chased leaders, headway halfway, hard ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
went right start, led, hard ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra
chased leaders, driven halfway, effort over 1f out, kept on same pace
hampered start, chased leader, ridden to challenge over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ridden out
held up in touch, outpaced over 3f out, stayed on approaching final furlong, never able to challenge
Past evidence suggests this trip will prove too much for the potentially well-handicapped Ishetoo, while it's hard to make a case for Shadowtime on current form. Mr Rainbow still looks to high in the weights while Koo And The Gang is a Fibresand specialist and has a poor record on turf. Polish World won four times last summer and has paid the price since. But his latest third at Newcastle suggested he was on the way back and Paul Midgley's charge looks the main danger to FROGNAL. Richard Guest's five-year-old has come on in leaps and bounds recently and, despite running loose on the way to the start and then finding trouble in-running, won decisively at Leicester last Saturday. A further 6lb rise in the weights may not be enough to prevent the hat-trick.
Mr Rainbow 14-1 (9-3) Mid-division, came stands side over 3f out, headway over 1f out, edged right and stayed on final furlong, 5th of 13, 4l behind Law Of The Range (9-2) at Sandown 7f hcp 0-100 (2) gs.
Polish World (USA) 20-1 (8-11) Went right start, led standside group, ridden over 1f out, headed by standside group inside final furlong, no extra, 3rd of 10, 5l behind Xilerator (9-6) at Newcastle 7f hcp 0-85 (4) gd in May.
Shadowtime 66-1 (9-4) Mid-division, never on terms, 11th of 13, 12l behind Toto Skyllachy (9-3) at Carlisle 1m hcp 0-80 (4) gs in May.
Koo And The Gang (IRE) 6-4fav (9-4) Prominent, ridden 4f out, stayed on to take 2nd well inside final furlong, no threat to winner, 2nd of 11, 1 1/4l behind All Right Now (9-2) at Southwell 7f hcp 0-75 (5) fbs.
Ishetoo 16-1 (9-2) Behind, headway on stands side rail over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, never on terms, 10th of 20, 5l behind Entitled (9-7) at York 6f hcp 0-80 (4) gd.
Frognal (IRE) 14-1 (9-3) Ran loose before start, held up in rear, headway on stands side rail when not clear run 2f out to over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on well, won at Leicester 7f hcp 0-80 (4) gd beating Last Sovereign (9-9) by 2l, 8 ran.