pulled hard early, held up, pushed along 4f out, no impression final 2f
led to 7f out, tracked leader after, led 3f out, hard driven and edged right over 1f out, in command final furlong, stayed on well
slowly away, pulled hard, prominent 8f out, lost place 5f out, no chance after
tracked leader, ridden to chase winner 2f out, switched left and driven over 1f out, not quicken and no impression final furlong
Nonrunner
From a shortlisted quartet of Summerise, Cirrious, Spinning Coin and Zalimar, we will side with the last-named. The Luca Cumani-trained selection showed promise on her Turf debut last time after meeting with some trouble in running. Stepping up in trip, she is open to improvement and can go well much as backing three-year-olds against older horses at this time of year if often a flawed strategy, but there were other options open to her astute trainer, and we will take that as a positive sign. Cirrious has shown improvement of late and a mark of 58 still makes her competitive for us for, much as she was a little disappointing last time, the trip seemed to count against her and a return to 12 furlongs should see her in a better light tonight. Spinning Coin is also on an upward curve, having won her last two races, but she has gone up six pounds in the ratings for the most recent of them. It will be interesting to see how she copes with that, although she is still respected. Summerise, who has won three of her last four races, is also on a career-high mark but, in good heart, she can still go well. Of the others, In Good Faith, a Nicky Henderson-trained French winner could be interesting if backed but, overall, we will stick with Zalimar.
Summerise 2-1fav (11-0) Slowly into stride, soon in touch, headway on inside when not much room 2f out, chased winner 1f out, stayed on same pace, 2nd of 9, 1 1/2l behind Scottish River (11-8) at Newbury 1m 2f ldy rds hcp (5) gf.
Pleasant 25-1 (9-5) Held up in touch, ridden and weakend over 2f out, 13th of 16, 14l behind High Bray (9-7) at Newbury 1m 2f hcp (5) gf in May.
Cirrious 11-8fav (9-0) In touch and keen, outpaced over 2f out, ran on inside final furlong, 3rd of 8, 1 1/2l behind Strider (9-2) at Chepstow 1m 2f hcp (5) gf.
Spinning Coin 7-1 (9-0) Held up behind leader, led over 2f out, driven out final furlong, won at Beverley 1m 4f 3yo hcp (5) gf beating Dan's Heir (8-0) by 2l, 12 ran.
Vendors Mistake (IRE) 25-1 (8-2) Pulled hard, led 7f out to over 4f out, weakened quickly, last of 7, 14l behind Vale de Lobo (9-1) at Windsor 1m 2f fll hcp (5) gd.
Zalimar (IRE) 10-1 (8-6) Mid-division, headway over 1f out, staying on when not clear run just inside final furlong, kept on, 4th of 16, 2l behind Linnet (9-0) at Sandown 1m 2f 3yo fll hcp (5) gf.
In Good Faith (USA) (9-6) won at Chantilly 1m hcp gs in Oct beating Change The Doctor (9-2) by a , 18 ran.
Rafelite 3-1 (8-9) Chased leaders, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened, 11th of 13, 21l behind Bracklinn (8-9) at W'hampton 1m 1f 3yo mdn aut (6) pol.