held up towards rear, ridden and headway on outer over 3f out, weakened quickly over 1f out
behind, headway on outside 3f out, stayed on same pace final furlong
held up in rear, never a danger
tracked leaders going well, led inside final 2f, edged right to rails over 1f out, ran on well
held up towards rear, not clear run over 2f out, until switched left entering final furlong, ran on but no impression near finish
slowly into stride, soon recovered and close up, ridden to chase leaders over 3f out, weakened over 1f out
led to over 2f out, weakened quickly over 1f out
tracked leader, until ran wide bend 5f out, weakened 4f out
tracked leaders, went 2nd over 4f out, ridden to lead well over 2f out, headed inside final 2f, weakened over 1f out
took keen hold early, tracked leaders, ridden 4f out, stayed on same pace final 2f
held up in mid division, headway 3f out, pressed leaders over 1f out, stayed on same pace final furlong
Another tricky but interesting handicap on the card can go to Shredded, with Desert Quest, Grooms Affection and Camrose seen as the biggest dangers The selection is a late-maturing colt and showed he was going the right way when winning a 14-furlong Sandown handicap last time. A rating of 80 hardly seems to have overstated his claims and, even though he is running over a shorter trip today, can put up a bold show. Desert Quest rates an obvious danger as he was short-headed by Persian Lightning at Epsom last time, and the winner has since run very well at Royal Ascot. Vengeance ran well from today's mark at Epsom last time and his trainer is showing signs of a return to form now. Grooms Affection has been raised five pounds for his Sandown win on June 11 but, lightly raced, should be open to further improvement but would probably not want the going to be too firm today. And the likeable Camrose, who has scope for further improvement, and Realism, who continues to run respectably from his current mark, are others to consider but, for today, we will side with Shredded.
