held up towards rear, never dangerous
held up, steady headway over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, good headway over 1f out, led inside final furlong, kept on
held up, never dangerous
slowly away, held up, ridden and headway over 2f out, stayed on final furlong
held up, headway over 4f out, ridden over 2f out, never on terms
led, ridden over 2f out, wandered over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on
tracked leaders, lost place over 4f out
chased leader until over 3f out, soon ridden, one pace
held up mid-division, weakened over 2f out
held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, never dangerous
held up in touch, ridden over 2f out, stayed on final furlong
mid-division, effort over 3f out, never dangerous
chased leaders, outpaced 3f out
held up in rear and keen, never dangerous
slowly into stride, tracked leaders, ridden over 4f out, soon lost place
soon chasing leader, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
Barney Curley has made better judges than this one look foolish in the past, but we will take on his Le Soleil here with c&d winner Royal Flynn, while Lady Edge is interesting and Rotuma can go well. Royal Flynn showed a penchant for track, trip and cut in the ground when defeating Yenaled in a driving finish here last month. His effort in very tiring ground at Newcastle the other day was certainly no disgrace and with almost an extra furlong to his advantage here he looks sure to go well. Le Soleil has proven stamina on her side and has handled cut when winning at Folkestone in April. However, she now looks to be in the grip of the handicapper and we will oppose her on that basis. Lady Edge handled the track well when winning here over a mile last month, but this is a marked step up and he pedigree suggests she might struggle to get home, while Rotuma has conditions and trip to suit but is perhaps no longer capable of winning from this mark and may have to settle for a place behind our selection Royal Flynn.
Lady Edge (IRE) 16-1 (9-3) Towards rear, ridden and headway over 2f out, edged left inside final furlong, ran on to lead post, won at Warwick 1m mdn aut stk (6) gd in Sept beating King's Spear (9-3) by a hd, 15 ran.
Royal Flynn 9-1 (8-11) Mid-division, headway to lead well over 2f out, ridden, headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 8th of 17, 8l behind Dium Mac (9-1) at Newcastle 1m 2f hcp 0-70 (5) sft.
Lady Taverner 12-1 (9-6) Mid-division, headway and in touch 4f out, ridden and no headway final 2f, 6th of 13, 9l behind Swords (9-3) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Sept.
Le Soleil (GER) 14-1 (9-7) Chased leaders, lost place 3f out, headway when not clear run from 2f out until well inside final furlong, no chance after, 7th of 16, 2l behind Ruby Legend (9-5) at Nottingham 1m 2f hcp 0-60 (6) gd in Sept.
Elopement (IRE) 25-1 (8-10) Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, stayed on same pace, 3rd of 17, 2 1/2l behind Golden Square (8-5) at Warwick 1m app hcp (6) gd in May.
Rotuma (IRE) 6-1 (9-4) Mid-division, pushed along over 3f out, headway 2f out, one pace final furlong, 6th of 16, 4 1/2l behind Bridegroom (8-10) at Beverley 1m 2f hcp 0-60 (6) gf in Sept.
Mixing 9-1 (8-9) Prominent until weakened over 2f out, 8th of 10, 7l behind Royal Indulgence (8-11) at Newbury 1m 1f app hcp (5) gd in Aug.
Adobe 16-1 (8-9) Raced on wide outside, held up, hard ridden and hung left from 2f out, never reach leaders, 9th of 15, 4 1/2l behind Trevian (8-13) at Brighton 1m hcp 0-60 (6) gf in Sept.
