chased leaders, driven 2f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on same pace under pressure inside final furlong
not much room start, behind when switched left to outside after 1f, soon in touch, challenged 2f out, every chance 1f out, ridden and kept on to chase winner inside final furlong, held towards finish
chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, one pace final furlong, no impression
tracked leaders, led over 1f out, soon ridden, headed final 100 yards, kept on
mid-division, effort on stands rail 2f out, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
with leader, lost place over 1f out, soon weakened
mid-division, headway when not clear run inside final 2f, challenged 1f out, ridden and ran on to lead final 100 yards
chased leaders, ridden and lost place over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
led, ridden and headed over 1f out, one pace final furlong
Nonrunner
FLANEUR caught a tartar last time and can get back to winning ways today at the main expense of Kanaf, Drift And Dream and Belinsky in a competitive sprint. Tim Easterby has his horses in great nick and this experienced three-year-old ran well in defeat at Ripon last time out when unfortunate to bump into the rapidly improving sprinter Kellys Eye and a repeat of that effort might be enough to win this on ground that suits. High Spice has a penalty for a Bath win last time and she is respected, although on her first start this year she was nine lengths behind the selection. Kanaf is less exposed and with the ground in his favour he is respected with Jimmy Fortune onboard for the first time, Gertmegalush may be freed by the lack of headgear but needs to be, whilst Drift And Dream's form with Pherousa and Tom Folan was franked by the pair at Warwick on Thursday. Vested Interest drops in grade but he needs to show that his Yarmouth selling romp was no flash in the pan, so a bigger threat could be Belinsky who is better than at Pontefract last time and he might just be better on a flat track like this. Kakapuka has been holding his form well and the booking of Jamie Spencer takes the eye, whilst Dancing Freddy's run behind Vanilla Rum at Windsor last time should stand him in good stead. Flaneur is given the vote.
Flaneur 11-4 (8-13) Led, switched left to stands side rail after 1f, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on, not pace of winner towards finish, 2nd of 7, 3l behind Kellys Eye (9-6) at Ripon 6f 3yo hcp 0-95 (3) gd.
Kanaf (IRE) 9-2 (8-11) Slowly into stride, in rear, ridden 3f out, headway over 1f out, kept on one pace, 4th of 7, 5l behind Monsieur Joe (9-7) at Leicester 5f 3yo hcp 0-95 (3) gf.
Gertmegalush (IRE) 16-1 (9-1) Led early, chased leaders until weakened over 3f out, last of 7, 6l behind Lewyn (9-4) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Apr.
Drift And Dream 4-1 (9-8) In touch, went 2nd approaching 2f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, stayed on, won at Sandown 5f 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) gd beating Pherousa (9-0) by 3/4l, 8 ran.
Vested Interest 50-1 (9-0) Tracked leaders, under pressure over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 15th of 19, 9l behind Averoo (9-6) at York 6f hcp 0-80 (4) gd.
Belinsky (IRE) 25-1 (8-3) Chased leaders, pushed along and weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 9, 8l behind Bated Breath (9-7) at Pontefract 6f 3yo hcp 0-90 (3) gf.
Kakapuka 8-1 (9-0) Chased leaders on outside, driven to challenge well over 1f out, 3rd and stayed on same pace final furlong, 3rd of 6, 5l behind Rio Mist (9-6) at Goodwood 6f 3yo hcp 0-85 (4) gd.
Bossy Kitty 7-1 (9-5) Held up, always behind, 9th of 10, 21l behind Tamarind Hill (8-2) at Pontefract 6f 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) gf.
Dancing Freddy (IRE) 33-1 (9-0) Soon led and disputing on outside, narrowly headed over 1f out, every chance until weakened final 100 yards, 6th of 11, 3l behind Vanilla Rum (9-0) at Windsor 6f 3yo stk 0-75 (5) gd.
High Spice (USA) 14-1 (9-0) Tracked leader, led over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, ran on well, always doing enough, won at Bath 5f 3yo hcp 0-85 (4) fm beating Humidor (8-13) by 1 1/2l, 6 ran.
Boy The Bell 3-1 (9-7) Chased leaders, ridden and every chance over 1f out, kept on to go 3rd near finish, 3rd of 5, 2 3/4l behind Tom Folan (8-13) at Warwick 5f 3yo hcp 0-70 (5) gf.
