led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, soon not much room, ridden and switched left over 1f out, led last 75 yards, kept on well
held up towards rear, headway and not much room over 1f out, soon switched left, stayed on well inside final furlong
towards rear, headway on outside 2f out, ridden and hung right over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
held up mid-division, headway over 2f out, ridden and not much room over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong
held up mid-division, weakened well over 1f out
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, one pace
held up towards rear, ridden over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong
tracked leader, led over 1f out, ridden and headed final 75 yards, no extra towards finish
On a hat-trick we give TEMPLETUOHY MAX the chance to complete that sequence by taking an open looking handicap with Charlie Cool and Ahlawy also high on our list. With a decent strike rate over this trip the pick took victory over a slightly longer test on his last run where he led from start to finish. His 4lbs mark rise for that looks fair as he is a horse on the up. Charlie Cool is also on form after following back to back wins by only being headed late on to find just the one to good last time. Those runs were all over a mile and with no success over this far in seven runs we look to oppose this time. Ahlawy receives weight from all of his rivals and ran just behind a subsequent winner off this mark last time so and with the rest of that form looking solid he can feature. Fastnet Storm is on an improving run of form and looks fair enough treated to try and make to two wins from two starts at this track. It's a tough race to judge but Templetouhy Max is the form horse and gets the nod.
Fastnet Storm (IRE) 12-1 (9-4) Quickly away from wide draw, led, increased tempo 3f out, ridden and pressed 2f out, kept on gamely until worn down entering final furlong, battled on, lost 2nd well inside final furlong, 3rd of 10, 1 1/4l behind Ezdeyaad (8-10) at Haydock 1m hcp 0-90 (3) gf in May.
Charlie Cool 7-2fav (9-3) Mid-division, headway over 3f out, not clear run briefly over 2f out, ridden to lead and edged right over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, ran on, 2nd of 12, nk behind Kiwi Bay (9-5) at Redcar 1m hcp 0-95 (3) gd.
Oneofapear (IRE) 8-1 (8-12) Led, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 11, 11l behind Forte Dei Marmi (9-3) at Redcar 1m 2f hcp 105 (2) gf in May.
Bazergan (IRE) 20-1 (8-11) Always behind, no chance when hung left over 2f out, 12th of 15, 35l behind Alainmaar (9-10) at Epsom Downs 1m 2f hcp 0-105 (2) gd in Apr.
Keys of Cyprus 14-1 (9-5) Held up in mid-division, ridden 3f out,headway over 1f out, stayed on to go 3rd inside final furlong, 3rd of 11, 2 1/2l behind Ezdeyaad (9-7) at Haydock 1m hcp 0-85 (4) gd.
Kidlat 8-1 (9-1) Tracked leader until 5f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 4th of 9, 6l behind Paquerettza (9-3) at Chester 1m 2f hcp 0-85 (4) gf in May.
Yorgunnabelucky (USA) 9-1 (8-8) Led and keen, ridden and headed over 1f out, soon weakened, 5th of 6, 12l behind Good Again (9-4) at Pontefract 1m 3yo hcp 0-95 (3) gf in Oct.
Rosbay (IRE) 9-1 (9-4) Mid-division, ridden and headway over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, 5th of 19, 1 3/4l behind Kindest (9-5) at York 1m 1f hcp 0-80 (4) gd.
Templetuohy Max (IRE) 13-8fav (9-1) Made all, ridden over 1f out, driven out towards finish, won at Ayr 1m 2f hcp 0-80 (4) gf in May beating Jewelled Dagger (8-12) by 1/2l, 5 ran.
Ahlawy (IRE) 8-1 (8-12) Held up, headway towards inside over 2f out, soon disputing 2nd, chased leading pair over 1f out, dropped to 4th last half furlong, 4th of 10, 5l behind Spirit Is Needed (9-4) at Haydock 1m 4f hcp 0-85 (4) gf in May.
