led early, chased clear leader, closed 7f out, led 3f out, ridden 2f out, headed towards finish
mid-division, pushed along 5f out, ridden over 3f out, outpaced 2f out, driven and stayed on under pressure inside final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden over 4f out, weakened 3f out
dwelt in rear, ridden over 3f out, switched right and headway 2f out, ridden and edged left over 1f out, stayed on, never able to challenge
close up, ridden 3f out, weakened 1f out
always in rear
tracked leaders, ridden to chase leader over 2f out, one pace final furlong
soon led, clear 10f out, ridden and headed 3f out, kept on one pace
dwelt held up, headway 3f out, ridden to chase leader approaching final furlong, ran on to lead towards finish
mid-division, switched 4f out, headway 3f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out
The assessor has found it impossible to drop Plato despite five defeats since he won over this trip at Newmarket a year ago due to his consistency and he looks a few pounds high. Jivry easily won a 1m2f maiden on his racecourse debut here last July and looked certain to be suited by this trip when staying on behind Samsons Son over 1m4f at Windsor. Rajeh has won three times over hurdles so the trip is no problem and he ran well at Newmarket last time when dead-heating with Regal park for third. The handicapper may just have got to grips with Bollin Judith after her early summer victories but Korabushka is very much better than she showed at Sandown where the soft ground was against her. KAZBOW hasn't had much experience and was a long way behind Bollin Judith at York in June but he proved that form all wrong when scoring at Doncaster and a 6lb rise doesn't look enough to prevent a follow up.
Kazbow (IRE) 7-1 (9-6) Made all, ridden over 2f out, gamely, won at Doncaster 1m 7f hcp 0-85 (4) gf in Jun beating Old Hundred (9-7) by 3/4l, 12 ran.
Plato (JPN) 4-1fav (9-10) Held up in last trio, headway on outside over 4f out, tracked leading pair and hung right over 2f out, continued to hang right and kept on same pace, 3rd of 10, 2 1/4l behind Colloquial (9-13) at Ascot 2m hcp 0-95 (3) gf in Jul.
Nave (USA) 9-1 (9-6) Prominent on outside, ridden over 4f out, soon lost place, last of 10, 36l behind Awsaal (9-9) at York 1m 4f hcp 0-100 (2) gd in Jul.
Regal Park (IRE) 15-2 (9-11) Held up, headway entering final furlong, ridden and stayed on towards finish, not reach leaders, 3rd of 10, 1 1/2l behind Ithoughtitwasover (8-11) at Newmarket 1m 4f hcp 0-90 (3) gd in Jul.
Comedy Act 6-4fav (9-8) Held up in rear, headway 3f out, ridden 2f out, challenged and edged right over 1f out, not much when no extra towards finish, 4th of 7, 2 3/4l behind Apprimus (9-7) at York 1m 4f clm stks (4) gs in Jul.
Royal Trooper (IRE) 4-1 (9-13) Mid-division, headway over 5f out, challenged 4f out, led 3f out, headed over 1f out, no extra close home, 4th of 9, 2l behind French Hollow (8-12) at Hamilton 1m 5f hcp 0-85 (4) gd in Jul.
Jivry 9-1 (9-7) Took keen hold, tracked leaders, went 2nd on inside over 3f out, led and came to rail 2f out, joined inside final furlong, stayed on, headed last strides, 2nd of 11, hd behind Samsons Son (9-5) at Windsor 1m 4f hcp 0-80 (4) gd in Jun.
Rajeh (IRE) 20-1 (9-8) Keen tracked leader, ridden and every chance over 1f out, stayed on, 3rd of 10, 1 1/2l behind Ithoughtitwasover (8-11) at Newmarket 1m 4f hcp 0-90 (3) gd in Jul.
Bollin Judith 13-2 (8-11) Tracked leaders, went 2nd 5f out, every chance over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 13, 9l behind Itlaaq (9-5) at York 2m hcp 0-90 (3) gd in Jul.
Korabushka 8-1 (9-5) Mid-division, came stands side over 3f out, soon driven and outpaced, ridden 2f out, weakened and eased 1f out, last of 8, well behind Hollow Tree (8-9) at Sandown 1m 6f 3yo hcp 0-90 (3) sft in Jul.
