held up, headway on outside over 2f out, led over 1f out, clear inside final furlong, easily
prominent, led 5f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, edged left and one pace inside final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
prominent early, held up, headway 3f out, ridden over 1f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, no chance with winner
held up, outpaced over 3f out, well beaten over 2f out
led 1f, prominent, weakened over 2f out
Dawn's Early Light and Secret Glance have yet to finish out of a place and Dark Profit went close over 7f here in April. All three are separated by only 2lb on handicap figures but Tom Dascombe's charge makes most appeal on his length defeat at Ripon last time. BRAVE LEADER makes his racecourse debut and the Godolphin colt may well be good enough. He's a half-brother to the prolific Solidarity, whose five wins include three on the all-weather. Tough Call is also related to winners and worth a second glance.
Brave Leader Pivotal colt out of Assabiyya.
Dark Profit (IRE) 2-1 (9-3) Soon led, headed halfway, ridden and every chance when bumped inside final furlong, no extra, 5th of 12, 4l behind Crystal Malt (8-9) at Doncaster 6f mdn auc stks (5) gf in May.
Secret Glance 11-4 (9-5) Led, headed over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, no extra and lost 2nd towards finish, 3rd of 7, 3 1/2l behind Shootingsta (9-5) at Redcar 6f 3yo mdn aut (5) gf in May.
Tough Call (IRE) Iffraaj colt out of Pivotal's Princess.
Wisewit 11-1 (9-2) In rear, wide into straight 2f out, headway entering final furlong, never nearer, 6th of 12, 4l behind Houdini (9-0) at Wolverhampton 6f 3yo hcp 0-70 (5) in May.
Reckless Blue 50-1 (8-7) Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 7th of 13, 14l behind Ocean Sheridan (9-0) at Pontefract 6f 2yo mdn aut (5) sft in Oct.
Dawn's Early Light (IRE) 15-8fav (9-5) Mid-division, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on towards finish, 3rd of 10, 1l behind Especial (9-5) at Ripon 6f 3yo mdn (5) sft in May.