keen in mid-division, headway on outside chasing leaders 2f out, hung right and ridden from over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
awkwardly away, held up in last trio, headway on inside 2f out, ridden and no impression over 1f out
raced wide early, tracked winner after 2f, pushed along over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, lost 2nd inside final furlong, no extra and lost 3rd close home
always towards rear, never on terms
raced keenly, tracked winner 2f, handy 3rd, pushed along 3f out, weakened over 2f out, behind and eased final furlong
made all, ridden and strongly pressed when edged left inside final furlong, kept on gamely
raced keenly, tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, rider dropped whip and kept on inside final furlong, not quite pace to challenge
mid-division, headway on inside 3f out, soon chasing leaders, went 2nd inside final furlong, soon every chance, no extra close home
always in rear
raced wide in mid-division, wide on home turn, behind final 2f, eased inside final furlong
NonRunner
Club Wexford was a decent enough handicapper for Jim Bolger and Roger Fell has taken advantage of a falling handicap mark. Whether the seven-year-old can overcome a 6lb penalty for last week's Ayr victory is another matter as this looks quite a tough handicap. Waarif was staying on stoutly over this trip at Thirsk and this uphill climb to the finish will play to his strengths while Michele Strogoff was in the lead at this trip at Nottingham but couldn't hold off Scottish Summit, who was receiving 7lb. Tim Easterby is having a terrific run and VIVE LA DIFFERENCE has run really well since joining the yard from France. He finally put it all together at Hamilton and with just an extra 4lb can keep up the yard's good run.
Club Wexford (IRE) 11-4 (9-1) With leader, led over 2f out, kept on well inside final furlong, won at Ayr 1m hcp (4) gf in May beating Koybig (9-4) by 1 1/4l, 7 ran.
Rinaria (IRE) 16-1 (9-5) Prominent, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 10th of 11, 8 1/2l behind Dawaaleeb (9-5) at Beverley 1m hcp (4) gf in May.
Waarif (IRE) 7-2jfav (9-5) In touch, headway when not clear run over 1f out, switched right, ran on inside final furlong, never reached winner, 2nd of 16, 1 1/4l behind Helovaplan (9-7) at Thirsk 1m hcp (4) gf in May.
Kreb's Cycle (IRE) 4-1 (8-7) Led, pressed over 3f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 7, 6 1/4l behind C Note (9-5) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (3) pol in Mar.
Cosmic Ray 20-1 (9-2) In touch in rear, weakened 2f out, last of 7, 17 3/4l behind Society Red (9-7) at Beverley 1m hcp (4) gf in May.
El Principe 14-1 (8-13) Led early, prominent, led again 5f out, headed over 3f out, weakened inside final furlong, 11th of 20, 12 1/2l behind What's The Story (9-5) at Doncaster 7f hcp (3) sft in Nov.
Michele Strogoff 5-1 (9-7) Tracked leader, led over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, kept on and no impression, 2nd of 12, 3 1/2l behind Scottish Summit (9-0) at Nottingham 1m 2f hcp (5) gf in May.
Vive La Difference (IRE) 3-1 (9-7) Mid-division, headway 3f out, switched left over 2f out, led inside final furlong, kept on well, won at Hamilton 1m hcp (5) gf in May beating Gun Case (8-12) by 1l, 13 ran.
Sir Ottoman (FR) 40-1 (9-0) Mid-division, ridden over 2f out, soon no impression, 9th of 17, 5 1/4l behind Lamloom (9-5) at Nottingham 1m hcp (4) gs in Apr.
Palmerston 16-1 (9-5) Led, headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 8, 7l behind Remember The Days (9-11) at Ayr 1m 2f hcp (5) gf in May.
Hanseatic 25-1 (9-0) Raced wide close up, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong, 9th of 16, 20 3/4l behind Trinity Star (8-11) at Pontefract 1m hcp (5) gd in May.
