held up in mid-division, ridden 3f out, switched left and headway 2f out, weakened final furlong
chased leader, ridden 3f out, weakened 1f out
held up towards rear, switched left and headway 2f out, ran on to lead 1f out, quickened clear final furlong, comfortably
prominent, headway 2f out, ridden and led briefly over 1f out, no extra final furlong
prominent, ridden and effort 3f out, weakened final furlong
held up last, ridden and headway 3f out, challenged 1f out, no extra final furlong
soon led, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, soon weakened
It might be worth taking a chance with the unexposed Wessex against some more experienced rivals, the best of who look to be Highland Reel and Cal Mac. The selection beat some well-bred newcomers when winning a York maiden earlier in the month and has been allotted a mark of 89 for his debut in handicap-company, It is difficult to know how well treated the son of Gone West is but few of his rivals make much appeal and he looks worth a bet. It will be interesting to see how Summer View goes here having been tenderly handled by Richard Hughes, who picked up an early holiday courtesy of the Goodwood stewards last month. Highland Reel again runs over a mile having shown his best form this term over 1m2f and a bigger danger may be Hugh Morrison's Warwick winner Cal Mac, who was far from disgraced behind the useful Akshar at Goodwood last time. Dumaran probably wants more cut in the ground and, with little encouragement to come from Cap Ferrat's recent return at York, Wessex looks the safest option.