in touch on outer, settled in last pair after 2f, headway on outside over 3f out, edged left inside final 2f, soon challenged, ridden 1f out, outpaced final 100 yards
held up in rear, headway on inside 3f out, driven to lead inside final 2f, soon ridden and hard pressed, stayed on well, asserted final 100 yards
raced keenly, in touch, ridden over 2f out, soon beaten
tracked leader, close up 7f out, reminder over 5f out, ridden 3f out, lost place when hampered inside final 2f, weakened final furlong
raced keenly, led, clear after 4f, reduced advantage 7f out, ridden over 2f out, headed inside final 2f, no chance with front pair final furlong
driven leaving stalls, tracked leaders, headway over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, lost place inside final 2f, no chance with leaders final furlong
Lever Du Soleil won a maiden handicap over this trip at Redcar last month but doesn’t have much to spare over runner-up Sincerely Resdev at the revised terms. POETIC STEPS has already won six times this year but the yard’s runners stand their racing and he did win at Musselburgh last month. He was also second at Carlisle last time and is worth another try over the longer distance. Low Profile sports blinkers on his handicap debut and has a 7lb claimer on board. He might appreciate the return to Turf so can’t be ignored.
Poetic Steps (FR) 10-3 (9-6) Tracked leaders, headway to lead narrowly over 4f out, ridden 2f out, soon hard pressed, headed and no chance with winner inside final furlong, just held on for 2nd, 2nd of 8, 4l behind Ad Libitum (9-7) at Carlisle 1m 3f hcp (5) gf in Jun.
Low Profile 33-1 (9-0) Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, stayed on same pace, 6th of 12, 13 1/4l behind Wissahickon (9-7) at Lingfield 1m 2f stks (5) pol in May.
Gembari 16-1 (9-1) Led until over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 9, 10 1/2l behind Dr Richard Kimble (9-5) at Doncaster 1m 4f hcp (5) gf in Jun.
Amadeus (IRE) 9-4fav (9-6) Chased leaders, effort over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 12, 9 1/4l behind Mythological (9-4) at Beverley 1m 4f hcp (6) gf in May.
Lever Du Soleil (FR) 7-2 (8-9) Apparently made all, clear final furlong, stayed on well, won at Redcar 1m 6f mdn hcp (6) gf in May beating Sincerely Resdev (8-10) by 2 1/2l, 9 ran.
Sincerely Resdev 10-1 (8-10) 5th early, disputing 4th halfway, pushed along in 3rd 3f out, 2nd final furlong, kept on, 2nd of 9, 2 1/2l behind Lever Du Soleil (8-9) at Redcar 1m 6f mdn hcp (6) gf in May.