly, led and set strong pace but pressed, ridden 3f out, headed over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 3rd of 4, 7 1/2l behind Lord Lamington (9-7) at Chelmsford City 1m 5f hcp (5) pol in Apr.
Alpasu (IRE) 11-4 (8-6) Raced wide pushed along to track leader until pushed along 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 8, 18 3/4l behind Ranch Hand (8-6) at Southwell 1m 4f mdn stks (5) pol in Mar.
Palladium 4-1jfav (9-5) Tracked leaders, edged left over 1f out, kept on same pace, 4th of 12, 5 1/4l behind Rowland Ward (9-7) at Doncaster 1m 4f hcp (5) gd in Apr.
Moon King (FR) 8-15fav (9-6) Held up in rear, switched right and headway 2f out, led over 1f out, stayed on well, clear towards finish, won at Wetherby 1m 6f hcp (5) gs in May beating Nordano (9-5) by 2 1/4l, 7 ran.
Tigray (USA) 16-1 (8-10) Tracked winner 1f, close up in 4th, pushed along and effort 3f out, ridden 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, last of 4, 8 3/4l behind Babbo's Boy (9-7) at Leicester 1m 4f hcp (4) gf in May.
Anyonecanhaveitall 3-1 (9-7) Mid-division, headway to go prominent 9f out, challenged 2f out, soon ridden, kept on and every chance final furlong, no extra near finish, 3rd of 10, 3/4l behind Fantastic Ms Fox (9-1) at Redcar 1m 6f mdn hcp (6) gf in May.