held up towards rear, ridden 3f out, stayed on same pace
prominent, ridden over 2f out, headway and led briefly 1f out, no extra final furlong
chased leader, ridden and led 3f out, headed 1f out, weakened final furlong
held up and mid-division, headway on outside 3f out, challenged 1f out, led on bit final furlong, driven out
pulled hard and held up in touch, ridden and effort 2f out, stayed on same pace final furlong
held up and mid-division, ridden 2 furlong out, stayed on same pace
held up towards rear, ridden over 3f out, no impression
led, ridden and headed 3f out, stayed on same pace from 1f out
Royal Ascot third Milk It Mick is fancied to regain the winning thread, with Romancero, If Paradise and Nights Cross the main dangers. Jamie Osborne's colt finished a fine third in the Chesham Stakes at Royal Ascot last week, having won his previous two starts and he looks a progressive juvenile. He has the pace to handle this drop back to six furlongs, acts well on fast ground and has a good chance to return to winning ways. Nights Cross has been far from disgraced in the Group 3 Norfolk Stakes at Royal Ascot and in a Listed event at Epsom on last two starts. He takes a drop in class here, but has to concede plenty of weight. Romancero won a four runner novice event at Musselburgh by ten lengths on Monday. Dropping back in trip here should not pose a problem, as he had the speed to win at this trip earlier. He acts on fast ground and Kieren Fallon keeps the ride, so although he meets much tougher rivals today, he is still a strong challenger. If Paradise recorded a decent juvenile time when he landed a maiden auction at Leicester last month, and the third has won since. Richard Hannon's colt should benefit from this step up to six furlongs and the stable has a fine record here at Salisbury. He is open to plenty of improvement, but Milk It Mick may just have too much for him today, and he gets the vote under Richard Quinn.
