raced on near side rail, chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
raced keenly, held up and raced wide, pushed along and outpaced before halfway, ran on in closing stages, never able to challenge
chased leaders, effort between horses over 1f out, went 2nd close home, never going pace to threaten
keen and edged left most of way, pressed leader, ridden to lead inside final furlong, edged left, ran on well
chased leaders on outer, ridden over 1f out, weakened soon after
led and raced just off near near side rail, ridden and headed inside final furlong, no extra and lost 2nd close home
NonRunner
Ascot Day bids for a hat-trick off a 5lb higher mark having won a decent handicap at Lingfield back in January and debuts on Turf today. Evergate has recorded a string of seconds this year and found only Copper Knight, who won again at York last week, too good at Chelmsford with Tomily well beaten. Yalta has been competing in pattern company and will find life easier in this but YALAWIN landed the odds at Ripon in good style on his reappearance and Roger Varian’s colt looks the one to beat on his handicap debut.
Tomily (IRE) 5-1 (9-7) Took keen hold, held up in touch, ridden and no impression in 4th when hung left over 1f out, weakened into 5th close home, 5th of 7, 6 1/2l behind Copper Knight (8-9) at Chester 5f hcp (2) gd in May.
Castleacre 6-1 (9-1) Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 6th of 8, 7 1/4l behind Victory Angel (8-3) at Newmarket 6f hcp (2) gf in Apr.
Yalawin (IRE) 4-9fav (9-5) Tracked leaders, led over 2f out, kept on well final furlong, won at Ripon 6f mdn stks (5) gf in May beating Black Salt (9-5) by 4 1/2l, 8 ran.
Evergate 7-2 (8-7) Chased winner throughout, edged left and no impression from over 1f out, kept on for clear 2nd, 2nd of 7, 2 1/4l behind Copper Knight (8-9) at Chester 5f hcp (2) gd in May.
Ascot Day (IRE) Evensfav (8-10) Tracked leaders, chased leader over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, readily, won at Lingfield 5f hcp (2) pol in Jan beating Monte Cinq (8-13) by 3/4l, 5 ran.
Justanotherbottle (IRE) 9-2fav (9-4) Chased leaders, driven and not much room 2f out, soon outpaced, weakened final furlong, 9th of 12, 10 1/4l behind Coolfitch (8-12) at York 5f hcp (3) sft in May.
Yalta (IRE) 20-1 (9-1) Led overall in centre, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 10, 4 1/2l behind Blue Point (9-1) at Ascot 6f Grp 3 stks (1) gf in May.