chased leaders, lost place halfway, soon hung left and beaten
slowly into stride, soon chasing leaders, hard driven to challenge over 2f out, kept on well closing stages
led until halfway, soon under pressure and weakened
pulled hard towards rear but in touch, headway to chase leader halfway, effort over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong
chased leaders, led halfway, headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong
tracked leader, outpaced halfway, rallied over 1f out, stayed on well, never on terms
slowly into stride, held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, stayed on under pressure, all out
tracked leader, effort over 1f out, soon hung left and weakened
in touch, outpaced over 2f out, soon no impression
BLACK TRUFFLE beat El Mirage and Foie Gras easily enough when scoring at Kempton last week under today's apprentice. He gets the vote to go in again given today's modest opposition. Catalinas Diamond has struggled to make an impact since winning at Lingfield in March while Encapsulated never figured off a 6lb higher mark last time having won at Bath earlier. Pharoh Jake is usually thereabouts in this grade and Magical Rose has a shout off her current mark.
Foie Gras 7-1 (9-1) 4) dwelt raced wide mid-division, ridden when weakened over 1f out, 10th of 11, 7l behind Black Truffle (8-2) at Kempton 6f hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Apr.
Magical Rose (IRE) 14-1 (8-10) Held up mid-division, weakened over 2f out, last of 9, 6l behind The Happy Hammer (8-12) at Lingfield 7f hacp 0-70 (5) pol in Feb.
Gaelic Wizard (IRE) 33-1 (8-12) Mid-division, effort over 2f out, soon no impression, last of 9, 16l behind Multitask (9-2) at Lingfield 6f hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Feb.
Encapsulated 15-8fav (8-13) Chased leaders, ridden 2f out, one pace and no impression final furlong, 4th of 8, 7l behind Fathom Five (8-7) at Yarmouth 6f app hcp 0-60 (6) gd in Apr.
Pharoh Jake 7-1 (8-5) Tracked winner until ridden 1f out, no extra, 4th of 5, 4l behind Roy's Legacy (9-1) at Lingfield 5f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Mar.
El Mirage (IRE) 33-1 (8-11) In touch, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on one pace, 4th of 11, 2 1/2l behind Black Truffle (8-2) at Kempton 6f hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Apr.
Catalinas Diamond (IRE) 10-1 (9-2) Held up towards rear, headway halfway, one pace and no impression final furlong, 6th of 15, 4 1/2l behind Encapsulated (9-1) at Bath 6f hcp 0-60 (6) fm in Apr.
Black Truffle (FR) 8-1 (8-2) Keen tracked leader, pushed along 2f out, joined leader entering final furlong, led inside final furlong, ran on, won at Kempton 6f hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Apr beating Commandingpresence (8-10) by shd, 11 ran.
Belinsky (IRE) 16-1 (8-10) Held up in rear, short of room over 4f out, hung right on bend 2f out, soon beaten, 8th of 9, 16l behind Compton Prince (8-11) at Lingfield 6f hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Feb.