tracked leader, led after 2f, driven and headed 2f out, soon lost place, behind final furlong
led 2f, tracked leader, driven over 3f out, ridden and lost place over 2f out, soon outpaced, no chance with leaders when lost 4th inside final furlong
held up in rear, switched outside 3f out, headway over 2f out, soon ridden to chase winner, never on terms, readily outpaced final furlong
held up in touch, chased leaders when not clear run over 2f out, soon switched left and ridden, went 3rd 1f out, kept on, no chance with front pair
tracked front pair, driven and lost place when not much room inside final 2f, soon outpaced, stayed on to take modest 4th inside final furlong, no chance with leaders
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Four Kingdoms and On Fire have much more to do than when scoring here and at Ripon respectively last time. Great Fighter and Sebastian's Wish both have a good record around here. The former arrives in the best form having finished second over 1m6f on the track last time. Bedrock was beaten 10 lengths when second at Chelmsford but had been in good form before that over hurdles and on Turf. Angel Gabrial is 21lb lower than when landing the Northumberland Plate four years ago but hasn’t scored since. Another nine-year-old, FAITHFUL MOUNT, last won in 2016 when 4lb higher. He’s not pulled up any trees since returning from injury but may well get an easy lead in this and the fast ground is in his favour.
Bedrock 10-3 (9-8) In touch, headway to chase winner over 2f out, soon no chance, 2nd of 10, 10l behind Addicted To You (9-9) at Chelmsford City 2m hcp (4) pol in May.
Sebastian's Wish (IRE) 20-1 (8-10) Led 13f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, soon weakened, eased over 1f out, tailed off, last of 9, dist behind The Grand Visir (9-2) at Haydock 2m hcp (2) gd in May.
On Fire 7-1 (9-13) Dwelt, tracked leaders, effort to press leader from over 1f out, ran on, led final strides, won at Ripon 2m hcp (5) gd in May beating Stormin Tom (9-9) by nk, 10 ran.
Great Fighter 13-2 (10-6) Slowly away in rear, wide and headway over 1f out, ridden and stayed on to go 2nd towards finish, 2nd of 8, 1 1/4l behind Wor Lass (9-11) at Musselburgh 1m 6f hcp (4) gd in Jun.
Angel Gabrial (IRE) 11-1 (8-7) Prominent, ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 3rd of 12, 3 3/4l behind Star Of The East (9-7) at Chester 1m 5f hcp (3) gd in May.
Four Kingdoms (IRE) 11-4fav (9-9) Tracked leaders, headway when not clear run and switched left to wide outside 2f out, stayed on under pressure to lead towards finish, won at Musselburgh 1m 4f hcp (6) gf in May beating Ravenswood (8-10) by 3/4l, 9 ran.
Tenor (IRE) 50-1 (9-1) Led, headed over 5f out, ridden over 2f out, faded inside final furlong, 6th of 7, 3 3/4l behind Nonios (9-0) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (2) pol in Mar.
Faithful Mount 17-2 (8-2) Led, ridden and headed over 2f out, lost 2nd inside final 2f, weakened over 1f out, last of 8, 5 1/2l behind Platitude (9-4) at Goodwood 1m 6f hcp (2) gd in May.
