held up towards rear, pushed along and headway to lead briefly over 2f out, headed over 1f out, soon beaten
held up, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra close home
steady at start and held up, smooth progress 2f out, ran on to lead inside final furlong, kept on
dwelt and soon prominent, effort over 2f out, soon weakened
led, ridden and headed over 2f out, kept on same pace, no extra inside final furlong
in touch, pushed along over 3f out, effort over 2f out, no impression
mid-division, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, one pace final furlong
dwelt, held up, driven along over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, eased
Dubai Venture is bound to be popular with backers on his favoured fast ground but Sir Michael Stoute's unexposed colt has more to do against older rivals off his new mark today and preference is for Namat, who gets the vote ahead of Millville. The selection made a winning return here over 1m2f last month and followed up over today's trip on her only subsequent start when out-battling another tough performer Feed The Meter at Newmarket. A 3lb rise for that latest success seems to be perfectly fair for the four-year-old, who is taken to land a four-timer. Most Definitely has claims on the form shown at Doncaster two starts ago but disappointed at York recently and may be best watched now, while Cripsey Brook has yet to prove his effectiveness over today's trip. Sualda looks to be running into a bit of form right now and cannot be discounted completely, while a market move for Idealistic would be of interest. Millville has solid claims on the evidence of his latest start at Haydock but has gone up 4lbs for that and a safer bet looks to be the progressive Namat, who is taken to win again.
Royal Cavalier 50-1 (8-10) Held up towards rear, effort over 3f out, never dangerous, 13th of 15, 12l behind Zeitgeist (8-10) at Haydock 1m 4f hcp (2) gf.
Millville 3-1fav (9-7) Held up, headway over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, ran on, 2nd of 11, shd behind Inchnadamph (8-5) at Haydock 1m 6f hcp (4) gf in Jun.
Most Definitely (IRE) 10-1 (9-1) Held up, pushed along over 3f out, effort over 2f out, no impression, 7th of 9, 11l behind Ski Jump (8-7) at York 1m 4f hcp (2) gs.
Namat (IRE) 11-4 (9-9) Slowly into stride, soon close up, joined leader over 3f out, ridden and led approaching final furlong, driven out, won at Newmarket 1m 4f hcp (5) gf in Jun beating Feed The Meter (8-10) by a nk, 5 ran.
Idealistic (IRE) 9-1 (10-0) Led, headed 2f out, stayed on same pace final furlong, 5th of 10, 1 1/2l behind Topkat (9-8) at Salisbury 1m 4f hcp (4) gf in Jun.
Cripsey Brook 4-1 (9-3) Prominent, ridden 2f out, led over 1f out, headed entering final furlong, stayed on same pace, 2nd of 13, 6l behind Dancer's Serenade (8-13) at Newcastle 1m 2f hcp (4) gd in Jun.
Sualda (IRE) 16-1 (8-9) Held up mid-division, headway 3f out, ridden to lead briefly over 1f out, no extra final furlong, 3rd of 9, 5l behind Ski Jump (8-7) at York 1m 4f hcp (2) gs.
Dubai Venture 13-8fav (8-10) In touch on outer, chased leader 2f out, led just inside final furlong, headed and no extra close home, 2nd of 9, 1/2l behind Profit's Reality (9-2) at Sandown 1m 2f 3yo hcp (3) gf in Jun.
