tracked leader, under pressure over 2f out, soon lost place
led, hard driven over 3f out, headed over 2f out, rallied and every chance over 1f out, led again inside final furlong, stayed on strongly
always behind
pulled hard, prominent, lost place over 2f out
chased leaders, led over 2f out, soon strongly challenged, headed inside final furlong, no extra
always behind
mid-division, headway under pressure over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, never able to challenge
mid-division, weakened over 2f out
mid-division, weakened over 2f out
mid-division, headway over 3f out, soon chasing leaders, weakened over 1f out
chased leaders, effort well over 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong
Hatsaway won this last year but is 9lb higher. Sternrubin would be giving lumps of weight to Pleasure Dome, Ardamir and Glaring were this a hurdle race so the Goodwood third, who won at Windsor last month, is much respected but Pastoral Music has only won an all-weather maiden so far. Rosa Damascena is still relatively unexposed and Cotton Club won over 1m4f here two weeks ago, though wouldn’t want much rain. The softer the ground the better for Buckle Street, however, who might be well treated. SWASHBUCKLE finished ahead of Hatsaway at Ascot last month and wasn’t beaten far in a Class 2 event at Haydock subsequently, despite only beating one home – this might be his optimum trip.
Pleasure Dome 5-2 (10-10) Raced wide and keen, occasionally jumped left, tracked leader until led approaching 2nd and went clear soon after, reduced lead 2 out, headed when struck on face by winner rider whip approaching the last, edged right and no extra run-in, 2nd of 6, 3 3/4l behind Little Acorn (11-1) at Kempton 2m 5f mdn (4) gd in May.
Swashbuckle 9-2 (8-9) Prominent, lost place over 2f out, 7th of 8, 3 1/2l behind Yorkidding (9-8) at Haydock 2m hcp (2) fm in May.
Glaring 20-1 (9-1) Tracked leaders until lost place on downhill run over 4f out, behind and never on terms after, 9th of 10, 17 1/4l behind Getback In Paris (9-3) at Goodwood 1m 6f hcp (3) gs in Jun.
Ardamir (FR) 2-1 (9-9) Led until over 2f out, rallied over 1f out, no extra final furlong, 3rd of 5, 5 1/4l behind Handiwork (9-5) at Doncaster 2m hcp (4) gf in Apr.
Sternrubin (GER) 10-3 (9-2) Led after 2f, pushed along and headed over 1f out, no chance with winner, no extra and dropped to 3rd entering final furlong, 3rd of 9, 11 3/4l behind London Prize (9-4) at Goodwood 2m hcp (3) gd in Jun.
Hatsaway (IRE) 8-1 (8-10) Held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 9, 7 1/2l behind King Calypso (9-7) at Kempton 2m hcp (4) pol in May.
Rosa Damascena (FR) 6-1 (9-2) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, 3rd of 8, 2 1/4l behind Panko (9-3) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (4) gd in May.
Methag (FR) 20-1 (8-9) Held up, ridden and well beaten over 2f out, 7th of 8, 9 1/2l behind Langlauf (9-0) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (3) pol in Jun.
Cotton Club (IRE) 4-1 (9-7) Held up, closed over 4f out, led 3f out, ridden and edged right from over 1f out until found rail inside final furlong, driven out, won at Salisbury 1m 4f hcp (5) gf in Jun beating Onorina (9-4) by 1 1/4l, 7 ran.
Pastoral Music 9-2 (9-3) Mid-division, effort over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, 3rd of 9, 2 1/2l behind Denmead (9-5) at Kempton 2m hcp (4) pol in Jun.
Buckle Street 7-1 (10-13) Tracked leaders, led narrowly after 4 out, headed when not fluent 2 out, lost place before last, no extra, 5th of 11, 14 3/4l behind Deauville Crystal (10-7) at Newbury 2m 3f hcp (2) gs in Mar.
Wordiness 5-2 (9-4) Dwelt, tracked leader, challenged over 2f out, son ridden and every chance until just held last strides, 2nd of 3, nk behind Graceful Lady (9-2) at Doncaster 1m 7f hcp (5) gf in Jun.
