held up in touch, chased leaders over 1f out, stayed on
prominent, driven halfway, led over 1f out, edged left, ran on
soon led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong
chased leaders, weakened final 2f
slowly away, behind, never on terms
Clive Brittain's Mastership makes limited appeal on his debut in what appears a decent race and a better bet looks to be Vital Equine, who is preferred to Blue Madeira. The selection looked useful made a winning debut at Newcastle last month and is taken to follow up here. Cheshire Prince stepped up on debut form when landing a course and distance seller last time but this looks tougher, while Mick Channon's Yerevan may want a softer surface to show his best form. Christine Dunnett's runners here always warrant respect and Breckland Boy is no exception although he would need to step up on the form of his first effort to trouble the judge and of more interest may be recent Ayr winner Blue Madeira. Vital Equine created a favourable impression at Newcastle though and is the obvious choice to go in again.
Blue Madeira 50-1 (8-9) Behind, pushed along 3f out, headway on outer over 1f out, led well inside final furlong, kept on well, won at Ayr 6f 2yo mdn aut (4) sft in May beating Orpen Prince (8-12) by a hd, 8 ran.
Cheshire Prince 13-2 (8-11) Chased leaders, ran green, ridden, led approaching final furlong, ran on, won at Yarmouth 6f 2yo sll (6) gd in May beating Baytown Paikea (8-6) by 4l, 9 ran.
Vital Equine (IRE) 4-1 (9-3) Raced far side, headway to lead over 1f out, ran on strongly, won at Newcastle 6f 2yo mdn aut (6) gd in May beating Domino Dancer (9-3) by 2l, 17 ran.
Yerevan 11-4fav (9-0) With leader, led 4f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened, 4th of 8, 7l behind Karayel (9-2) at Kempton 6f nov stk (4) pol.
Breckland Boy 33-1 (9-3) Slowly into stride, soon prominent, led 3f out, headed 2f out, faded, 4th of 6, 7l behind Dazed And Amazed (9-3) at Newmarket 5f 2yo mdn (4) gs in May.
Mastership (IRE) Best of The Bests colt out of the winning miler Shady Point.