held up, pushed along 4f out, headway over 2f out, every chance over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong
held up in rear, driven 2f out, went 4th inside final furlong, never involved
soon chasing leaders, lost place 9f out, headway over 2f out, challenged over 1f out, led entering final furlong, stayed on strongly
took keen hold, chased leaders on inside, lost place over 2f out, soon well beaten, eased
chased leader until 9f out, went 2nd over 2f out, led well over 1f out, headed entering final furlong, not pace of winner
led, headed well over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
chased leaders on outside, took keen hold, went 2nd 9f until over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
Deja has won three of only four outings, including both starts last year, but returns to action 9lb higher than when successful at Doncaster in October. SOTO SIZZLER (NAP) has been winning tougher races than this at Epsom and Bill Knight’s charge gets the vote to land a hat-trick raised only 4lb for his latest success. Lawn Ranger is raised in class having won at Windsor last month while El Ghazwani recorded a double over 1m2f at Lingfield earlier but has something to prove over this longer trip as does Highbrow. Al Hamdany and Point In Time are course and distance winners but both look high enough in the weights at present.
Al Hamdany (IRE) 12-1 (9-10) Mid-division, headway on outside over 4f out, outpaced over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 8th of 12, 13 1/4l behind Desert Wind (9-7) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (3) pol in Jun.
Highbrow 9-1 (9-4) Held up towards rear, some headway entering final furlong but no chance, 7th of 10, 7l behind Indeed (9-4) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (2) pol in Jun.
Deja (FR) 7-2jfav (9-2) Tracked leaders, switched right over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on, readily, won at Pontefract 1m 2f hcp (4) gs in Oct beating Wajaaha (9-2) by 3 1/2l, 17 ran.
El Ghazwani (IRE) 4-1 (9-6) Chased leaders on inside, ridden over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 7th of 10, 4 1/4l behind Star Of Southwold (8-12) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (3) pol in Jun.
Soto Sizzler 9-2 (8-5) Mid-division, tracked leaders over 6f out, led over 2f out, ridden 1f out, stayed on well under pressure final furlong, won at Epsom 1m 4f hcp (2) gf in Jun beating Byron Flyer (9-7) by 1 1/2l, 11 ran.
Lawn Ranger 9-4 (9-7) Led and set decent pace, went clear 7f out, stayed on strongly, heavily eased, unchallenged, won at Windsor 1m 2f hcp (4) gf in Jun beating Grapevine (9-0) by 3/4l, 4 ran.
Point In Time (IRE) 16-1 (9-3) Held up in last pair, headway on outside over 2f out, plugged on, never going pace to get involved, 9th of 12, 11 1/4l behind Seinesational (9-4) at Sandown 1m 6f hcp (4) gs in Jun.
