keen, tracked leader until over 3f out, ridden and weakened over 2f out
slowly into stride, in rear, ridden 3f out, kept on never nearer
led, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened 1f out
in touch, chased leader over 3f out, led on bit 2f out, ridden and joined over 1f out, asserted towards finish
mid-division, headway to press winner approaching 2f out, ridden and stayed on to take 2nd towards finish
slowly into stride, in rear and pushed along halfway, headway and hung left over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong nearest finish
close up, ridden and weakened 3f out, eased well over 1f out
The William Haggas-trained Mulazem looks the pick of the newcomers being a son of El Prado owned by Hamdan Al Maktoum but it is hard to get away from ITHBAAT, who made an encouraging reappearance here last month and a reproduction of that effort may well suffice so he gets the vote ahead of Mac Wolf. Mick Quinlan's colt has been well beaten in his two starts so far but they have been in better races than this so he has to be considered. Michael Wigham introduces a daughter of Dansili in Black Stocking, who would not need to be out of the ordinary to take a hand here. Jeremy Noseda's Prince Of Johanne never recovered from a slow start on her Lingfield debut but she should have learned from that and makes more appeal than Luca Cumani's newcomer the Intikhab colt Luc Jordan, who is likely to do better over further. This is a poor contest in which John Gosden's Ithbaat, who ran promisingly on his only start as a juvenile and again on his reappearance over course and distance last month is taken to open his account.
Would I Lie To You 100-1 (9-13) Headway to mid-division over 4f out, ridden and weakened over 2f out, last of 11, 24l behind Emirates World (8-9) at Lingfield 7f mdn stks (5) pol in Jan.
Black Stocking Dansili filly out of Mariette.
Wild By Nature 66-1 (9-7) In touch to over 3f out, soon weakened, well behind over 2f out, tailed off, last of 9, 40l behind Soul Singer (8-0) at Kempton 1m 3f mdn auc stks (6) pol in Feb.
Ithbaat (USA) 7-4 (8-12) Steadied start, held up in rear, raced keenly, headway over 2f out, every chance inside final furlong, no extra close home, 2nd of 7, 4l behind Hyades (8-12) at Yarmouth 1m mdn auc stks (6) gf in Apr.
Luc Jordan Intikhab colt out of Saphila.
Mac Wolf 40-1 (8-5) Held up last, in touch over 2f out, soon ridden and no impression over 1f out, soon weakened, 4th of 5, 13l behind History Lesson (8-10) at Folkestone 1m 2f mdn auc stks (6) gf in Apr.
Mulazem (USA) El Prado colt out of Muwakleh.
Papyrian 25-1 (9-3) Raced keenly in touch, lost place over 2f out, 11th of 13, 17l behind Catskill Mountain (9-3) at Newmarket 6f 2yo mdn (4) gs in Oct.
Prince Of Johanne (IRE) 9-1 (8-12) Slowly into stride, never dangerous, 7th of 11, 12l behind Secret Witness (8-12) at Lingfield 7f mdn stks (5) pol.
Sirjosh Josr Algarhoud gelding out of Special Gesture.
Soldier Soldier 150-1 (8-13) Tracked leaders, ridden and weakened quickly approaching 2f out, virtually pulled up final furlong, last of 10, well behind Shabib (8-13) at Folkestone 7f mdn stks (5) gd in Apr.
Domada 100-1 (8-13) Behind, soon outpaced, last of 14, well behind Obe Royal (10-1) at Southwell 7f sell stks (6) fbs in Mar.
