held up towards rear, headway over 1f out, stayed on well closing stages, never nearer
in touch, headway over 2f out, squeezed through to challenge over 1f out, soon every chance, kept on same pace
slowly into stride, in touch, headway over 1f out, soon ridden, kept on same pace
outpaced in rear, headway over 1f out, chased leaders inside final furlong, never nearer
tracked leaders, effort over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
held up in rear, headway to chase leaders over 2f out, led over 1f out, headed entering final furlong, no extra
mid-division, not clear run over 2f out, headway over 1f out, led entering final furlong, ran on well
chased leaders, under pressure over 2f out, weakening when short of room over 1f out
led until over 1f out, faded final furlong
pulled hard, soon prominent, effort over 2f out, hung left and weakened over 1f out
Shanghai Grace has been in good form on the all-weather but is 6lb higher than when scoring at Lingfield in March. Howzer Black won a lower grade contest at Carlisle last time but still looks best of Keith Dalgleish’s three runners while both Irreverent and Regular came up short on their respective handicap debuts, though the latter faced a tougher task at Newmarket and may well figure in this. FASTMAN is creeping closer in handicaps and, after finishing third at York last month behind a subsequent Listed winner, David O’Meara’s colt may prove good enough.
Daafr (IRE) 14-1 (9-5) Chased leaders and wide, closed and cut in towards others 5f out, lost place over 2f out, last of 8, 18 3/4l behind Jahbath (9-5) at Kempton 1m stks (2) pol in Mar.
Fastman (IRE) 14-1 (9-0) Close up, ridden over 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, kept on and lost 2nd place towards finish, 3rd of 19, 2 1/4l behind Space Blues (9-7) at York 7f hcp (3) gf in May.
Celebrity Dancer (IRE) 16-1 (9-7) Raced wide keen tracked leader, ridden 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 9, 8 1/2l behind Brian Epstein (9-5) at Musselburgh 7f hcp (3) gs in Jun.
Shanghai Grace 11-4jfav (9-7) Held up in touch on inside, pushed along when switched left and squeezed through 1f out, soon not clear run on inside and switched right, not recover, 4th of 8, 4 3/4l behind Magical Wish (9-8) at Lingfield 7f hcp (4) pol in Apr.
Woodside Wonder 20-1 (9-2) Tracked leaders, pushed along over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 8th of 11, 11 3/4l behind Lincoln Park (9-1) at Chester 1m hcp (2) sft in May.
Howzer Black (IRE) 5-1 (9-9) Mid-division, driven over 2f out, headway under pressure over 1f out, soon ridden, stayed on well towards stands side rail inside final furlong, led final strides, won at Carlisle 7f hcp (5) gf in May beating Arletta Star (8-6) by nk, 10 ran.
Irreverent 7-1 (9-4) Took strong hold, prominent, pushed along over 2f out, weakened 1f out, last of 5, 5 1/4l behind Artistic Rifles (9-5) at Doncaster 1m hcp (4) gf in Jun.
Regular 16-1 (8-1) Tracked leaders, took keen hold, driven and edged right over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 9th of 12, 4 1/2l behind Awe (8-10) at Newmarket 7f hcp (2) gf in Jun.
Theatre Of War (IRE) 4-1 (9-7) Tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace, 4th of 9, 1 3/4l behind Murdanova (9-9) at Catterick 7f hcp (4) sft in Jun.
Obee Jo (IRE) 9-1 (8-8) Towards rear, pushed along over 2f out, never a factor, 6th of 9, 7 3/4l behind Roulston Scar (8-13) at Pontefract 6f hcp (3) sft in Jun.
