held up towards rear, pushed along to chase leader halfway, driven over 2f out, led narrowly over 1f out, ran on strongly close home
awkward leaving stalls, towards rear, ridden and lost touch over 3f out, soon well beaten
raced wide of others, led narrowly, restrained into mid-division after 1f, ridden over 2f out, weakened quickly over 1f out
prominent, led after 1f, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, no extra final furlong
restrained in rear, smooth headway between horses over 2f out, close up when ridden over 1f out, pressed leader final furlong, no extra close home
prominent, ridden over 2f out, one pace from over 1f out
GREEK KODIAC drops in class and is fitted with additional headgear attempting to break his duck on the Turf. He wasn’t beaten far at Yarmouth last month and is preferred to Motawaafeq, who is best at Southwell nowadays. Willing To Please has yet to win anywhere though has a shout on these terms as does Volkova though the latter finished last of 11 on her debut for Tim Easterby and is immediately dropped to this level.
Greek Kodiac (IRE) 14-1 (9-6) Pressed leader, led over 1f out, soon headed, kept on inside final furlong, 3rd of 9, 2 1/2l behind Mykonos St John (9-13) at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (5) pol in May.
Bob's Oss (IRE) 100-1 (8-0) Soon lost touch, tailed off, 10th of 11, 30 1/4l behind Stone Soldier (8-11) at Chester 6f Grp 3 (2) sft in Sep.
Allayne B 300-1 (9-12) In rear throughout, last of 12, 19l behind Elvrika (9-0) at Thirsk 7f mdn fll stks (4) gf in May.
The Mackem Missile (IRE) 50-1 (10-4) Slowly away always in rear stand side, last of 17, dist behind Takeonefortheteam (10-9) at Doncaster 1m hcp (6) gf in Apr.
Willing To Please 8-1 (9-12) Led until inside final 2f, lost 2nd over 1f out, weakened quickly final furlong, 10th of 12, 11 3/4l behind Lasting Legacy (9-11) at Redcar 1m hcp fll (5) gd in May.
Volkova (IRE) 66-1 (9-3) Held up, ridden 3f out, weakened inside final furlong, last of 11, 16 3/4l behind Divine Magic (9-7) at Leicester 7f hcp fll (5) gs in May.
Motawaafeq (FR) 20-1 (9-8) Tracked leader, ridden and effort over 2f out, kept on at one pace inside final furlong, 5th of 12, 4 1/4l behind Fieldsman (9-7) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (5) pol in May.