always behind, weakened over 2f out
held up, headway and not clear run over 1f out, soon switched right, one pace
mid-division, ridden 2f out, weakened entering final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong
towards rear, effort over 2f out, one pace
towards rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, led inside final furlong, caught post
led until headed over 3f out, one pace from over 1f out
with leader, led over 3f out, headed inside final furlong, one pace
chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, stayed on to lead post
In this really decent handicap full of course and distance winners we give our vote to EXCUSEZ MOI with Van Bossed also strongly considered along with Spirit Of Sharjah. Two wins from three starts is the record of the selection at this track with the latest coming over course and distance three starts ago. He also won over the minimum trip at Beverley last time out leading to a three pound mark rise. While that makes things trickier he has scored off similar rating in the past and he does like these conditions. Van Bossed as visited this track twice and won on both occasions so he needs to be respected off a fair if not slightly restrictive rating. Sprirt Of Sharjah found the pick far too good last time out re-opposes on slightly better terms so should be closer. High Curragh also has terms more in his favour than the last time he opposed the selection and he should be in the mix also. A tricky race to call this where we marginally side with Excusez Moi.
Burnwynd Boy 50-1 (8-12) Tracked leader stand side, weakened over 2f out, last of 16, 32l behind Il Warrd (9-1) at Redcar 7f Listed stks (1) gd in Oct.
Excusez Moi (USA) 10-1 (8-12) Outpaced towards rear and soon chased along, headway over 1f, ran on to lead well inside final furlong, kept on, won at Beverley 5f cond Stakes (2) gd in May beating Fullandby (9-5) by 1/2l, 11 ran.
Van Bossed (CAN) 11-1 (9-4) Always in rear, 10th of 13, 5l behind Fathom Five (9-2) at Epsom Downs 5f hcp 0-95 (3) gd in Apr.
Inter Vision (USA) 16-1 (8-11) Always behind, never on terms, 7th of 8, 11l behind Biniou (8-8) at Thirsk 5f hcp 0-100 (2) gd in May.
Spirit of Sharjah (IRE) 16-1 (8-12) Held up, not much room 2f out and again over 1f out, switched left and ran on final furlong, 6th of 11, 5l behind Excusez Moi (8-12) at Beverley 5f cond Stakes (2) gd in May.
Vhujon (IRE) 2-1fav (9-2) Held up in rear, switched outside and headway well over 1f out, ridden and stayed on final furlong, never troubled leaders, 5th of 9, 5l behind Johannes (8-7) at Catterick 6f hcp 0-85 (4) gd in May.
High Curragh 7-1 (9-7) In touch, led halfway, headed over 1f out, soon weakened, 12th of 16, 8l behind Methaaly (8-13) at Doncaster 6f hcp 0-80 (4) gs in May.
Bel Cantor 10-1 (8-13) With leader, ridden over 2f out, weakened 1f out, last of 8, 14l behind Vhujon (9-1) at Salisbury 6f hcp 0-85 (4) gf in May.
Grazeon Gold Blend 25-1 (8-12) Behind, outpaced over 3f out, never on terms, 8th of 9, 13l behind Johannes (8-7) at Catterick 6f hcp 0-85 (4) gd in May.
