in touch, wide and headway entering final furlong, stayed on
raced wide tracked leaders, pushed along to lead over 1f out, ridden approaching final furlong, headed towards finish
led after 1f, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
keen in rear, ran on final furlong, nearest finish
close up, ridden over 1f out, stayed on to go to go 2nd close home
raced wide close up, ridden to chase leader inside final furlong, kept on one pace
held up, headway approaching final furlong, switched left inside final furlong, ran on to lead towards finish
led 1f, tracked leader until 3f out, pushed along and weakened over 1f out
held up, pushed along entering final furlong, never nearer
in touch, ridden and weakened over 1f out
always in rear, pushed along 3f out, soon weakened
NonRunner
MAORI KNIGHT took advantage of last year’s slide down the weights when making a winning reappearance at Chelmsford. That was his first start gelded and he can confirm running with Arctic Vega. The latter returned a disappointing favourite on that occasion but has subsequently gone close at Windsor while there was cut in the ground when Hot Team won at Hamilton earlier. The latter’s stablemate Gabrial The One and Heart Of Soul and are course regulars but Mr Coco Bean is preferred over today’s trip.
Arctic Vega 9-1 (8-7) Tracked leaders, pushed along over 2f out, stayed on final furlong, not quite pace to challenge, 3rd of 9, 1/2l behind Faisal (9-7) at Windsor 1m 2f hcp (3) gd in May.
Heart Of Soul (IRE) 12-1 (9-13) Prominent, ridden over 2f out, weakened 1f out, last of 8, 16 1/2l behind Soapy Stevens (8-3) at Chester 1m 4f hcp (4) gs in May.
Maori Knight (IRE) 9-2 (9-3) Made most, ridden over 1f out, ran on, won at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (4) pol in May beating Frankly Mr Shankly (9-2) by 1l, 11 ran.
Polyphony (IRE) 8-1 (9-1) Wore hood to post, tracked leaders, weakened final 2f, 7th of 8, 12 1/4l behind Croeso Cymraeg (9-0) at Leicester 1m 2f hcp (4) gf in Jun.
Gabrial The One (IRE) 12-1 (8-13) Raced wide held up, pushed along 3f out, not trouble leaders, 7th of 9, 8 1/4l behind Fly Falcon (9-3) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (4) pol in Dec.
Mutaabeq (IRE) 28-1 (9-1) Raced wide in touch, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on same pace, 5th of 10, 17l behind Rainbow Jet (8-9) at Haydock 1m 2f hcp (4) hvy in May.
Tombolo (FR) 5-1 (9-1) Dwelt start, soon midfield, outpaced over 2f out, weakened from over 1f out, 8th of 10, 24 3/4l behind Zihaam (9-3) at Beverley 1m hcp (4) gd in May.
Salam Zayed 7-1 (9-8) Always towards rear, never on terms, tailed off, last of 8, 32 3/4l behind Ventura Royal (9-7) at Beverley 1m hcp (5) sft in Sep.
Hot Team (IRE) 11-8fav (9-5) Mid-division, took keen hold, pushed along 3f out, kept on inside final furlong, never on terms, 4th of 8, 4 1/4l behind Euro Implosion (9-7) at Hamilton 1m 3f hcp (6) gf in Jun.
Merweb (IRE) 17-2 (9-3) Led, pushed along and headed over 2f out, lost further ground over 1f out, no impact inside final furlong, last of 7, 6 3/4l behind For Richard (9-0) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Apr.
New Look (FR) 12-1 (8-13) Raced keenly, led until inside final 2f, weakened final furlong, 7th of 11, 6 1/2l behind Order Of St John (9-7) at Nottingham 1m hcp (6) gf in Jun.
Mr Coco Bean (USA) 12-1 (8-10) Held up towards rear, headway into midfield travelling strongly over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, faded final furlong, 6th of 8, 3 1/2l behind Cockalorum (10-1) at Redcar 1m 2f hcp (4) gd in May.
