held up in touch on inside, headway between horses over 2f out, led 2f out, ridden and edged left over 1f out, headed and not quicken final 150 yards, kept on same pace
held up in 6th, good headway on outside 3f out, chased leaders and hung badly right over 2f out, every chance 2f out, soon ridden, weakened inside final furlong
soon led, hung left and awkward on bend halfway, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened over 1f out
took keen hold, held up, stumbled after 1f, headway on outside over 1f out, carried head high under pressure but stayed on to lead fnal 150 yards, kept on
led early, tracked leader until approaching final 2f, weakened over 1f out
chased leaders, pushed along 3f out, badly hampered and almost unseated rider over 2f out, soon weakened
chased leaders, pushed along over 3f out, outpaced and lost place 2f out, rallied to 3rd inside final furlong
Zaina is best in at the weights but she's taken several steps backwards since opening her account in a Doncaster maiden over this trip in March and is one to be wary of now. Brighton third Gold Sceptre should run his race again but is still a maiden while Aquilonius has shown little in three runs for Stuart Williams since leaving Jim Bolger, though has his sights lowered here. PRESBURG wasn't beaten far when tried over this trip at Newbury and this looks his chance to score for the first time for a year with Emerald Invader, Ashdown Lad and Island Melody likely to struggle on these terms.
Presburg (IRE) 16-1 (9-5) In touch until pushed along and outpaced over 2f out, edged left over 1f out, stayed on under pressure inside final furlong, 5th of 9, 2l behind Rose Season (8-10) at Newbury 1m 2f 3yo hcp 0-85 (4) gf in Aug.
Emerald Invader 9-1 (9-0) Held up towards rear, headway over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 8, 8l behind Varnish (9-1) at Salisbury 1m 4f 3yo hcp 0-85 (4) gs in Aug.
Aquilonius (IRE) 14-1 (8-12) Held up in touch, ridden 3f out, weakened 2f out, last of 7, 14l behind Universal (9-5) at Epsom Downs 1m 2f hcp 0-90 (3) gd in Aug.
Ashdown Lad 4-1 (8-8) Held up towards rear, headway when not much room on inner over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, 3rd of 8, 1 3/4l behind Fairway To Heaven (8-8) at Kempton 7f mdn auc stks (6) pol in Jan.
Zaina (IRE) 10-1 (9-2) In touch, ridden and lost place over 4f out, last of 8, 49l behind Gallipot (9-5) at Kempton 1m 3f fll hcp (4) pol in Aug.
Gold Sceptre (FR) 13-2 (9-5) Tracked leaders in 3rd, ridden over 1f out, one pace, 3rd of 8, 5l behind Dance For Georgie (8-3) at Brighton 1m 3yo hcp 0-70 (5) gf in Aug.
Island Melody (IRE) 10-1 (9-6) Tracked leader, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 7th of 9, 11l behind My Mate Jake (9-6) at Kempton 1m 2f hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Aug.
