joined leader 8f out until over 2f out, weakened well over 2f out
held up, ridden over 2f out, hung right, never nearer
tracked leaders, led over 2f out, ridden and hung right 1f out, soon headed, weakened inside final furlong
led 8f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, soon weakened
keen and held up, ridden over 3f out, weakened 2f out
held up towards rear, ridden and headway 2f out, every chance from 1f out, stayed on to lead post
chased leaders, every chance and hung right 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
led 2f, tracked leaders after, ridden and led again 1f out, ran on, headed post
held up, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out
held up in rear, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened
always in rear, weakened and eased over 2f out
More trouble for punters here with a very open handicap. Chocolate Caramel is our tentative choice to beat Pearl King and Tilt. Amanda Perrett's colt made his seasonal debut in a hot handicap at Sandown, going down by just four lengths to the progressive Quizzeen. The form of that contest is working out exceptionally well and with improvement on the cards he will be hard to beat. Pearl King was highly touted before flopping in the Wood Ditton, but retrieved his reputation when comfortably landing a Kempton maiden next time. He will have been hard for the handicapper to assess and he looks set to go close off his allotted mark. Tilt is also very lightly raced and should step on on his recent victory in a Beverley maiden. Group Captain is another that should be involved in the finish, but Chocolate Caramel has the proven handicap form here and gets the verdict.
Wise Owl 11-1 (8-9) Held up, ridden and headway over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 11, 8l behind Nota Bene (9-1) at Newmarket 6f 3yo hcp (3) gf in Apr.
Pearl King (IRE) 2-1jt-fav (9-0) Tracked leader, led 2f out, hung left, ran on final furlong, always just holding runner-up, won at Kempton 1m 3yo mdn (5) gd beating Peruvian Prince (9-0) by 1/2l, 12 ran.
Red Racketeer (USA) 4-1fav (9-0) Tracked leader, ridden over 1f out, led just inside final furlong, ridden out, won at Windsor 1m 2f 3yo mdn (5) gd in Apr beating Evolution Ex (9-0) by 3/4l, 16 ran.
Chocolate Caramel (USA) 7-1 (8-9) Tracked leader, pushed into lead 3f out, headed 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 13, 4l behind Quizzene (8-8) at Sandown 1m 2f 3yo hcp (3) gs in Apr.
Karlu (GER) 5-2fav (9-0) Held up in touch, ridden over 3f out, headway over 1f out, driven, stayed on near finish, 2nd of 9, hd behind Eloquent Knight (8-2) at Leicester 1m 3yo hcp (5) gs in Apr.
Sacranun 6-1 (8-8) In rear, ridden over 3f out, headway over 1f out, ran on well inside final furlong, took 3rd near post, 3rd of 8, 1/2l behind Pagan Sword (8-7) at Salisbury 1m 2f 3yo hcp (4) gs.
Tilt 7-2 (8-11) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, stayed on to lead inside final furlong, driven and kept on, won at Beverley 1m mdn stk (5) sft in Apr beating Piccolomini (8-11) by a hd, 6 ran.
Kalmini (USA) 28-1 (8-9) Held up, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, 3rd of 10, 5l behind Thakafaat (9-4) at Pontefract 1m 2f 3yo fll hcp (4) gd in Apr.
