mid-division, driven along 4f out, no danger when went lame well over 1f out, quickly pulled up
tracked leader until 7f out, ridden over 2f out, hung left over 1f out, one pace
chased leaders, ridden over 3f out, soon lost place
tracked leaders, every chance 2f out, soon ridden, no extra, lost 2 places well inside final furlong
took keen hold in mid-division, lost place over 9f out, behind after
slowly into stride, held up, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on to go 3rd well inside final furlong
held up, hampered well over 1f out, never near leaders
mid-division, headway 6f out, weakened well over 2f out, behind when hampered entering straight
held up, headway over 9f out, led 3f out, hard ridden over 1f out, ran on
set slow pace, quickened 7f out, ridden and headed 3f out, weakened over 1f out
slowly into stride, in rear, ridden 5f out, stayed on inside final furlong, never near leaders
mid-division, ridden 4f out, behind final 3f
Silver Mont, Diktatorship and Squirtle are a handful against the field in another wide-open affair and the vote is given to Diktatorship. The selection chased home Adage here last time out but he came up against a progressive rival that day and a reproduction of that effort may be good enough this afternoon. The slight reservation would be the trip as he has yet to race over this far, but if he gets home he should prove tough to beat. Silver Mont is an obvious danger as he chased home Orchard House last time out but that rival has since raced twice and been comprehensively beaten so the form looks far from watertight. Squirtle was a fair third behind Nimra last time out and is another with place claims but consistency is not her strong point. Comeintothespace's best form is over a mile and a half and on that basis he can be taken on. Lord Nellsson could improve for the fitting of first-time blinkers, but Diktatorship showed enough last time to make him the one to beat today.
Rightful Ruler 7-1 (8-12) Led, headed 4f out, soon ridden, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 8, 9l behind Atlantic Coast (8-0) at Hamilton 1m 5f hcap (5) gs.
Silver Mont (IRE) 15-8fav (9-2) Slowly away and held up, headway over 3f out, driven over 1f out, chased winner final furlong, kept on, 2nd of 12, 1l behind Orchard House (8-5) at Southwell 1m 6f hcap (6) fbs in Jun.
Madiba 16-1 (8-8) Soon tracking leader, pushed along 3f out, soon weakened, 8th of 12, 14l behind Colwyn Bay (9-3) at Folkestone 2m hcap (6) gf.
Diktatorship (IRE) 14-1 (8-11) Mid-division, hampered 3f out, headway to chase leaders over 2f out, every chance approaching final furlong, no extra, 2nd of 13, 1 1/2l behind Adage (8-10) at W'hampton 1m 6f hcap (6) pol.
Figaro's Quest (IRE) 22-1 (9-2) Held up, always behind, 6th of 8, 13l behind Gallileo Figaro (9-11) at Beverley 2m hcp 0-70 (5) hvy.
Squirtle (IRE) 9-1 (8-6) Started slowly, behind, headway 5f out, kept on, 3rd of 9, 3l behind Nimra (10-0) at Warwick 1m 7f hcap (5) gd.
Comeintothespace (IRE) 5-1 (8-10) Mid-division, headway 3f out, weakened inside final furlong, 4th of 11, 7l behind Medieval Maiden (9-0) at W'hampton 1m 4f hcap (6) pol in May.
Lord Nellsson 9-2co-fav (8-7) Held up mid-division, kept on one pace from 3f out, 3rd of 10, 7l behind Jayer Gilles (8-5) at Bath 2m 1f hcap (6) frm in Jun.