went right and bumped start, tracked leaders, not much room and lost place over 4f out, soon switched right to outside and closed back up quickly, led over 2f out, shaken up inside final furlong, soon clear, easily
led, headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
hampered start, in rear, driven over 3f out, plugged on from over 1f out, no impression
bumped start, raced in 5th, ridden 4f out, plugged on final 2f, no impression
raced keenly, in touch in 4th, effort on outside over 3f out, ridden 2f out, no impression on winner final furlong
pushed along leaving stalls, soon 2nd, led over 2f out, headed over 1f out, well held by winner inside final furlong
The penalised REVOLVER will likely be a very short price to follow up his Pontefract victory with the even longer distance likely to play to his strengths. Warranty appears to have gone backwards since last year and Black Star Dancing isn’t progressing either. Roman's Empress was beaten a long way over this trip at Wolverhampton and is now tried in cheekpieces.
Revolver (IRE) 3-1 (8-8) Chased leaders, went 2nd over 2f out, driven over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, led close home, won at Pontefract 1m 4f hcp (5) gd in Jun beating My Girl Maggie (9-7) by nk, 6 ran.
Warranty (FR) 15-2 (9-6) Soon tracking leaders on outside, went 2nd 9f out, pushed along over 2f out, lost 2nd 1f out, weakened final furlong, 9th of 11, 8 1/2l behind Billhilly (9-7) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Jun.
Black Star Dancing (USA) 16-1 (9-4) Held up in rear, well beaten over 2f out, 10th of 12, 11 1/4l behind Sea Of Marmoon (9-2) at Newcastle 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Jun.
Chenille (IRE) 300-1 (8-10) Held up, weakened 3f out, 10th of 12, dist behind Frankly Darling (8-10) at Newcastle 1m 2f mdn stks (5) pol in Jun.
Roman's Empress (IRE) 40-1 (8-2) Steadied start, held up in rear, passed beaten horses from over 1f out, never any chance, 4th of 7, 18 1/2l behind Stagiaire (9-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hcp (5) pol in Jun.
Boulevard Beauty (IRE) 50-1 (9-0) In rear, driven along over 3f out, soon well beaten, 6th of 7, 16 3/4l behind Nirodha (9-7) at Redcar 7f fll stks (5) gf in Aug.