slowly into stride, held up and behind, never involved
held up in touch, smooth headway on outside over 2f out, went 2nd and challenged inside final furlong, stayed on to lead close home
went right start, raced keenly, chased leaders, went 2nd 4f out until led 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, hung right inside final furlong, no extra well inside final furlong
went right start, raced keenly, chased leaders, not clear run on inside over 2f out until over 1f out, soon ridden, stayed on same pace inside final furlong
raced keenly, held up, headway on wide outside 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, went 4th near finish
chased leader, led 6f out until 2f out, weakened quickly and slightly hampered soon after, eased
chased leader 2f, chased leaders, pushed along halfway, headway on inside to lead over 1f out, stayed on until headed and no extra close home
HAKAM should be sharper for a return to action at Chelmsford where the mile trip appeared beyond him. Rated 80, Charlie Hills’ charge can open his account back over today’s 7f. Mickey Haller ran well for second at Chepstow when last in action and should be in the mix while Madame Butterfly was placed on her debut but was still beaten a long way when runner-up at Newcastle recently. Critical Speed could only manage a modest fourth on her introduction but better is expected here.
Bertie Bishop 33-1 (10-0) Started slowly, headway chasing leaders 7f out, went 2nd 5f out until 3f out, weakened quickly, soon behind, last of 9, 33 1/4l behind Ban Shoof (8-11) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f mdn stks (5) pol in Apr.
Hakam (USA) 10-11fav (10-0) Tracked leader, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong, lost 2nd near finish, 3rd of 9, 3 1/4l behind Murad Khan (8-13) at Chelmsford City 1m mdn stks (5) pol in Apr.
Kestrel Dot Com 50-1 (10-0) Always behind, struggling over 4f out, tailed off, 9th of 10, dist behind Baadi (10-0) at Windsor 1m 2f mdn stks (5) sft in Apr.
Mickey Haller (IRE) 9-4 (9-5) Chased leaders, effort over 1f out, stayed on same pace final furlong, 2nd of 7, 1 1/2l behind Flying Hammer (9-5) at Chepstow 7f mdn stks (5) gd in Aug.
Critical Speed (IRE) 10-1 (9-7) Very slowly away, raced green recovered to rear over 5f out, ridden and headway over 2f out, no impression final furlong, 4th of 6, 8 1/4l behind George William (8-12) at Wolverhampton 7f mdn stks (5) pol in Apr.
Hazel's Song 100-1 (9-0) In touch in mid-division, ridden over 3f out, soon lost place, weakened over 2f out, 12th of 13, 26 1/2l behind Melodious (9-0) at Nottingham 1m mdn fll stks (5) sft in May.
Madame Butterfly (IRE) 5-2 (8-12) Chased leaders in 3rd, chased winner over 2f out, kept on and no impression, 2nd of 7, 8l behind Lord Of The Rock (9-3) at Newcastle 7f mdn stks (5) gd in Jun.
