dwelt, close up, pushed along 2f out, headway when hampered just inside final furlong, kept on
in touch in rear, pushed along and headway on outer approaching final furlong, led inside final furlong, ran on
tracked leader, led over 2f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong
led, pushed along 3f out, headway over 2f out, chased leader, switched left just inside final furlong, kept on one pace
raced wide tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, held when hampered just inside final furlong, soon weakened
Cosmic Desert remains winless and has become expensive to follow. Stevenson has been gelded since last seen in May while Conservative tries a new trip in first-time blinkers. Frantastic has scope but hasn’t raced since last in the Group 3 Classic Trial here in April. Newbury winner MAYTREE RESPITE (NAP) meets Cosmic Desert on the same terms as when finishing ahead of that one here last month. The placings can be confirmed and the former can go one better.
Frantastic 9-1 (9-1) Raced keenly, tracked leaders in 5th on inside, pushed along over 3f out, soon outpaced and beaten, last of 6, 14 1/2l behind Westover (9-1) at Sandown 1m 2f Grp 3 (1) gd in Apr.
Cosmic Desert 9-4 (9-8) Tracked leader, raced keenly, pushed along and every chance over 1f out, soon ridden and ran on one pace, 3rd of 4, 2 3/4l behind Dal Mallart (9-0) at Sandown 1m 2f hcp (3) gf in Jul.
Maytree Respite (IRE) 11-2 (9-7) Led at modest pace, steadily quickened tempo under 4f out, pushed along and faced strong challenge 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, stayed on, no extra, 2nd of 4, 2 1/2l behind Dal Mallart (9-0) at Sandown 1m 2f hcp (3) gf in Jul.
Conservative (IRE) 5-2 (9-7) Chased winner, ridden 2f out, weakened 1f out, 3rd of 4, 1 3/4l behind Ikhtiraaq (9-4) at Yarmouth 1m hcp (4) gd in Jun.
Stevenson 12-1 (9-0) Led, faced challenge 3f out and soon headed, outpaced under 2f out, no impression until plugged on close home, last of 5, 3 1/4l behind Aldhaja (9-1) at Haydock 1m hcp (3) sft in May.
