last to break, chased leaders, ridden 5f out, soon hung right, went 2nd over 3f out, no chance with winner
raced keenly early stages, made all, clear from 4f out, eased inside final furlong
chased winner, pushed along over 5f out, lost 2nd over 3f out, faltered and soon well behind
Jukebox Blues has shown nothing so far while the remaining trio have all been competing at Salisbury with both Mankayan and Tribal Craft penalised 7lb. The former scored over today’s trip in soft ground while Andrew Balding’s charge beat other fillies over 1m2f last month also in testing going. That should give the edge to ALIGNAK, who hasn’t raced since May but just failed to catch subsequent Derby seventh, Humanitarian, at Salisbury and Sir Michael Stoute’s colt gets the vote on that form with this longer trip likely to suit.
Mankayan (IRE) 25-1 (9-5) Slowly in rear, in rear, pushed along over 4f out, headway from over 2f out, led inside final furlong, stayed on, won at Salisbury 1m 4f mdn stks (3) sft in Jun beating Isabella Brant (9-0) by 1l, 8 ran.
Tribal Craft 11-8fav (8-10) Chased leaders, led 8f out, clear 3f out, stayed on strongly, won at Salisbury 1m 2f fll stks (4) sft in Jun beating Jomrok (8-10) by 3l, 10 ran.
Jukebox Blues (FR) 16-1 (9-2) Stumbled start and slowly away, recovered to chase leader after 2f, lost 2nd over 2f out and soon weakened, last of 7, 31 1/2l behind Itchingham Lofte (9-2) at Catterick 1m 4f mdn stks (5) gf in Jul.
Alignak 14-1 (8-12) Tracked leader, effort over 1f out, kept on well final furlong, 2nd of 8, 3/4l behind Humanitarian (9-5) at Salisbury 1m 2f stks (5) gf in May.