slow into stride, held up, headway and not clear run over 2f out, stayed on final furlong
tracked leaders, headway and led over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
held up, ridden and headway 3f out, no further headway final 2f
mid-division, ridden over 3f out, weakened 2f out
slow into stride, soon recovered, always prominent, ridden over 2f out, ran on and led inside final furlong
held up in rear, headway over 2f out, effort on inside over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
held up, headway over 2f out, stayed on same pace final furlong
keen, chased leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened quickly over 1f out
towards rear, ridden and headway over 2f out, every chance over 1f out, stayed on same pace
mid-division, ridden and some headway 3f out, soon weakened
held up, not clear run over 3f out, stayed on final furlong, never dangerous
slow into stride, held up, ridden and some headway 3f out, soon weakened
led, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened final furlong
chased leaders, ridden 4f out, weakened well over 2f out
always prominent, ridden and led over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra near finish
A maximum field to end with and winner finding gets no easier. Top weight Sky Quest is effective here under these conditions, as he showed when beating another of todays rivals, Major Attraction over course and distance last July. He actually meets his rival on 5lbs better terms, so should in theory come out on top again. Perfect Punch, a winner on the All-Weather, tackles turf for the first time. He is out of a mare that won two races in Ireland, including one on fast ground, so there is every reason to believe he will actually improve for racing on grass. Now five, and still a maiden, it doesn't exactly auger well for In Luck. However, he is from a family renown for getting better with age, which includes Needle Gun and Luso, both high-class performers, so maybe all isn't lost with In Luck. A chance is taken with another maiden five-year-old in the shape of Summer Stock, who came from a mile back at Warwick, when a strong finishing 4th to the well-handicapped On Guard. He can run off the same mark in this and will be more at home with the longer straight here.