in touch in rear, headway on outer over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, readily
raced wide, tracked leaders, headway to chase leader over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong
early reminders, tracked leader, led over 4f out, ridden over 1f out, hung right and headed inside final furlong, kept on
led, headed over 4f out, tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, hung right then left over 1f out, kept on same pace
RED RUBLES has gone close in both starts so far and was four lengths clear of the rest when third over 7f at Newmarket last time. Andrew Balding's colt finished well ahead of Faithful Creek and is just preferred to Silver Ranger. The latter improved to claim second place over 6f at Salisbury on his latest start. The newcomer Water Thief is out of a prolific dam and hails from last year's winning yard but the remaining pair are hard to fancy.
Faithful Creek (IRE) 16-1 (9-5) Held up mid-division, headway over 2f out, chasing leaders when hung left over 1f out, kept on, 4th of 9, 6l behind Diaz (9-5) at Newmarket 7f 2yo mdn (4) gf in Jun.
Red Rubles (IRE) 4-1 (9-2) Pulled hard, led after 1f, headed over 1f out, no extra closing stages, 3rd of 9, 1 1/2l behind Diaz (9-5) at Newmarket 7f 2yo mdn (4) gf in Jun.
Silver Ranger 6-1 (9-5) Chased winner, driven and edged right over 1f out, lost 2nd inside final furlong, rallied to regain 2nd close home, 2nd of 7, 1l behind Sixty (9-5) at Salisbury 6f 2yo mdn (2) gf in Jun.
Tumut (IRE) 14-1 (9-2) Towards rear and in touch, ridden over 2f out, one pace and no impression final furlong, 6th of 7, 2 3/4l behind Shaakis (9-5) at Brighton 7f 2yo mdn (5) gf.
Water Thief (USA) Bellamy Road colt out of Sometime.
Mary Ann Bugg (IRE) 16-1 (9-0) Chased winner until ridden 3f out, weakened soon after, last of 6, 27l behind Ciaras Cookie (9-7) at Yarmouth 7f 2yo sll hcp (6) gf.
