held up in touch in 6th, smooth headway far side 3f out, led over 2f out, soon hung left, headed 1f out, not pace of winner, lost 2nd final 50 yards
held up in touch in 5th, smooth headway near side 3f out, chased leaders, 2f out, ridden and every chance over 1f out, not pace of winner inside final furlong, took 2nd final 50 yards
steadied start, took keen hold and held up in rear, headway near side travelling well 2f out, quickened to lead 1f out, edged left under pressure inside final furlong, kept on strongly, eased close home
slowly into stride, soon tracking leaders and went 2nd after 1f, pushed along to lead inside final 3f, soon hung right and headed over 2f out, weakened well over 1f out
steadied start, held up in last pair, headway halfway and soon tracking leaders, pushed along to challenge over 2f out, ridden pressing leaders over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
took keen hold tracking leaders, weakened over 2f out
led, headed inside final 3f, weakened over 2f out
tracked leader 1f, tracked leading pair, headway travelling well and every chance 2f out, soon ridden, no extra inside final furlong
Nonrunner
Four-year-olds usually comes out best in this contest so Simply Shining may find life tough raised a couple of grades off a 6lb higher mark as she bids for a hat-trick. Stablemate Imshivalla makes more appeal in this company after a pipe-opener at Epsom but SOLAR MAGIC (NAP) gets the nod. She won her maiden over track and trip and ran well for second in a Listed race at Kempton on her reappearance. Temptress is another course and distance winner but is 11lb higher as she returns to action so Azagal is preferred raised only 2lb for beating Isabella Bird at Nottingham recently.
Amazing Maria (IRE) 25-1 (8-12) Tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, lost place over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 10th of 15, 7l behind Kiyoshi (8-12) at Doncaster 7f flls Group 3 stks (1) gd in Sep.
Solar Magic 7-1 (9-0) Held up, pushed along and no impression over 2f out, ridden and headway approaching final furlong, ran on to go 2nd close home, no threat to winner, 2nd of 10, 1 1/4l behind Lady Dutch (9-0) at Kempton 1m fll lst stks (1) pol in Apr.
Temptress (IRE) 3-1fav (9-7) Close up, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong, 6th of 8, 10l behind Fruit Pastille (8-11) at Newmarket 1m fll hcp (2) sft in Oct.
Fruit Pastille 33-1 (8-4) Raced along on near side rail and well on terms, pushed along over 3f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 12th of 22, 10l behind Ayaar (8-9) at Newbury 1m hcp (2) gf in Apr.
Azagal (IRE) 3-1 (9-6) Chased leaders, went 2nd over 1f out, ridden inside final furlong, kept on well, won at Nottingham 1m fls hcp 0-90 (3) gf in Apr beating Stosur (9-4) by 1/2l, 4 ran.
Imshivalla (IRE) 8-1 (8-3) Keen tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, kept on same pace from over 1f out, 5th of 11, 8l behind Collaboration (8-2) at Epsom Downs 1m 2f hcp 0-105 (2) gd in Apr.
Simply Shining (IRE) 5-1 (9-2) Made all, ridden and pressed inside final furlong, just held on, won at Thirsk 1m flls hcp 0-85 (4) gf beating Muffri'Ha (9-1) by shd, 7 ran.
Spirit Raiser (IRE) 9-4fav (9-3) Soon tracked leader, led over 1f out, edged right inside final furlong, ran on, won at Newmarket 1m hcp 0-75 (5) gf in Jun beating Sahra Al Khadra (9-3) by 1 1/2l, 7 ran.
Isabella Bird 5-4fav (9-1) Led, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, lost 2nd towards finish, no extra close home, 3rd of 4, 1 3/4l behind Azagal (9-6) at Nottingham 1m fls hcp 0-90 (3) gf in Apr.
