held up in 4th, headway and edged left over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, went 2nd close home, no impression on winner
held up, in rear, effort on outside from 2f out, ridden to challenge 1f out, ran a bit green and led inside final furlong, readily
tracked leader, ridden 2f out, lost place over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
led, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, lost 2nd close home
tracked leader, pushed along over 3f out, outpaced final 2f
NonRunner
MUZDAWAJ won a maiden race at Wolverhampton in April with a subsequent winner behind. He gets the vote ahead of another maiden winner Dune Dancer, who scored at Bath three weeks ago. Tap The Honey scored at Newcastle last month but was well beaten in a tougher handicap than this at Doncaster last time while Torremar never threatened to catch the winner when second at Ayr recently and was beaten in a handicap earlier. Perceysvivace and Proven Point have some improving to do if they are to figure.
Dune Dancer (IRE) 5-2fav (9-0) Held up towards rear, headway 3f out, challenge over 2f out, led inside final furlong, kept on, won at Bath 1m 2f mdn stks (6) gf in May beating Knights Table (9-0) by 1/2l, 9 ran.
Muzdawaj 5-2 (8-13) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, challenged inside final furlong, led final 75 yards, kept on well, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f mdn stks (5) pol in Apr beating Divisionist (8-13) by 1/2l, 12 ran.
Tap The Honey 10-1 (9-3) In touch in 4th, ridden and weakened over 2f out, last of 5, 17l behind Shabeeb (9-3) at Doncaster 1m 2f stks (3) gf in Jun.
Torremar (FR) 2-1 (9-0) Tracked leading pair, pushed along over 3f out, went 2nd over 2f out, kept on same pace and no chance with easy winner, 2nd of 6, 4l behind Navajo War Dance (9-0) at Ayr 1m 2f mdn stks (5) gs in May.
Perceysvivace 10-1 (9-2) Tracked leader, ridden and hung left over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 7th of 14, 8l behind Caponova (8-11) at Haydock 1m 2f hcp (5) gs in May.
Proven Point (IRE) 5-1 (9-5) Led 1f, tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace, 4th of 5, 5 1/2l behind Dot Green (9-0) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f mdn stks (5) pol in Jun.