held up in rear, headway 3 out, chased winner 2 out, slightly inconvenienced last, no impression final 100 yards
led, not fluent 4th, headed before 3 out, weakened from next
chased leaders, not fluent 1st, led 3 out, edged left before last and flat, stayed on well
chased leader, took keen hold, led before 3 out, soon headed, not fluent 2 out, no extra last
not always fluent, held up in 4th, closed before 6th, outpaced and beaten before 3 out, weakened 2 out
Technological has struggled off higher marks since scoring at Exeter and was earlier behind Just The Man here, though there shouldn’t be much between the pair on today’s terms. Courtandbould may benefit from a switch back to fences and State Crown doesn’t arrive in the best of form but FINEST VIEW (NAP) improved again at Kempton after getting off the mark over course and distance in March and an opening mark of 120 looks fair.
Just The Man (FR) 3-1 (12-0) Held up in rear, shaken up before 3 out, ridden and switched left approaching 2 out, stayed on same pace final 150yds, no telling impression, 3rd of 7, 9 3/4l behind Sofia's Rock (11-7) at Ludlow 2m hcp (3) gd in May.
Courtandbould (IRE) 15-2 (11-8) Led until 4 out, weakened after 3 out, 5th of 6, 25 3/4l behind Saint Riquier (10-9) at Warwick 2m 3f hcp (3) gd in May.
Finest View 11-10fav (11-2) Made virtually all at modest pace early on, pushed along and wandered before 2 out, went clear before last where not fluent, kept on, readily, won at Kempton 2m (4) gd in May beating Mandocello (11-2) by 9 1/2l, 5 ran.
State Crown (IRE) 11-1 (9-2) Tracked leader, led after 1f, went clear 13f out, pushed along 3f out, reduced lead over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 4th of 6, 7 3/4l behind Super Superjack (9-1) at Ascot 2m hcp (3) gd in May.
Technological 15-2 (11-12) Handy, ridden and pressed leader 3 out, outpaced approaching 2 out, plugged on from last, 3rd of 5, 11 1/2l behind Rhebus Road (11-2) at Huntingdon 2m hcp (4) gd in May.
