took keen hold, led, clear over 5f out until over 3f out, headed over 2f out, soon weakened
held up, headway 3f out, ridden to challenge over 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, held towards finish
chased leaders, ridden over 4f out, led over 2f out, edged left and headed over 1f out, one pace inside final furlong
held up, ridden 4f out, headway 2f out, edged left over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, went 3rd close home
chased leader, every chance over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
Rodrigo De Torres and Redact are facing a stiff task at the weights in this while Spiritual Star is racing for the first time since finishing tailed off in last year's Greenham at Newbury, though did run in a Group 1 as a two-year-old. PINTURA should find this easier than the Listed race he contested at Haydock earlier this month and this is his trip nowadays. He was fourth in the Group 1 Prix de la Foret at Longchamp in October and is just preferred to Our Jonathan, confined to 6f since finishing third at Chester last July and needing to recapture his best to land this. Morache Music was well behind Our Jonathan in September's Ayr Gold Cup and hasn't been seen since.
Rodrigo De Torres 22-1 (9-3) Chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened, 12th of 15, 14l behind Norse Blues (8-8) at Thirsk 1m hcp 0-100 (2) gf.
Morache Music 25-1 (9-5) Towards rear far side, ridden 2f out, weakened entering final furlong, 22nd of 26, 18l behind Captain Ramius (9-0) at Ayr 6f hcp (2) hvy in Sep.
Our Jonathan 12-1 (9-1) Towards rear, never on terms, 15th of 20, 10l behind Move In Time (8-10) at Doncaster 6f hcp (2) gd in Apr.
Pintura 16-1 (9-7) Tracked leader until ridden over 2f out, not much room when fading over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, last of 6, 8l behind Eton Forever (9-11) at Haydock 7f Listed stks 3yo (1) gs.
Redact (IRE) 12-1 (9-0) Steadied start, always in rear, last of 7, 6l behind Bronze Prince (9-0) at Kempton 7f cnd stks (4yo+) (4) pol in Mar.
Spiritual Star (IRE) 8-1 (9-0) Led, headed inside final 3f, lost 2nd approaching final 2f, soon weakened and eased, tailed off, last of 5, 39l behind Caspar Netscher (9-0) at Newbury 7f 3yo Grp 3 (1) sft in Apr '12.