prominent, pushed along halfway, ridden to lead 1f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong
led early, chased leader until ridden 2f out, weakened quickly, tailed off
in touch, ridden and headway on outer over 1f out, effort between horse inside final furlong, led post
soon led, ridden and headed over 1f out, soon weakened
chased leaders, ridden and no impression over 1f out, stayed on towards finish
held up, wide and headway over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, headed post
Diamond Dougal is penalised and upped in class after winning at Bath last week while Last Page won a novices race at Wolverhampton recently but was beaten by Haddaf at Southwell earlier. The latter has yet to win on Turf while Spoof was raised 20lb after finishing fifth in a Group 3 sprint at Newmarket in October and should have done better at Bath on his reappearance. TO WAFIJ finished in front of both Albishr and Global Academy when only sixth on his return at Newcastle in February but Roger Varian’s yard is in better form now and sent out the winner of last year’s renewal. The top weight gets the nod with an apprentice’s allowance further helping his cause.
Spoof 7-1 (8-5) Tracked leader, effort over 1f out, soon one pace, weakened closing stages, 4th of 6, 4 1/2l behind Under The Covers (8-13) at Bath 6f stks (2) hvy in Mar.
Consequences (IRE) 5-1 (9-5) Steadied start, keen early held up towards rear, pushed along over 2f out, weakened final furlong, last of 9, 20 1/4l behind Maybride (8-10) at Newmarket 6f hcp (2) gd in Apr.
Haddaf (IRE) 4-5fav (8-12) Tracked leaders, pushed along to lead over 1f out, asserted towards finish, won at Southwell 5f stks (5) pol in Mar beating Last Page (8-5) by 2l, 5 ran.
Albishr (IRE) 16-1 (9-4) Led, headed over 5f out, tracked leader, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 10th of 11, 12 1/2l behind Qaysar (9-1) at Newbury 7f hcp (2) gs in Apr.
Global Academy (IRE) 50-1 (9-5) Raced wide keen in rear, carried badly right over 4f out and lost chance, weakened over 1f out, 9th of 10, 9 3/4l behind Corinthia Knight (9-5) at Lingfield 6f stks (2) pol in Mar.
Last Page 5-1 (9-2) Raced wide close up, headway over 3f out, ridden to lead and edged left over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, rallied to lead again near finish, won at Wolverhampton 6f stks (5) pol in Apr beating Foreseeable Future (9-9) by nk, 9 ran.
Diamond Dougal (IRE) 8-1 (9-1) In touch, headway over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on well, won at Bath 6f hcp (4) gd in Apr beating Bungee Jump (9-2) by 2 1/4l, 13 ran.
To Wafij (IRE) 7-2 (9-5) Tracked leaders, took keen hold, went 2nd over 2f out until over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 7, 5 1/2l behind Corinthia Knight (9-5) at Newcastle 5f stks (2) pol in Feb.