steadied start, held up in rear, headway on outside over 3f out, led 2f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, held towards finish
chased leaders, closed from 4f out, went 2nd over 3f out until over 2f out, weakened from over 1f out
led, ridden and headed 2f out, rallied to lead again inside final furlong, stayed on well
chased leader until over 4f out, soon ridden and dropped away
chased leaders, went 2nd on inside over 4f out until over 3f out, not much room over 2f out, soon held, 3rd and one pace from over 1f out
Mukhayyam is a past winner here and has been a grand servant to connections. He beat two rivals at Musselburgh in April but this is more competitive. Frankly Mr Shankly has been knocking on the door but Chinese Whisperer is having a first run for a new yard. TOO BIG TO FAIL will almost certainly improve on her comeback at Catterick and has the most scope of these with a cloud hanging over Kitten's Dream, who hails from the stable that has won two of the last three runnings.
Frankly Mr Shankly (GER) 11-2 (9-6) Mid-division, closed over 5f out, ridden 2f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, stayed on, 2nd of 9, 3/4l behind Carp Kid (8-11) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (5) gf in Jun.
Kitten's Dream 15-8jfav (8-12) Held up off the pace in 4th, pushed along 6f out, closer on outside over 3f out, ridden and unable to quicken when hung right then left 2f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 4, 5 3/4l behind Red Force One (9-3) at Ayr 1m 5f hcp (4) gf in Apr.
Mukhayyam 9-4 (9-1) Tracked winner, pushed along 4f out, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 3rd of 4, 11 1/4l behind Smart Lass (8-2) at Musselburgh 1m 4f hcp (4) sft in May.
Too Big To Fail (IRE) 4-1 (9-9) Keen tracked leaders, pushed along and slightly outpaced over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, 5th of 11, 9 1/4l behind Sans Pretention (8-8) at Catterick 1m 4f mdn stks (5) gf in Jun.
Hammy End (IRE) 5-1 (9-7) Tracked leaders in inside, ridden to challenge over 1f out, lost 2nd inside final furlong, weakened final 100 yards, 4th of 13, 2 1/2l behind Liva (9-5) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in May.
Chinese Whisperer (FR) 5-1 (9-6) Prominent, soon led, pushed along 2f out with clear lead, still led approaching 1f out, denied close home, 3rd of 13, 1l behind Plansina (9-0) at Bath 1m 2f hcp (6) gd in May.