tracked leaders, ridden and briefly outpaced over 2f out, rallied to go 2nd inside final furlong
tracked leader until 3f out, ridden and weakened 2f out
led, headed 2f out, soon ridden and lost two places inside final furlong
tracked leaders, outpaced over 2f out, headway entering final furlong, stayed on to go 3rd final strides
steadied start, droped into rear, some headway 2f out, never dangerous
dwelt, held up, ridden 3f out, headway on inside to lead 2f out, clear entering final furlong, eased near finish
raced wide, held up, ridden halfway, weakened over 2f out
Amy Weaver's Rare Malt has finished unplaced in both starts this term and looks best left out of calculations on recent form with a safer option looking to be ABU DUBAI, who gets the vote with Tomintoul Star rated the best of the rest. The selection just held on when successful over course and distance recently and does have a 6lb penalty to carry for that win but Jeremy Glover's filly has improved with each start this term and will be tough to beat with more improvement anticipated. Silly Gilly was good value for his win at Thirsk last time over seven furlongs but he is better over that trip than a mile and may not be able to reproduce the form over the longer trip today. Any market support for Nurai would be of interest but a bigger threat is likely to come from Ruth Carr's Tomintoul Star, who has been running well on the Polytrack and Fibresand of late and would have every chance if able to show a similar level of form on turf. Abu Dubai may be open to further improvement though and gets the vote to follow up his recent course and distance success.
Wiseman's Diamond (USA) 12-1 (8-13) Steadied into mid-division, headway to chase leaders 3f out, lost place 2f out, 9th of 10, 19l behind French Art (9-1) at Pontefract 1m hcp 0-70 (5) gf in Apr.
Verity Lane (USA) 33-1 (8-12) Led, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 9th of 14, 17l behind Eton Forever (9-3) at Kempton 1m 3yo mdn stks (4) pol in May.
Abu Dubai (IRE) 14-1 (8-11) Led after 1f, made rest, pushed along 2f out, hung right over 1f out, kept on towards finish, won at Pontefract 1m fll hcp (5) gf beating Rascal In The Mix (8-7) by nk, 11 ran.
Silly Gilly (IRE) 16-1 (8-9) Mid-division, headway 2f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on well, won at Thirsk 7f hcp 0-70 (5) gd beating Darcey (9-4) by 1 1/2l, 14 ran.
Tomintoul Star 3-1fav (8-12) Dwelt, behind, headway over 3f out, effort on outside over 2f out, ridden to chase winner 1f out, kept on, no impression, 2nd of 9, 4l behind Liteup My World (8-10) at Southwell 1m hcp 0-60 (6) fbs.
Nurai 8-1 (8-10) Led early stages, tracked leading trio, effort over 2f out, weakened and hung left over 1f out, 6th of 15, 10l behind Goldtrek (9-4) at Lingfield 1m 3f 3yo hcp 0-60 (6) gf.
Woodhouse Mill (IRE) 100-1 (8-1) Always behind, 13th of 15, 40l behind Cross Key (9-1) at Hamilton 1m 3yo hcp 0-60 (6) gf.
Rare Malt (IRE) 33-1 (9-3) Slowly into stride, ridden in rear 3f out, never a factor, last of 12, 17l behind Avon River (9-8) at Kempton 1m 3yo hcp 0-80 (4) pol.
