led and pressed, headed 2f out, ridden in 3rd 1 1/2f out, no extra final furlong
held up behind leaders, 4th halfway, ridden and dropped to rear over 1f out, no extra
held up in rear, progress on outer 1 1/2f out, ridden to challenge over 1f out, led final 200 yards, kept on well closing stages
prominent on rail, pushed along in close 3rd halfway, ridden 1 1/2f out, no extra inside final furlong, kept on one pace
held up behind leaders, 4th halfway, ridden in 5th over 1f out, not clear run 200 yards out, kept on same pace in 3rd closing stages
prominent on outer, close 2nd halfway, led 2f out, ridden and strongly pressed over 1f out, headed final 200 yards, no extra and kept on same pace
Line Of Reason has some ground to make up with Monsieur Joe on their running at York last month when his stablemate won a Class 2 handicap. The latter looks sure to be in the mix again after another good effort at Epsom last week. MIRZA (NAP) was partnered by Fran Berry when he won this back in 2012 and they renew acquaintances. Rae Guest's sprinter won a Group 3 in France in September and a similar effort should be good enough to land this. Listed winner Dikta Del Mar and maiden winner Ardhoomey may find life tough against these older sprinters while Russian Soul is preferred to the returning Abstraction.
Mirza 7-1 (9-3) 6th of 11, 3l behind Muthmir (9-3) at Chantilly(FR) 5f Grp 2 gd in May.
Abstraction (IRE) 10-3 (9-13) Led, ridden over 1f out, kept on, headed close home, 2nd of 7, hd behind Sir Maximilian (10-2) at Dundalk 5f lst stks 2yo (1) pol in Oct.
Line Of Reason (IRE) 25-1 (9-10) Slowly into stride, in rear, not clear run over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, never nearer, 11th of 20, 3 1/2l behind Monsieur Joe (9-4) at York 5f hcp 105 (2) gd in May.
Monsieur Joe (IRE) 12-1 (9-6) Close up, ridden and every chance over 1f out, ran on, 2nd of 20, 1l behind Desert Law (8-5) at Epsom Downs 5f hcp (2) gf.
Russian Soul (IRE) 7-1 (10-4) Stumbled slightly early, soon led, pushed along over 2f out, soon joined, headed under 1f out, kept on same pace, 3rd of 11, 1 1/2l behind Master Speaker (9-3) at Curragh 6f hcp gd in May.
Ardhoomey (IRE) 7-4fav (9-5) Made all, pushed out to go clear over 1f out, kept on strongly final furlong, comfortably, won at Navan 6f mdn stks gf in May beating Belezza Oscura (9-0) by 5l, 15 ran.
Dikta Del Mar (SPA) 16-1 (8-11) Edged slightly right out of stalls, soon led, headed 2f out and pushed along, 4th 1f out, kept on same pace, 4th of 8, 3 1/2l behind Great Minds (9-12) at Naas 5f Listed stks (1) in Apr.
