soon outpaced and behind, effort over 3f out, never troubled leaders
in touch, ridden along halfway, one pace until weakened inside final furlong
led, driven and headed over 1f out, rallied inside final furlong to regain lead post
steadied at start, held up behind leaders, ridden when hung left 2f out, switched right over 1f out, ran on final furlong
in touch, ridden over 2f out, edged right when led over 1f out, kept on final furlong, headed post
chased leaders, ridden along halfway, weakened over 1f out
Disappointingly just the six runners stand their ground for the feature event on the card in which Sylvester Kirk's Talking Hands will try to give weight away all round to land this Listed race but he may struggle to do so on ground that may be softer than ideal and preference is for Desert Phantom, who gets the vote ahead of Come And Go. The last mentioned is impeccably bred and looks to be going the right way but Alan Swinbank's gelding is likely to come into his own when stepping up in trip. Brian Meehan's Zezao is capable but is held by the selection on running last time, while Favourite Girl is more exposed than most of these and probably needs to improve to trouble the judge. Sunset Crest will not be inconvenienced by the underfoot conditions and cannot be ruled out but a better bet looks to be Desert Phantom, who has shown a decent level of form in winning his two starts at Haydock and Windsor, both under testing conditions, and he is taken to win again.
Talking Hands 9-2 (9-2) Steadied and held up in rear, driven and headway over 1f out, soon ridden to challenge, stayed on under pressure to lead close home, won at Ascot 7f 2yo lst stk (1) gf in Jul beating The Legal Blonde (8-11) by a nk, 6 ran.
Come And Go (UAE) 8-1 (9-3) With leaders, led halfway, ridden out final furlong, held on, won at Haydock 6f 2yo mdn (5) gs beating Servoca (9-3) by a nk, 10 ran.
Desert Phantom (USA) 9-4 (8-12) Made all, hard ridden final furlong, kept on gamely, won at Windsor 6f 2yo stk (3) gs beating Rileyskeepingfaith (8-12) by 1/2l, 6 ran.
Zezao 11-1 (8-12) Took keen hold tracking leaders, ridden and hung left over 1f out, soon beaten, 4th of 6, 3 1/2l behind Desert Phantom (8-12) at Windsor 6f 2yo stk (3) gs.
Favourite Girl (IRE) 6-1 (8-9) Always prominent, ridden over 1f out, ran on to lead towards finish, won at Haydock 5f 2yo hcp (2) hvy beating Suzie Quw (8-6) by 1/2l, 10 ran.
Sunset Crest 11-4fav (9-4) Soon outpaced, headway over 1f out, stayed on final furlong, 2nd of 6, 2l behind La Brigitte (8-11) at Haydock 5f 2yo hcp (5) hvy in Jul.
