chased leaders early, gradually lost place into mid-division, outpaced halfway, soon beaten
in touch on inside, under pressure over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, soon eased
held up towards rear, headway over 3f out, chased leaders over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
always prominent, hard driven to challenge over 2f out, kept on well under pressure, no chance with winner
mid-division, headway on inside over 2f out, soon not clear run and switched right, ran on into 3rd, never a threat
dwelt, behind, headway over 1f out, never nearer
held up, headway halfway, chased leaders over 2f out, kept on same pace
prominent, lost place over 2f out
held up in rear, headway over 2f out, chased leaders inside final furlong, no extra closing stages
made all, drew clear over 1f out, ran on strongly
BLUE MIST will be sharper for last month’s pipe-opener in the Victoria Cup at Ascot where he finished a respectable sixth. Back over his winning trip today, Roger Charlton’s charge should make a bold bid. Game Player ran well at Goodwood last time though all three wins so far have been over 7f while Club Wexford is upped a couple of grades after scoring at Wetherby. Universal Gleam scored over track and trip before struggling over 1m2f at Ripon behind fifth-placed Waarif and the runner-up Just Hiss. Sha La La La Lee won a decent handicap at Chester earlier while Nicholas T was successful in this contest in 2017 but hasn’t won since.
Carry On Deryck 66-1 (9-7) Held up mid-division, outpaced 3f out, behind final 2f, 7th of 10, 14 1/2l behind Fayez (8-6) at Ripon 1m 1f hcp (2) gd in May.
Blue Mist 8-1 (8-11) Held up towards rear, headway near side of group over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, nearest finish, 6th of 26, 2 3/4l behind Cape Byron (9-3) at Ascot 7f hcp (2) gs in May.
Banksea 33-1 (9-6) Steadied and switched left start, held up in rear, ridden and beaten 4f out, tailed off, 9th of 10, 31 1/4l behind Aquarium (9-7) at Chester 1m 2f hcp (2) sft in May.
Waarif (IRE) 4-1fav (9-11) Tracked leaders, took keen hold, effort and hung right over 1f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong, 5th of 10, 3 1/4l behind Fayez (9-7) at Ripon 1m 2f hcp (3) gd in Jun.
Game Player (IRE) 9-4 (8-10) Slowly into stride, held up, headway over 1f out, soon chasing leaders, ran on into 2nd inside final furlong, never reached winner, 2nd of 9, 1 1/4l behind Apex King (8-2) at Goodwood 7f hcp (2) gd in May.
Hortzadar 17-2 (9-2) Held up towards rear, headway on outside over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, never going pace to reach leaders, 5th of 14, 8l behind Gossiping (8-7) at Epsom 1m 1f hcp (2) gd in May.
Sha La La La Lee 8-1 (8-10) Slowly into stride, towards rear, pushed along over 4f out, ridden well over 1f out, stayed on towards finish, 5th of 10, 2 1/2l behind Kaeso (8-7) at Chester 1m hcp (2) gd in May.
Universal Gleam 5-1 (9-3) Led, headed 8f out, chased leader until over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 9th of 10, 10 1/4l behind Fayez (9-7) at Ripon 1m 2f hcp (3) gd in Jun.
Just Hiss 10-1 (9-3) Chased leaders, effort over 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, kept on, no impression on winner, 2nd of 10, 1 1/2l behind Fayez (9-7) at Ripon 1m 2f hcp (3) gd in Jun.
Nicholas T 9-1 (8-5) Held up towards rear, headway chasing leaders over 2f out, ridden and hung left from inside final 2f, 4th and one pace final furlong, 4th of 14, 5 1/4l behind Al Muffrih (8-12) at Redcar 1m 2f hcp (2) gf in May.
Club Wexford (IRE) 13-2 (9-1) A little slow to break, soon mid-division, effort 2f out, challenged inside final furlong, led final 75 yards, stayed on, won at Wetherby 1m hcp (4) gf in May beating Markazi (9-8) by nk, 9 ran.
