prominent, led halfway, ridden and headed inside final furlong, no extra
towards rear, headway between horse over 1f out, soon switched left, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on
dwelt raced wide towards rear, ridden and headway approaching final furlong, kept on one pace
keen tracked leaders, pushed along 2f out, kept on one pace
close up, pushed along 2f out, held when short of room approaching final furlong, weakened final furlong
in touch, ridden over 1f out, no impression final furlong
dwelt always in rear
raced wide close up, ridden over 1f out, weakened final furlong
dwelt towards rear, headway approaching final furlong, not clear run and switched left just inside final furlong, soon chased winner, ran on
led, headed halfway, tracked leaders, rallied inside final furlong, went 3rd close home
Penalised for winning a Group 3 last year, Sound And Silence has posted a couple of below par efforts so far this season and finished down the field at York last time along with Haddaf, Rock On Baileys and MOKAATIL. But that was the latter’s first outing since going close in the Cornwallis at Newmarket in October and though closely matched with Sound And Silence on that form, Owen Burrows’ colt gets another chance on these terms. Spoof finished behind the former pair in the Cornwallis but won a handicap at Chester last month while Koditime landed a handicap sprint at York on his reappearance and is worth another try at this higher level. The remainder looks up against it in this company.
Sound And Silence 8-1 (9-7) Tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 10th of 11, 5 1/2l behind Main Desire (8-11) at York 5f lst stks (1) gf in May.
Haddaf (IRE) 14-1 (9-2) Tracked leaders, ridden when short of room over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 8th of 11, 4 1/4l behind Main Desire (8-11) at York 5f lst stks (1) gf in May.
Koditime (IRE) 9-4fav (9-5) Held up tracking leaders on rail, not clear run and switched left over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on, headed last strides, 2nd of 8, hd behind Cowboy Soldier (8-6) at Windsor 5f hcp (2) gd in May.
Mokaatil 9-1 (9-2) Keen carried head awkwardly, tracked leader, ridden over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 9th of 11, 5l behind Main Desire (8-11) at York 5f lst stks (1) gf in May.
Spoof 9-2 (9-7) Held up, headway on inner entering final furlong, edged right and led inside final furlong, ridden and ran on, won at Chester 5f hcp (2) gd in May beating Looks A Million (9-0) by 1/2l, 10 ran.
Youkan (IRE) 5-2 (9-7) Tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, effort when edged left inside final furlong, kept on one pace, 3rd of 8, 1 3/4l behind Charming Guest (8-9) at Bath 5f stks (5) gd in Apr.
Denham 50-1 (8-7) Always behind, 9th of 12, 19 1/4l behind Tabdeed (9-5) at Nottingham 6f stks (5) gf in May.
Rock On Baileys 16-1 (8-8) Close up, effort over 1f out, ridden and kept on same pace, 6th of 12, 2 1/2l behind Classical Times (9-3) at Haydock 6f lst fll (1) gd in May.
Tricksy Spirit 9-2 (9-2) In rear, switched to outer 2f out, headway over 1f out, one pace final furlong, lost 3rd near finish, 4th of 7, 2 1/4l behind Magical Dreamer (9-11) at Goodwood 6f hcp fll (3) sft in Jun.
Wings Of The Rock (IRE) 7-1 (9-7) Held up, headway over 1f out, chased leaders inside final furlong, never a threat, 4th of 9, 3 1/4l behind Machree (9-4) at Redcar 5f hcp (5) gf in May.
