slowly into stride, raced keenly in last pair, some headway over 1f out, plugged on in modest 4th towards finish
raced keenly in mid-division, headway and hung right inside final furlong, went 2nd towards finish, no chance with winner
tracked leaders on rail, angled out 2f out, led and wandered right over 1f out, headed entering final furlong, soon lost 2nd and weakened inside final furlong
led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened quickly final furlong
waited with in rear, went between horses 2f out, soon hung right, switched out wide over 1f out, quickened to lead entering final furlong, soon clear, won going away
soon chasing leaders out wide, ridden to challenge 2f out, hung right and weakened over 1f out
raced wide early, chased leader until 1f out, went 2nd again inside final furlong, no chance with winner, dropped to 3rd towards finish
held up in last trio, ridden and no response over 2f out, never on terms
Playupskyblues has improved further for the fitting of a tongue-tie and scored at Kempton last month. Both Dumfries and Get Stuck In also won on the all-weather back in March while Dream Of Mischief was successful at Windsor before finding the soft ground against him at Goodwood. NATZOR (NAP) has been competing over 1m2f looking for a first win but a couple of placed efforts over today’s trip in June look strong enough form in this context and he gets another chance.
Dumfries 11-2 (9-7) Bit unruly going to start, tracked winner, ridden to challenge and every chance 2f out, ridden and held over 1f out, weakened into 3rd inside final 150 yards, 3rd of 6, 5 1/4l behind Bear On The Loose (9-9) at Epsom 1m 1f hcp (4) sft in Aug.
Golspie (IRE) 17-2 (9-3) Held up off the pace in last pair, headway on inside over 1f out, kept on pressing for 3rd no chance with leading duo, 5th of 9, 2 1/4l behind Tough Enough (9-12) at Sandown 7f hcp (4) gs in Aug.
Dream Of Mischief 22-1 (8-9) Off the pace in last trio, never involved, 13th of 17, 16 1/4l behind Novus (9-5) at Goodwood 1m hcp (3) sft in Aug.
Get Stuck In (IRE) 11-1 (9-10) Took keen hold, led after 2f, ridden along and headed over 2f out, soon no extra, weakened quickly from over 1f out, last of 9, 23 3/4l behind Leadenhall (9-6) at Haydock 1m hcp (5) gs in Aug.
Mudskipper 14-1 (9-9) Mid-division, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 8th of 12, 6 1/4l behind Wadacre Gomez (9-4) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (5) pol in Aug.
Natzor (FR) 16-1 (9-9) Steadied and switched left start, held up in rear, never involved, 10th of 12, 7 3/4l behind Wadacre Gomez (9-4) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (5) pol in Aug.
Playupskyblues (IRE) 5-1 (9-9) Soon tracking leader, led after 1f, made rest, ridden over 1f out, stayed on well, won at Kempton 1m hcp (5) pol in Aug beating Lady Of Arabia (9-11) by 1l, 14 ran.
I'm Too Tired (IRE) 3-1 (9-12) Mid-division on outside, pushed along and made no impression 2f out, late headway final 100 yards, 4th of 7, 2 3/4l behind Eton College (10-0) at Ffos Las 1m hcp (6) sft in Aug.
