in touch, headway chasing leaders 3f out, led inside final furlong, headed towards finish
raced on rail, led 2f, prominent, ran on inside final furlong, led towards finish
outpaced in rear, good headway inside final furlong, ran on well final 100 yards, not pace to reach leaders
slowly into stride, soon in touch near side rail, headway chasing leaders 3f out, pushed along and hung left from over 2f out, weakened soon after
raced keenly chasing leaders out wide, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
chased leaders out wide, went 2nd 3f out until ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
chased leaders, led 5f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, no extra in 3rd towards finish
steadied start, raced keenly and held up out wide, never a factor
Roger Varian is not the most frequent of visitors here and SIR WINSTON is his sole runner on the card. The gelding is clearly seen as being ideally suited to this intermediate trip and was going on strongly at Brighton last time when posting a first career success. He's only had three runs on turf and better can be expected on that latest evidence, He holds Little Boy Blue on the Brighton form and course and distance winner, Macs Dilemma, is viewed as a more dangerous rival after shaping well here last time and the extra furlong should suit. Winforglory and Liangel Hope can also make a stand with the latter preferred of the pair, but Iconic Knight and Flatley may need the run as they return from absences of 285 and 233 days respectively.
Sir Winston (IRE) 10-3 (9-4) Mid-division, pushed along over 2f out, headway and chased leader over 1f out, led narrowly 1f out, kept on well and asserted towards finish, won at Brighton 7f hcp (4) fm in May beating Rawyaan (9-8) by 1 3/4l, 7 ran.
Little Boy Blue 8-1 (9-9) Led early, soon headed and tracked leader, pushed along over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on inside last, 3rd of 7, 2 1/4l behind Sir Winston (9-4) at Brighton 7f hcp (4) fm in May.
Winforglory (IRE) 7-2 (9-11) Prominent, pushed along 2f out, briefly led entering final furlong, ridden when headed inside final 110 yards, soon no extra and dropped to third final strides, 3rd of 12, 1 1/4l behind Legal Reform (9-9) at Lingfield 7f hcp (5) pol in May.
Flatley 3-1 (10-0) Took keen hold, held up towards rear, pushed along when some headway over 2f out, under pressure inside final furlong, not reach leaders, 5th of 8, 3 1/4l behind Ring of Light (9-6) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (5) pol in Oct.
Macs Dilemma (IRE) 5-1 (9-11) Wore hood to post, chased leaders in centre, pushed along 2f out, ridden over 1f out, edged left and ran on inside final furlong, went 2nd towards finish, always held, 2nd of 11, 1/2l behind Vape (9-6) at Chepstow 6f hcp (5) gs in May.
Shoot To Kill (IRE) 13-2 (9-10) Tracked leader until pushed along over 3f out, weakened and eased from 2f out, tailed off, 5th of 7, dist behind Diffident Spirit (9-2) at Leicester 1m hcp (5) hvy in Apr.
Bastogne (IRE) Evensfav (9-13) Tracked leaders, pushed along and dropped to rear 3f out, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, last of 5, 5 3/4l behind Letter Of The Law (8-9) at Leicester 7f stks (5) sft in May.
Iconic Knight (IRE) 8-1 (8-11) Raced keenly, soon pressing winner, ridden to lead narrowly inside final furlong, headed and no extra towards finish, 2nd of 6, nk behind Biggles (10-2) at Chepstow 7f hcp (4) gd in Aug.
Liangel Hope (IRE) 9-1 (9-6) Tracked leaders, led over 2f out, headed and not much room over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 5th of 9, at Haydock 7f hcp (4) gs in May.
