mid-division, headway to chase leaders over 2f out, led over 1f out, soon headed, no extra inside final furlong
soon led, clear before 2f out, ridden and headed before 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
led early, chased leaders and keen, pushed along over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
mid-division and pushed along, headway on outer over 2f out, chased winner inside final furlong, no impression
in rear and pushed along, never a factor
towards rear, ridden over 2f out, never dangerous
chased leader until well over 2f out, soon weakened
dwelt, in rear, headway 2f out, kept on final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden and weakened over 2f out
in touch, ridden over 2f out, led approaching final furlong, stayed on strongly to draw clear inside final furlong, eased towards finish
dwelt, held up towards rear, ridden over 2f out, never dangerous
The progressive CONO ZUR looks the right type for this. He's won two of his three starts this year and made all to score at Beverley last time. If he can take the lead here, he could take some pegging back despite a 5lb higher mark. Kensei gave notice at Redcar on his reappearance that he could be winning soon, while Desert Vision has slipped down to a tempting mark and should figure. Xilerator has claims on his first start over a mile and is preferred to stablemate Cara's Request, who was well beaten on his reappearance.
Sir George (IRE) 16-1 (9-4) Mid-division, ridden 2f out, no progress, 10th of 20, 7l behind Snow Bay (9-4) at Ripon 1m hcp 0-90 (3) gf in Apr.
Cara's Request (AUS) 11-1 (9-7) Led, headed 4f out, weakened 2f out, 14th of 16, 15l behind King Of Eden (9-0) at Doncaster 7f hcp 0-85 (4) gd in Apr.
Xilerator (IRE) 7-1 (9-3) Keen tracked leaders, ridden halfway, soon weakened, last of 6, 31l behind Nazreef (9-13) at Southwell 1m hcp 0-85 (4) fbs in Dec.
Northern Fling 7-1 (9-3) Settled in rear, never nearer, 8th of 12, 11l behind Dubai Dynamo (8-13) at Thirsk 7f hcp 0-85 (4) gd in Apr.
Lucky Windmill 11-1 (9-2) Tracked leaders, weakened well over 1f out, 11th of 12, 20l behind Bonfire Knight (9-7) at Doncaster 1m 2f hcp 0-85 (4) gd in Apr.
Bond City (IRE) 16-1 (9-7) Took keen hold, with leader, led over 3f out, clear entering final furlong, ridden out, won at Doncaster 1m app hcp 0-75 (5) gd in Oct beating Glenmuir (9-0) by 3/4l, 9 ran.
Cono Zur (FR) 3-1fav (8-6) Made all, ridden inside final furlong, kept on well, won at Beverley 1m hcp 0-85 (4) gf beating Doctor Zhivago (9-7) by 1 3/4l, 9 ran.
Barren Brook 25-1 (8-9) Dwelt, held up in rear, effort over 2f out, never dangerous, 8th of 9, 12l behind Cono Zur (8-6) at Beverley 1m hcp 0-85 (4) gf.
Desert Vision 20-1 (8-7) Tracked leaders, ridden and effort to chase leading pair over 2f out, kept on same pace, lost 3rd and no extra inside final furlong, 4th of 7, 3l behind Frontline Phantom (8-7) at Doncaster 1m 2f app hcp (0-85) (4yo+) (4) gf in Apr.
Kensei (IRE) 9-4fav (8-13) Tracked winner, led approaching 2f out, ridden over 1f out, soon headed, no extra last 100 yards, 4th of 6, 2 1/4l behind Aquarian Spirit (9-3) at Redcar 1m hcp 0-85 (4) gf in Apr.
Vanilla Rum 9-2fav (9-3) Slowly into stride, soon chased leaders on inside, ridden and unable to quicken over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, not pace to threaten, 5th of 8, 3l behind Unlimited (9-5) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Apr.
