slowly into stride, towards rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
slowly into stride, towards rear, ridden over 1f out, never dangerous
held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong
in touch in 4th, led over 2f out, kept on strongly
chased leaders, pushed along and weakened over 1f out
steadied start, switched left and held up in rear, ridden over 1f out, chased winner inside final furlong, kept on
led, ridden and headed over 2f out, no extra 1f out
held up mid-division, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened
tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
BARSANTI goes from strength to strength and won a decent handicap at Kempton on his latest start by four lengths. Roger Varian’s charge has an inevitable hike in the weights to contend with here but looks worth sticking with. Top Tug also won on the all-weather last month but was only sixth in this last year and Oasis Fantasy scored at Newmarket recently but has a 6lb penalty to carry as a consequence. Fire Fighting is capable at this level on his day while Daniel Tudhope prefers the returning Fattsota to stablemate Chancery with the latter closely matched with Pearl Castle on latest running at Ripon.
Fire Fighting (IRE) 8-1 (9-0) Tracked leaders, driven over 2f out, lost place over 1f out, soon beaten, last of 7, 8 1/4l behind Cannock Chase (9-7) at Chester 1m 2f Grp 3 stks (1) gd in May.
Fattsota 7-2 (10-0) Led, pushed along over 2f out, headed over 1f out, no extra towards finish, 3rd of 6, 2 1/4l behind This Is The Day (9-6) at Pontefract 1m 2f hcp (2) gd in Sep.
Chancery (USA) 5-2 (9-7) In rear, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on, 4th of 5, 1 3/4l behind Noble Gift (9-3) at Ripon 1m 4f hcp (2) gs in Apr.
Top Tug (IRE) 7-1 (9-3) Slowly away soon pushed along to go in touch, headway on inner over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ridden and ran on, won at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (2) pol in Apr beating Sagaciously (8-9) by 3/4l, 8 ran.
Barsanti (IRE) 7-2fav (8-6) Keen early tracked leaders, headway to lead 2f out, pushed clear, comfortable, won at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (2) pol in Mar beating Dutch Uncle (8-3) by 4l, 12 ran.
Pearl Castle (IRE) 5-1 (9-1) Tracked leaders in 3rd, ridden over 2f out, kept on, 3rd of 5, 1l behind Noble Gift (9-3) at Ripon 1m 4f hcp (2) gs in Apr.
Oasis Fantasy (IRE) 7-1 (8-10) Steadied star held up in rear, headway over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on, won at Newmarket 1m 4f hcp stks (2) gd in May beating Paddys Motorbike (8-11) by 1 1/2l, 10 ran.
Croquembouche (IRE) 20-1 (9-2) Led until over 2f out, rallied over 1f out, kept on well under pressure, 4th of 13, 1 3/4l behind Hit The Jackpot (9-7) at Doncaster 1m 2f hcp (3) gd in Apr.
Blue Hussar (IRE) 25-1 (9-0) In touch, headway 3f out, ridden 2f out, kept on one pace and lost 2nd towards finish, 3rd of 15, 3l behind Cymro (9-9) at Thirsk 1m 4f hcp (2) sft in Apr.
Innocent Touch (IRE) 7-1 (8-12) Tracked leaders, ridden and weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 10, 8l behind Sir Chauvelin (8-2) at Hamilton 1m 5f hcp (3) sft in May.
