held up in rear, headway over 2f out, ridden and pressing leaders over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong
prominent, challenged over 2f out, led over 1f out, headed towards finish
held up, headway over 2f out, never able to get on terms
held up in touch, lost place over 5f out, ridden and well behind over 2f out
held up in rear, ridden over 3f out, stayed alone towards stands side, edged left and stayed on inside final furlong
led, ridden and edged left 2f out, headed over 1f out, rallied inside final furlong, led again towards finish
tracked leaders, went 2nd 7f out, ridden over 3f out, weakened inside final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
Nonrunner
Ree's Rascal has been raised 7lb for his Newbury success but Nathan Alison again takes off 5lb and Jim Boyle's grey is unlikely to be far away. Kieren Fallon is an interesting booking for the potentially well-treated Mabait and he's preferred to stablemate Postscript. Starwatch is a course specialist but is much better on an easy surface and Evident needs to improve on two runs this year if he's to add to his one victory to date. BOWIE BOY was having his first run on Turf when only beaten a length by Halation at Sandown 11 days ago - a repeat of that effort would probably suffice here.
Mystical Sapphire 6-1 (8-11) Mid-division on inside, headway 2f out, plugged on inside final furlong, no threat, 5th of 12, 3 1/2l behind Forgive (9-0) at Lingfield 1m flls lst stks (1) pol in Oct.
Ree's Rascal (IRE) 10-1 (8-13) Held up towards rear, steady headway on wide outside and hung left from over 2f out, chased leaders 2f out, challenged and hung left again over 1f out, led entering final furlong, soon clear, easily, won at Newbury 1m hcp 0-85 (4) gs in May beating Buckstay (9-4) by 4l, 12 ran.
Directorship 20-1 (9-12) Mid-division, driven over 2f out, ridden and kept on under pressure inside final furlong, never reached leaders, 6th of 19, 6l behind Extremity (9-0) at Goodwood 1m hcp 0-90 (3) gf in Jul.
Myboyalfie (USA) 16-1 (8-13) Mid-division, ridden 3f out, never a factor, 8th of 9, 15l behind Ishikawa (8-0) at Sandown 1m hcp 0-95 (3) sft in May.
Whipper Snapper (IRE) 20-1 (9-2) Tracked leaders, ridden and lost place over 2f out, well beaten and drifted right inside final furlong, 8th of 9, 10l behind George Cinq (9-9) at Ascot 1m app hcp (0-85) (4yo+) (4) gf in Jul.
Starwatch 8-1 (9-11) Tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, switched right over 2f out, kept on towards finish, 4th of 7, 5l behind Compton Bird (9-6) at Epsom Downs 1m 2f hcp 0-80 (4) gf in Jul.
Evident (IRE) 7-1 (9-4) Steadied start, held up, headway far side over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 8, 9l behind Genius Boy (8-12) at Yarmouth 1m hcp 0-80 (4) gf in Jun.
Solo Hunter 12-1 (8-11) Tracked winner, ridden over 2f out, soon lost place, weakened over 1f out, last of 7, 12l behind Despot (9-2) at Salisbury 7f 3yo hcp 0-85 (4) gf in Jul.
Mabait 14-1 (9-7) Steadied start, held up towards rear, headway towards inside over 2f out, ridden and not quicken over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 6th of 11, 11l behind Angelic Upstart (8-9) at Goodwood 1m 1f app hcp 0-90 (3) gf in Jul.
Postscript (IRE) 16-1 (9-4) Midfield, headway over 2f out, soon chasing leaders, kept on same pace final furlong, 4th of 13, 6l behind Apostle (9-7) at Chester 1m hcp 0-95 (3) gs.
Bowie Boy (IRE) 14-1 (8-11) Tracked leader, pushed along over 3f out, ridden and wandered over 1f out, led inside final furlong, headed final 100 yards, no extra, 2nd of 6, 1l behind Halation (9-4) at Sandown 1m 3yo hcp 0-90 (3) gf in Jul.
Mr Matthews (IRE) 22-1 (8-0) Held up in rear in touch, outpaced and ridden over 2f out, never dangerous, weakened 1f out, last of 7, 12l behind Pretzel (9-2) at Ayr 1m 3yo hcp 0-100 (2) gf in Jun.
