held up in touch, headway between horses inside final 2f, ridden chasing leaders over 1f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, stayed on, not reach winner
led until over 2f out, lost 2nd 2f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out
chased leader, led over 2f out, ridden and hedaed over 1f out, no impression when lost 2nd inside final furlong, weakened into 4th well inside final furlong
steadied start, took keen hold, held up in rear, headway on outside 2f out, soon chasing leaders, went 3rd well inside final furlong, no impression
raced keenly, chased leaders until ridden and weakened 2f out
chased leaders, went 2nd 2f out, led over 1f out, clear when edged left inside final furlong, eased near finish
started slowly, outpaced
Jockeyship can be a leading factor in races like this and Patrick O'Donnell has been booting home the winners in the last couple of weeks. His mount AFKAR has a bit to find on official ratings but has won on Polytrack and Fibresand and could be a bit of value to open his account on Tapeta. Great Fun has only finished out of the frame once in six starts so is unlikely to be far away. King Torus and Top Offer have already won at the track so can't be ignored but The Tichborne has only raced on this surface once before and finished tailed off.
Great Fun 5-2 (9-10) Keen early, chased leaders, ridden and every chance over 1f out, kept on under pressure into 2nd close home, not pace of winner, 2nd of 8, 1 1/4l behind Fear Or Favour (9-10) at Windsor 6f stks (5) gd in May.
Afkar (IRE) 33-1 (9-6) Prominent, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened, hampered over 1f out, 12th of 14, 17 1/2l behind Robero (9-6) at Newcastle 7f hcp (5) pol in Jun.
King Torus (IRE) 7-2 (9-10) Tracked leading pair until halfway, chased leaders, pushed along over 3f out, effort on wide outside over 2f out, weakened and eased final furlong, last of 6, 10 3/4l behind My Lord (9-8) at Windsor 1m 2f stks (5) gd in Jun.
Top Offer 10-1 (9-3) Held up, in rear, switched left over 1f out, no progress, 9th of 13, 7 1/4l behind Mustaqbal (10-0) at Redcar 1m hcp (5) gs in Jun.
Salvado (IRE) 33-1 (8-7) Outpaced in rear, never on terms, 8th of 10, 8 1/2l behind John Joiner (8-13) at Windsor 5f hcp (6) sft in Jun.
The Tichborne (IRE) 10-1 (9-6) Slowly into stride, soon pushed along towards rear, modest 6th and no impression when edged left final furlong, 6th of 10, 13 3/4l behind Saint Helena (9-6) at Bath 1m hcp (6) gf in Jun.
Gotasinggotadance 33-1 (8-2) Slowly into stride, pulled hard in last pair, ridden and beaten when hung left over 1f out, last of 7, 9 1/4l behind Castle Talbot (9-1) at Brighton 7f hcp (6) gf in Jun.
