took keen hold in touch, headway 3f out, led 2f out, headed well inside final furlong, no extra
tracked leader, every chance 2f out, soon lost place
steadied towards rear, headway well over 2f out, chased leaders approaching final furlong, stayed on well, never a threat
led, 8 lengths clear halfway, hung left and headed 2f out, weakened quickly, eased
tracked leader, hard driven over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
held up in last, switched left and headway over 2f out, soon chasing leader, ridden to lead well inside final furlong, stayed on strongly
pulled hard early, held up, headway 2f out, soon under pressure, weakened over 1f out
mid-division, headway over 3f out, every chance well over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong
NonRunner
Plenty with a chance and though Alrahaal only won a maiden race at Beverley last time he wasn’t beaten far in a handicap before that. Ghost Serge only landed a claimer at Leicester and will find this tougher while Balgair is upped a grade after scoring at Brighton. FAKE NEWS faced a stiff task in Class 2 company over 7f here last time but gave the impression today’s trip would suit when winning at Wolverhampton earlier and David Barron’s charge gets the vote in an open affair. Medieval also drops in class but is out of form while Bacacarat is preferred to Mr Tyrrell in this grade.
Medieval (IRE) 16-1 (9-9) Keen, chased leaders on outside, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final 2f, last of 9, 12 3/4l behind Sir Titan (9-3) at Goodwood 7f hcp (3) gf in Jun.
Bint Dandy (IRE) 15-2 (9-5) Held up, headway over 2f out, chased leaders inside final furlong, no extra closing stages, 4th of 7, 7 1/4l behind Make Music (9-7) at Lingfield 7f hcp fll (4) gf in Jun.
Mr Tyrrell (IRE) 7-4fav (9-5) Led, ridden over 1f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong, 4th of 5, 2 3/4l behind Pride Of Angels (9-6) at Brighton 7f hcp (4) gf in Jun.
Plant Pot Power (IRE) 50-1 (8-13) Quickly away from wide draw to lead after 1f and set steady pace, kept slight lead when strongly pressed inside final furlong, headed and no extra well inside final furlong, 5th of 14, 1 1/4l behind Dragons Voice (9-1) at Kempton 1m hcp (4) pol in May.
Fake News 16-1 (8-4) In touch, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 9th of 11, 10 1/2l behind Maksab (8-0) at Newmarket 7f hcp (2) gf in Jun.
Balgair 5-2fav (9-8) In touch, headway over 3f out, ridden to press leader entering final furlong, stayed on to lead towards finish, won at Brighton 1m hcp (5) gf in Jun beating Fortune And Glory (8-11) by hd, 8 ran.
Ghost Serge (IRE) 5-2 (9-5) Led 1f, tracked leader, ridden to lead again over 1f out, ridden out, won at Leicester 7f stks (5) gd in May beating Straight Ash (9-1) by 3/4l, 8 ran.
Alrahaal (IRE) 11-8fav (9-2) Tracked leaders, 2nd after 2f, pushed along over 2f out, led inside final furlong, stayed on and always just doing enough, won at Beverley 7f mdn stks (5) gd in Jun beating Burford Brown (9-2) by 1/2l, 7 ran.
Bacacarat (IRE) 3-1fav (9-6) Slowly into stride, keen towards rear, good headway on outside over 1f out, stayed on strongly inside final furlong, not reach leaders, 4th of 11, 1 1/4l behind Bombastic (9-8) at Haydock 1m hcp (4) gs in May.
