prominent over 4f
dwelt, held up, headway over 1f out, soon chasing leaders, kept on same pace
chased leaders, ridden halfway, stayed on
behind, soon pushed along, headway over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, stayed on strongly
held up, headway over 1f out, never on terms
prominent, led over 4f out, headed over 2f out, rallied and every chance over 1f out, kept on well
led until over 4f out, ridden halfway, weakened final 2f
prominent, led over 2f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra
chased leaders, ridden halfway, soon faded
Favouring can land the finale at the expense of La Musique, Pawn In Life and Extemporise. Favouring has been pretty consistent of late and gave another good account of himself when second to the Barney Curley good thing Bold Phoenix over a mile here three weeks ago. The trip is the key though, as he seems better over seven furlongs, a fact borne out by his success here the time before last. Back over the trip, he should make a bold bid to get back to winning ways, and should at the very least have the call over Extemporise who was back in fourth last time. La Musique made all to win a Banded race over track-and-trip last time but has a bit more to do, while Pawn In Life ran well to finish third from out of the handicap here last week. They appear to be the main contenders, with Favouring the best of them.
Khetaab (IRE) 33-1 (9-8) Soon led, headed over 3f out, rallied and led again over 2f out, headed over 1f out, faded inside final furlong, 8th of 15, 7l behind Stellite (9-4) at Thirsk 7f hcp 0-70 (5) gs in Apr.
Contented (IRE) 25-1 (9-1) Held up mid-division, weakened well over 2f out, 12th of 14, 15l behind Le Soleil (8-13) at Folkestone 1m 2f hcp 0-60 (6) gs in Apr.
Christian Bendix 25-1 (8-13) Raced stands side, held up, never dangerous, 9th of 13, 9l behind Misaro (9-4) at Folkestone 6f app hcp (6) gf in Apr.
Pawn In Life (IRE) 25-1 (8-4) Towards rear, ridden 3f out, stayed on final 2f, no impression, 3rd of 12, 5l behind Crimson King (9-2) at Southwell 7f hcap (5) fbs in Apr.
Favouring (IRE) 7-2 (8-11) Mid-division, ridden, headway on inner 2f out, chased winner final furlong, 2nd of 13, 2 1/2l behind Bold Phoenix (9-2) at Southwell 1m banded stk (7) fbs in Apr.
La Musique 15-8fav (8-11) Made all, pushed clear 2f out, kept on final furlong, won at Southwell 7f banded stk (7) fbs in Apr beating Rocky Reppin (8-11) by 3l, 7 ran.
Sea Frolic (IRE) 7-1 (8-13) Slowly into stride, always behind, 13th of 14, 15l behind Magic Amour (9-5) at Southwell 7f banded stk (7) fbs in Jan.
Faithisflying 5-1 (8-12) In touch, ridden and weakened over 3f out, 7th of 13, 7l behind Welsh Whisper (8-12) at W'hampton 1m 1f banded stk (7) std in Apr.