raced keenly, led, hung left on bend and headed halfway, pressed leader, led again inside final 2f until over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
mid-division, pushed along 3f out, headway on outside chasing leaders over 2f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong, no extra towards finish
held up towards rear, headway travelling well over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, not pace to threaten
raced keenly, tracked leader until led on bend halfway, edged left and headed inside final 2f, soon ridden, weakened final furlong
tracked leaders, led over 1f out, ridden inside final furlong, headed and no extra towards finish
held up towards rear, pushed along 3f out, stayed on inside final furlong, never going pace to get involved
held up in last pair, headway on outside over 1f out, stayed on strongly inside final furlong, almost snatched 2nd
slowly away, pushed along early in rear, headway and switched right over 1f out, switched back left and stayed on inside final furlong, led towards finish
keen, tracked leaders on inside, weakened over 1f out, eased when no chance inside final furlong
Withdrawn
George Villiers ended last year winning a maiden race at Kempton while Yorbelucky signed off with a success in novice company at Ffos Las. Kassar is another to consider handicapping for the first time but Bombastic scored in this grade at Haydock last month and is 4lb higher. MASHAHEER (NAP) was gelded over the winter and showed a big improvement on his reappearance when easily winning a classified contest at Nottingham. There looks more to come from him and the William Haggas inmate gets the nod to go in again.
Bombastic (IRE) 11-2 (9-8) Soon crossed over to lead from wide draw, made rest, ridden and strongly pressed inside final furlong, battled on gamely to assert near finish, won at Haydock 1m hcp (4) gs in May beating Mosalim (9-8) by 1/2l, 11 ran.
Elysium Dream 5-1 (9-7) Raced wide close up, pushed along over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 5th of 6, 17 1/4l behind Richenza (8-13) at Salisbury 6f hcp fll (3) hvy in Apr.
Kassar (IRE) 5-1 (9-8) Tracked leader, led over 2f out, headed over 1f out, soon hung left, no extra closing stages, 4th of 13, 1 1/4l behind Employer (9-1) at Windsor 1m stks (5) gf in May.
Zalshah 50-1 (9-7) Keen, chased leaders, ridden and weakened 2f out, 10th of 17, 7 1/2l behind Corrosive (9-8) at Ascot 1m hcp (4) gf in May.
King Of The Sand (IRE) 11-8fav (9-2) Raced keenly, led until over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 3rd of 8, 7 1/4l behind Master Of Wine (8-13) at Epsom 1m 1f stks (4) gd in Apr.
George Villiers (IRE) 3-1 (9-5) Made most, ridden over 1f out, found extra when pressed inside final furlong, won at Kempton 7f mdn stks (4) pol in Nov beating Medal Of Honour (9-5) by 1/2l, 10 ran.
Cuban Heel 3-1 (9-1) Led 1f, tracked leader until pushed along 3f out, chased leaders, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 9, 19 1/2l behind Sing Out Loud (9-2) at Goodwood 1m 1f hcp (4) gf in May.
Jazeel (IRE) 7-1 (8-12) Led, raced freely and set strong pace, brought field centre in straight, headed inside final furlong, soon weakened, 7th of 8, 2 3/4l behind Ventura Knight (9-7) at Doncaster 1m hcp (3) gf in May.
Danceteria (FR) 20-1 (8-6) Slowly away keen in rear, headway towards far side 5f out, close up, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 9th of 10, 11 3/4l behind Old Persian (9-7) at Newmarket 1m 2f hcp (3) gd in Apr.
Trumps Up 10-1 (9-5) Led 1f, tracked leaders on inside, pushed along over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, never going pace to threaten, 5th of 14, 2l behind Paco's Prince (9-2) at Kempton 1m hcp (5) pol in May.
Mashaheer 4-1 (9-0) Raced wide close up, tracked leaders over 3f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, ran on, won at Nottingham 1m stks (5) gf in May beating Gabrials Centurion (9-0) by 2 3/4l, 7 ran.
Yorbelucky 4-1 (9-2) Made all, ridden clear over 1f out, stayed on well, won at Ffos Las 7f stks (4) hvy in Sep beating Christopher Wood (9-8) by 2 3/4l, 5 ran.
