slowly away, held up in rear, took keen hold, headway over 1f out, went 3rd inside final furlong, kept on, no impression on winner
held up towards rear, ridden 2f out, never dangerous
tracked leaders, effort over 3f out, not quicken 2f out, soon held
held up in mid-division, pushed along 3f out, not much room when headway over 2f out, chased winner over 1f out, kept on, no impression
held up towards rear, headway 3f out, 2nd briefly well over 1f out, stayed on same pace final furlong
made all, shaken up 2f out, clear inside final furlong, ran on well, comfortably
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
took keen hold, tracked winner, ridden over 2f out, soon beaten, weakened from over 1f out
A novice winner on the Rowley course here back in May, WADILSAFA tried his luck over 1m2f in a Group 3 at Ascot last time but failed to land a blow. The Frankel colt will be more at home in this grade and has plenty of scope. Baraweez has won twice over 7f at Chester this year and Get Knotted has been competing over the same distance without success. Third Time Lucky won last year’s Lincoln and though failing to win again since, he wasn’t beaten far at Ayr last time and is preferred to Parys Mountain, who scored over track and tip last month but is 7lb higher. Bless Him remains 8lb higher than when landing the Britannia last season and Rousayan saves his best for Beverley.
Bless Him (IRE) 20-1 (9-2) Chased far side leaders, led group 2f out until over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 9th of 30, 5 1/4l behind Settle For Bay (9-1) at Ascot 1m hcp (2) gf in Jun.
Baraweez (IRE) 7-1 (8-9) Towards rear, headway on inner over 1f out, ridden inside final furlong, kept on to lead towards finish, won at Chester 1m hcp (2) gd in May beating Muntadab (9-2) by 1 3/4l, 12 ran.
Commander Cole 7-1 (9-4) Tracked leaders stands side, driven over 2f out, ridden and no impression over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 7, 11 1/2l behind Pouvoir Magique (8-4) at Newbury 1m hcp (2) gf in May.
Get Knotted (IRE) 7-1 (9-5) Mid-division, headway over 2f out, not clear run inside final 2f, soon ridden, ran on well inside final furlong, took 2nd final strides, not reach winner, 2nd of 12, 1 1/4l behind Above The Rest (10-0) at York 7f hcp (2) gf in Jun.
Third Time Lucky (IRE) 5-1 (9-3) Held up in rear, headway to chase leaders when not clear run over 1f out, switched inside and ridden inside final furlong, stayed on well final 100 yards, not reach front pair, 3rd of 11, 1 1/4l behind First Flight (8-2) at Ayr 1m hcp (2) gd in Jun.
Wadilsafa 5-1 (9-0) Raced keenly in mid-division on outside, headway on outside over 2f out, plugged on inside final furlong, never going pace to reach leaders and weakened final 100 yards, 9th of 16, 7 1/4l behind Hunting Horn (9-0) at Ascot 1m 2f Grp 3 stks (1) gf in Jun.
Rousayan (IRE) 20-1 (9-13) Held up towards rear, ridden over 1f out, soon beaten, last of 8, 7 1/2l behind Poet's Society (9-10) at Leicester 7f hcp (3) gf in Jul.
Parys Mountain (IRE) 7-2 (9-9) Tracked leaders, pushed along over 2f out, ridden to chase winner over 1f out, driven and gaining towards finish, 2nd of 6, hd behind Club Wexford (9-10) at Ayr 1m hcp (4) gf in Jul.