slowly into stride, in rear and shoved along early, headway over 2f out, not clear run over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
tracked leaders, pulled hard, went 2nd 2f out, soon ridden and edged right, ran on towards finish, just failed
slowly into stride, held up, effort 4f out, soon ridden, weakened over 2f out
led, ridden and headed over 2f out, edged right over 1f out, no extra final furlong
held up, headway over 3f out, soon ridden, went 3rd inside final furlong, well held by front pair
tracked leader until ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out
tracked leaders, led over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, just held on
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Very little separates this field on official ratings and the race itself promises to be just as close. Romeo Montague looks to be improving and makes more appeal than Redcar winner Lady Chloe at the weights. Dr Red Eye has been beaten a total of half-a-length in his last three starts and is worth a try over this longer trip, while Ferruccio ran his best race so far when runner-up to Shadow Catcher over a mile at Nottingham two weeks ago. Set To Music can improve on her third at Wolverhampton in April but DENY should be winning this if he's going to start paying back his sizeable purchase price. Dropped in grade here, he now tackles a trip more in line with breeding and will strip fitter for his sixth at Sandown seven days ago.
Romeo Montague 17-2 (9-7) Held up in rear, headway and not much room on inner over 2f out, squeezed through gap to lead narrowly inside final furlong, headed towards finish, 2nd of 10, 1/2l behind L'Hermitage (9-7) at Doncaster 1m 4f 3yo hcp 0-70 (5) gf.
Calaf 25-1 (9-0) Prominent, driven over 2f out, weakened entering final furlong, 7th of 12, 18l behind Chosen Character (8-11) at Haydock 7f 3yo hcp 0-80 (4) gd in May.
Deny 5-1 (8-7) Slowly into stride, towards rear, pushed along 3f out, plugged on final 2f, never going pace to get competitive, 6th of 10, 5l behind May's Boy (8-1) at Sandown 7f 3yo hcp 0-85 (4) gf.
Dr Red Eye 7-2 (8-13) Tracked winner and keen, ridden over 2f out, challenged and every chance inside final furlong, stayed on towards finish, just held, 2nd of 10, hd behind Vetvey (9-2) at Beverley 1m 3yo hcp 0-70 (5) gf in May.
Glyn Ceiriog 8-1 (8-9) Mid-division, pushed along over 2f out, no progress, 5th of 12, 16l behind Alkimos (8-13) at Windsor 1m 2f mdn auc stks (5) gd in May.
Layla's King 16-1 (8-11) Held up in rear, pushed along over 5f out, never dangerous, last of 7, 23l behind Eternal Heart (9-7) at Sandown 1m 6f 3yo hcp 0-85 (4) gd in May.
Set To Music (IRE) 7-4fav (9-7) Tracked leader, ridden over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, no extra towards finish, 3rd of 8, 2 3/4l behind Dazzling Valentine (9-4) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f fll hcp (5) pol in Apr.
Lady Chloe 5-6fav (8-8) Made all, clear over 2f out, stayed on well, unchallenged, won at Redcar 1m 2f mdn auc stks (5) gf in May beating Diptimat (8-13) by 2 1/4l, 11 ran.
Cornish Quest 10-1 (9-3) Tracked leading pair, ridden 3f out, driven 2f out, one pace and lost 3rd inside final furlong, 4th of 11, 6l behind Fly By White (8-12) at Brighton 1m 2yo mdn aut (5) gd in Oct.
Ferruccio (IRE) 6-1 (9-0) Held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, challenged over 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, kept on close up, just held, 2nd of 10, nk behind Shadow Catcher (9-6) at Nottingham 1m 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) gf in May.
