towards rear, shaken up and switched wide off home turn, ridden when outpaced entering final furlong, soon beaten and dropped to last inside final 110 yards
prominent, chased leaders on inside rail inside 3f out, every chance 2f out, briefly ridden but found little inside final furlong, not pace of front three near finish
slowly away, behind and pushed along just before halfway, ridden 2f out, kept on to make modest gains inside final 110 yards, never nearer
midfield, dropped towards rear 2f out, still a lot to do when ridden and switched right entering final furlong, ran on strongly to lead well inside final 50 yards, just prevailed
midfield, pushed along in fourth when chased leaders before 2f out, ridden 1f out, weakened inside final 110 yards
led, ridden 2f out, headed well inside final furlong, outpaced by front pair inside final 110 yards, no extra near finish
close up, pushed along in second 3f out, ridden 2f out, led well inside final furlong, keeping on when headed well inside final 50 yards, not pace of winner final strides
NonRunner
This looks wide open with most having some sort of chance. Ryan Moore, who rode last year’s winner, teams up with True Statesman for Charlie Johnston with Franny Norton on Urban Sprawl, who ran well on his reappearance at Musselburgh having won three times over this trip last year. Coco Jack did well to finish fourth at Haydock 12 days ago as he missed the break but a tardy start here is usually punished. SURELY NOT was a ready winner at Newmarket and appears to have improved over the winter. He’s 7lb higher here but William Buick takes over the reins. Lord Uhtred will strip for a run at Newbury and Theoryofeverything, the least exposed, was far from disgraced when third in the Greenham. Promoter also has scope as do Vetiver and Self Aclaim, who are both on a hat-trick.
Theoryofeverything 6-1 (9-2) Held up in mid-division, headway far side of group and hung left 2f out, soon ridden, plugged on final furlong, went remote 3rd towards finish, never any chance with winner, 3rd of 11, 8 1/2l behind Isaac Shelby (9-2) at Newbury 7f Grp 3 stks (1) sft in Apr.
Vetiver 10-11fav (9-4) Made all, going well 2f out, clear final furlong, readily, won at Beverley 1m stks (5) gs in Apr beating Mount King (9-0) by 5 1/2l, 6 ran.
Promoter 22-1 (9-2) Mid-division far side of group, pushed along halfway, soon outpaced and never dangerous after, 5th of 9, 8 1/2l behind Knight (9-2) at Newbury 7f Grp 3 stks (1) hvy in Oct.
Surely Not (IRE) 9-1 (9-3) Steadied start, keen raced wide in rear, headway entering final 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, ran on, won at Newmarket 1m hcp (4) gs in Apr beating Connemara Coast (9-5) by 2 1/4l, 15 ran.
Lord Uhtred (IRE) 5-1 (9-2) Keen in rear of near side group, pushed along 2f out, ran on inside final furlong, never near to challenge, 5th of 8, 5 1/4l behind Scholarship (9-2) at Newbury 7f hcp (2) sft in Apr.
Urban Sprawl 5-1 (9-11) Led, ridden and headed just over 1f out, no impression on winner inside final furlong, kept on, 2nd of 9, 2 1/2l behind Gincident (9-9) at Musselburgh 1m hcp (4) gs in Apr.
Self Aclaim (IRE) 2-1 (9-5) Made all, shaken up over 1f out, ridden entering final furlong, just held on, won at Newcastle 7f stks (5) pol in Jan beating Razoni (8-12) by shd, 7 ran.
Coco Jack (IRE) 13-2 (9-9) Held up towards rear, headway on outside 3f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, 4th of 9, 3l behind Racingbreaks Ryder (9-0) at Haydock 1m hcp (3) gd in Apr.
True Statesman (IRE) 9-2 (9-9) Tracked leader, led 4f out, ridden 2f out, headed entering final furlong, kept on same pace, 3rd of 4, 6l behind Sunningdale (9-4) at Catterick 7f (3) gs in Sep.
