took keen hold, held up in 5th, hung left over 2f out, soon one pace
tracked leader, led inside final 3f, ridden and headed inside final 2f, chased winner under pressure after, held inside final furlong
soon tracking leaders, closed up over 3f out, hung left over 2f out, driven to lead inside final 2f, stayed on well
chased leaders to 3f out, weakened quickly, eased when beaten final furlong
held up in rear but in touch, pushed along over 4f out, soon struggling
set steady pace, headed inside final 3f, stayed well there until no extra inside final furlong
King Supreme has been put up 6lbs by the handicapper for his win at Brighton last month and Richard Hannon's colt may struggle to follow up off his new mark in a race taken to go to RUSSIAN EPIC, who gets the vote ahead of Look To This Day. Roger Charlton's filly disappointed when last seen at Wolverhampton but should do better back on turf off a fair mark. Dakiyah has not been seen for 11 months since winning at Goodwood and has yet to prove that he stays this far, while Gary Moore's Shimoni seems to be in the grip of the handicapper for his reappearance. David Simcock's Theocritus was beaten along way at Epsom on his return and looks best watched in a race taken to go to Russian Epic. Andrew Turnell's gelding has not raced on the flat since September but comes here fit from some decent efforts over hurdles and he looks worth siding with on his return to the level under Richard Hughes.
Dakiyah (IRE) 11-8fav (9-5) Held up, headway 4f out, not clear run on rails and switched left 3f out, led 2f out, stayed on, ridden out, won at Goodwood 1m 2f hcp (4) gd in Jun beating Multicultural (8-9) by 1 1/4l, 6 ran.
King Supreme (IRE) 10-3 (8-13) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace, last of 6, 6l behind Mystery Star (9-3) at Goodwood 1m 2f hcp 0-90 (3) gd.
Shimoni 7-1 (9-4) Held up in last pair, effort towards outside over 3f out, ridden, beaten over 2f out, 8th of 9, 17l behind Storyland (9-2) at Goodwood 1m 4f fll hcp (3) gf in Oct.
Theocritus (USA) 33-1 (8-9) Always in rear, last of 20, 19l behind Duncan (9-7) at Epsom Downs 1m 2f hcp 0-95 (2) gd in Apr.
Russian Epic 6-1 (9-4) Close up, ridden 3f out, weakened 2f out, 14th of 15, 19l behind Opus Maximus (9-1) at Yarmouth 1m hcap (4) gd in Sep.
Look To This Day 12-1 (9-0) Held up, pushed along 3f out, soon behind, last of 7, 33l behind Factotum (10-0) at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hcp (4) pol in Oct.
