in touch, lost place and soon in rear 5f out, ridden and headway entering final furlong, stayed on to go 3rd towards finish
tracked leader until ridden over 3f out, weakened 2f out
keen towards rear, wide and pushed along 4f out, weakened final furlong
led, ridden 2f out, headed inside final furlong, stayed on
in rear, ridden 2f out, never nearer
tracked leaders, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on
in touch, headway over 3f out, ridden and every chance over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
NonRunner
SONGO (NAP) has a strong record on the Flat, being 4-7 on Turf and 1-3 on the all-weather. He was untroubled to score at Bath on his penultimate outing and followed up with a solid third of 11 behind Colinton at Haydock last week. He's 5lb higher than at Bath but is lightly raced on the level and there's room for more improvement. Orin Swift finished runner-up to a stablemate of the selection at Goodwood latest and should be thereabouts again over this shorter trip. Byron Hill has his first run for 246 days but can't be ignored and Duke Of Verona made a satisfactory reappearance in a pretty hot Ascot handicap.
Duke Of Verona (IRE) 10-1 (8-8) Towards rear, headway on inside over 1f out, never dangerous, 8th of 16, 7 3/4l behind Juan De Montalban (9-4) at Ascot 1m 4f hcp (3) gd in May.
Runrized (FR) 150-1 (11-9) Chased leaders out wide, pushed along after 3 out, soon outpaced and struggling, tailed off when bad blunder next, pulled up before the last, at Sandown 2m 4f hcp (3) sft in Mar.
Sovereign Duke (GER) 50-1 (9-10) Held up rear of mid-division, outpaced over 4f out, well beaten over 2f out, 11th of 13, 14 1/4l behind Bascule (9-0) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (4) pol in Oct.
Orin Swift (IRE) 9-2 (10-4) Led, pushed clear over 4f out, reduced lead 3f out, headed 1f out, soon ridden, stayed on same pace, no chance with winner, 2nd of 7, 3l behind Super Superjack (9-11) at Goodwood 2m hcp (5) gf in Apr.
Byron Hill (IRE) 8-1 (9-2) Held up off the pace in last, plugged on final 2f, modest 3rd final furlong, never any chance with winner, 3rd of 8, 9l behind Master Milliner (9-5) at York 2m hcp (4) gd in Sep.
Songo (IRE) 4-1fav (9-5) Held up towards rear, headway when not clear run over 2f out, soon squeezed through, went 3rd inside final furlong, no impression, kept on, 3rd of 11, 4 1/2l behind Colinton (9-10) at Haydock 1m 4f hcp (5) gd in May.
Madeeh 7-1 (11-4) Held up, closed 3 out, went 2nd 2 out, no impression on winner from last, 2nd of 5, 8 1/2l behind Oslo (11-4) at Market Rasen 2m 1f mdn (4) gd in May.
City Tour 16-1 (9-10) Slowly away, always towards rear, last of 9, 10l behind Almufeed (9-0) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (4) pol in Feb.
