raced keenly tracking leaders, left close 2nd inside final 2f, ridden to challenge over 1f out, every chance when carried head inside final furlong, not go through with effort
went left start, held up in mid-division, pushed along over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
went left start, outpaced throughout
raced keenly tracking leader, every chance when stumbled badly and unseated rider inside final 2f
chased leaders on inside, pushed along over 2f out, left 3rd inside final 2f, plugged on
went left start, raced keenly in last trio, plugging on but no chance when slightly hampered inside final 2f
stumbled and went right start, mid-division on inside, lost action and pulled up 3f out
made virtually all, ridden and strongly pressed inside final furlong, battled on well
State Secretary has finished second in two runs on Polytrack and has obvious claims if adapting to this surface. Hamoudi put a traumatic debut last year behind him when a close fourth over this trip at Newmarket and he is eased in grade. But AESTHETE is the interesting one as he boiled over in the preliminaries before his final start last year. That run can be ignored as he’d earlier finished close up behind a couple of smart performers at Newbury with a subsequent Group 2 winner back in fourth.
Aesthete 11-4 (9-3) Very free to post, took keen hold in touch in rear, ridden 2f out, soon weakened, eased, last of 6, 29 3/4l behind Thank You Next (9-2) at Newmarket 7f (3) gf in Aug.
Colden's Passion (IRE) 16-1 (9-5) Tracked leader, led over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 7th of 12, 9 3/4l behind Belloccio (9-5) at Salisbury 1m stks (4) gs in Oct.
Emanate 100-1 (9-2) Slowly away, ridden and outpaced over 2f out, one pace final furlong, 7th of 11, 12 1/4l behind Marlay Park (9-2) at Bath 6f mdn stks (5) gf in Apr.
Hamoudi 5-1 (9-0) Raced on outer, close up, pushed along over 2f out, ridden to chase winner entering final furlong, faded inside final furlong, 4th of 8, 2 3/4l behind Carolus Magnus (9-0) at Newmarket 7f mdn stks (4) gd in Apr.
Professor Calculus 18-1 (9-5) Held up off the pace in last trio, never a factor, 8th of 9, 19l behind Foxes Tales (9-5) at Newbury 1m mdn stks (4) gd in Apr.
Sisterandbrother Sixties Icon colt out of Picalily.
State Secretary (IRE) 5-6fav (9-0) Disputed lead, led 2f out, soon pressed, ridden when headed after 1f out, rallied gamely inside final 110 yards, held at the finish, 2nd of 8, shd behind Buxted Too (9-0) at Chelmsford City 7f mdn stks (5) pol in Apr.
Walls of Kano (IRE) 66-1 (9-5) Tracked leader until pushed along over 2f out, weakened inside final 2f, 7th of 11, 14 1/2l behind Snow Lantern (9-0) at Newbury 1m mdn stks (4) gd in Apr.
Power Em Power gelding out of Dilgura.
