held up, headway over 2f out, led briefly approaching final furlong, headed and no extra inside final furlong
held up, headway over 2f out, driven over 1f out, one pace until weakened inside final furlong
led, ridden and headed over 2f out, rallied to regain lead inside final furlong, kept on
in touch, pushed along when outpaced over 2f out, effort when not much room over 1f out, hampered inside final furlong, no extra close home
tracked leader, ridden to lead over 2f out, headed approaching final furlong, kept on same pace
behind, pushed along over 3f out, headway 2f out, never reached challenging position
Skidrow has done little wrong this season and looks to have been found an ideal opportunity to open his account for the campaign with the main threats looking to come from Jubilee Street and Diamonds And Dust. The last mentioned only went down by a length behind Samuel Charles at Nottingham under the same mark as today over this trip last time and should be thereabouts again. Barathea Dreams ran better at Sandown last time and has claims on that evidence but this looks tougher, while Starnevees is hard to recommend on his British debut and may be best watched. Alchemist Master is strictly held by Diamonds And Dust on Nottingham running and a bigger threat may come from Haydock winner Jubilee Street although he may now be a shade high in the weights. The vote then goes to Skidrow who has been a model of consistency and gets the vote to gain a deserved success.
Skidrow 10-1 (8-11) Close up, 4th straight, stayed on under pressure from over 1f out, kept on final furlong to take 2nd towards finish, 2nd of 16, 1 1/2l behind Hinterland (9-2) at Epsom 1m 1f hcp 0-105 (2) gd.
Starnevees (FR) (9-0) Chased leaders, one pace, 4th of 5, 4 1/2l behind Vassilievsky (8-9) at Chantilly 1m 2f stk in Sept.
Diamonds And Dust 12-1 (9-7) Soon led, ridden over 1f out, hung left and headed well inside final furlong, 3rd of 7, 1l behind Samuel Charles (8-12) at Nottingham 1m hcp 0-95 (3) gf.
Jubilee Street (IRE) 8-1 (8-12) Reared start and behind, ridden over 3f out, kept on well final furlong, nearest finish, 4th of 14, 2l behind Commando Scott (8-10) at Ayr 7f hcp 0-90 (3) gd in May.
Barathea Dreams (IRE) 11-2 (9-2) Tracked leaders, led 2f out, ridden and headed final 100yds, not quicken, 3rd of 11, 1l behind Davenport (8-10) at Sandown 1m hcp 0-80 (4) sft in May.
Alchemist Master 25-1 (9-0) Chased leader, ridden over 2f out, one pace when hampered inside final furlong, 6th of 7, 3 1/2l behind Samuel Charles (8-12) at Nottingham 1m hcp 0-95 (3) gf.