chased leaders, ridden entering final furlong, stayed on towards finish, just held
raced wide, chased leaders to halfway, weakened well over 1f out, soon eased
dwelt, held up towards rear, ridden and weakened over 1f out
dwelt, in touch, ridden and weakened 2f out
led, ridden 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on
chased leaders, ridden 1f out, led inside final furlong, just held on
held up towards rear, switched left 2f out, ridden and headway over 1f out, one pace
Dark Ages finished second at Leicester last time, but was still beaten five lengths and BEAU MISTRAL is preferred. She was beaten around the same distance from an unfavourable draw in a better race at Chester and the return to this more conventional track will suit. Brimstone Hill showed a big improvement on his latest start and can figure with further progress, while Kieren Fallon gets the leg up on Chater Garden, who showed some early pace on his debut at Kempton. Finbar is a half-brother to a Listed sprint winner and should be noted on his debut.
Brimstone Hill (IRE) 50-1 (9-3) Tracked leaders, took keen hold, challenged over 2f out until over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 5th of 11, 6l behind Eureka (9-3) at Nottingham 6f 2yo mdn (5) gf.
Chater Garden (IRE) 11-1 (8-10) Tracked leaders in 3rd, ridden well over 1f out, weakened entering final furlong, 6th of 9, 9l behind Norse Gold (8-9) at Kempton 6f 2yo mdn auc stks (6) pol.
Finbar Nayef colt out of Baralinka.
Musical Strike 80-1 (9-0) Chased leaders, under pressure halfway, soon weakened, last of 7, 12l behind Bannock (9-3) at Redcar 5f 2yo mdn aut (6) gf.
Abercandy (IRE) 33-1 (8-12) Went left start, pushed along in rear, never a factor, 4th of 7, 11l behind Mr Majeika (9-3) at Ffos Las 5f 2yo mdn (5) gf.
Beau Mistral (IRE) 22-1 (8-7) Went right start, mid-division, ridden over 1f out, no impression, 7th of 9, 6l behind Lily's Angel (8-10) at Chester 5f 2yo stks (2) gf.
Dark Ages (IRE) 7-2 (9-0) Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, no chance with winner final furlong, 2nd of 6, 5l behind Pyman's Theory (9-0) at Leicester 5f 2yo stks (5) gf in Apr.
Lady Nickandy (IRE) 28-1 (8-4) Dwelt, outpaced, never on terms, 8th of 13, 15l behind Evervescent (8-9) at Haydock 6f 2yo mdn aut (5) gd.