led, ridden over 1f out, headed briefly close home, gamely
in touch, pushed along and effort over 1f out, weakened final furlong
keen prominent, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong
in touch, pushed along 2f out, soon weakened
dwelt in touch, pushed along and headway approaching final furlong, soon not clear run, ridden and ran on to lead briefly close home, just held
tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, stayed on towards finish
dwelt towards rear, pushed along over 2f out, never near leaders
tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace
dwelt in rear, wide and headway over 1f out, ridden and ran on, not reach leaders
raced wide prominent, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong
The veteran Astrophysics ended a long losing run when successful at Chepstow a week ago but was beaten by GUSTAV GRAVES at Wolverhampton earlier. The latter has subsequently placed at Chepstow looking for a first win on Turf and should go close again. Iesha has mostly raced on the all-weather and placed at Chelmsford when ahead of Super Julius while Dan De Light and Portelet Bay will need to improve on recent efforts to figure.
Super Julius 20-1 (8-11) Prominent, ridden over 2f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, 4th of 8, 2 1/4l behind Independence Day (8-12) at Chelmsford City 5f hcp (6) pol in May.
Coolagh Magic 11-2 (9-6) Led 2f, chased leader until 3f out, ridden over 2f out, weakened, last of 10, 12l behind Masqool (9-3) at Lingfield 7f hcp (6) pol in Apr.
Mr Fayez (IRE) 11-2fav (9-2) Dwelt and pushed along throughout, headway well over 2f out, ridden and chased front rank well over 1f out, weakened inside last, 10th of 18, 7 1/4l behind True Mason (9-6) at Doncaster 6f hcp (6) gd in Jun.
Iesha 7-2 (9-6) Raced keenly, led, edged left over 1f out, headed towards finish, lost 2nd close home, 3rd of 8, 1l behind Independence Day (8-12) at Chelmsford City 5f hcp (6) pol in May.
Portelet Bay 5-1 (9-9) Led narrowly, ridden and headed 1f out, kept on same pace, 4th of 11, 3 1/2l behind Bluebell Time (10-2) at Bath 5f hcp (6) gs in May.
Gustav Graves 8-1 (9-6) Held up behind leaders, pushed along over 2f out, ran on inside final 100 yards, went 3rd towards finish, 3rd of 8, 1l behind Fossos (8-9) at Chepstow 5f hcp (6) gd in May.
Dan De Light (IRE) 22-1 (9-9) Close up, pushed along and outpaced halfway, ridden and headway entering final furlong, stayed on towards finish, 3rd of 13, 4 1/4l behind Eeh Bah Gum (9-10) at Musselburgh 5f hcp (6) gd in Jun.
Atyaaf 2-1 (9-3) Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra, 4th of 7, 4l behind Symbol of Hope (9-7) at Bath 5f hcp (6) gf in May.
Ubahha 16-5fav (9-4) Midfield, keen, weakened 2f out, pulled up before 1f out, at Chelmsford City 7f hcp (6) pol in May.
Babyduke 125-1 (9-0) Ridden away from stalls, prominent, outpaced over 2f out, soon weakened, last of 12, 20l behind More Than Likely (9-8) at Bath 6f hcp (6) gd in May.
Secret Potion 9-1 (9-10) Slowly into stride, towards rear, soon pushed along, kept on inside final furlong, never dangerous, 6th of 12, 4 1/2l behind More Than Likely (9-8) at Bath 6f hcp (6) gd in May.
Astrophysics 4-1 (9-5) Held up in rear, ridden 2f out, kept on strongly final 110yds, led final strides, won at Chepstow 5f hcp (6) gd in Jun beating Our Man In Havana (9-6) by hd, 8 ran.
