tracked leader 3f, chased leaders, pushed along halfway, weakened over 2f out, behind and eased over 1f out
tracked leaders on outside and keen, headway to lead 5f out, clear when ridden over 1f out, stayed on strongly
held up well off the pace in 7th, headway on inside over 2f out, ridden disputing 2nd over 1f out until no extra inside final furlong
held up well off the pace in last pair, headway on outside over 1f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, never able to challenge
off the pace in mid-division, pushed along on outside 3f out, ridden 2f out, weakened soon after
held up off the pace in 8th, headway on outside over 1f out, plugged on final furlong
steadied and switched right start, raced keenly in rear, never a factor
mid-division on inside, headway chasing leaders over 3f out, weakened final furlong
slightly awkwardly away, soon chasing leaders and keen, went 2nd over 4f out until over 2f out, weakened well over 1f out
led 3f, settled 3rd over 4f out, ridden switched left and went 2nd again over 2f out, lost 2nd inside final furlong, one pace in 3rd
Fox Leicester has been competing in better company since winning in this grade at Chelmsford and is preferred to Renegade Master, who landed a double at Lingfield back in Janaury. Hold Still ended last year with a victory over 7f at Kempton and Steeve has been gelded since going close at Newmarket in October. Several go handicapping for the first time including Windsor third Sparkle In His Eye and Eardley Road, who won over 6f on the all-weather earlier in the year, but PROMISE OF SUCCESS gets the speculative vote. The Godolphin filly was placed at Salisbury on her return from a lay-off and there should be plenty more to come if fancy entries at Royal Ascot are anything to go by.
Renegade Master 9-2 (9-9) Keen pressed leader, pushed along to lead 2f out, ridden clear entering final furlong, all out, just held on, won at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (5) pol in Jan beating Water's Edge (9-7) by ns, 8 ran.
Fox Leicester (IRE) 15-8fav (8-2) Tracked leader stand side, ridden to lead over 1f out, soon edged left, headed entering final furlong, kept on one pace, 3rd of 10, 3 1/2l behind Pogo (9-0) at Newmarket 1m hcp (2) gd in May.
Sparkle In His Eye 3-1 (9-8) Tracked leaders, went 2nd over 2f out, ridden and every chance 1f out, 3rd and one pace inside final furlong, 3rd of 13, 3 1/2l behind Davydenko (9-1) at Windsor 1m stks (5) gd in May.
Hold Still (IRE) 11-4fav (8-13) Mid-division, outpaced 3f out, headway over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, ran on to lead inside final furlong, kept on well, won at Kempton 7f (4) pol in Nov beating Fume (8-9) by nk, 8 ran.
Dawn Treader (IRE) 4-1 (9-2) Pressed leader to over 2f out, soon ridden and lost place, weakened inside final furlong, 9th of 12, 16 1/4l behind Kaloor (9-2) at Salisbury 1m stks (4) gd in Oct.
Balata Bay 20-1 (9-6) Behind, outpaced over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, never a threat, 9th of 12, 7 1/2l behind Fields Of Athenry (9-10) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (4) pol in May.
Steeve 10-1 (9-5) Led 1f, led again approaching final 2f, ridden over 1f out, headed post, 2nd of 14, shd behind Al Fajir Mukbile (9-9) at Newmarket 7f (5) gd in Oct.
Eardley Road (IRE) 5-2 (9-8) Mid-division, headway over 2f out, never a threat, 5th of 11, 3 3/4l behind Trinity Lake (9-1) at Wetherby 7f stks (5) gd in Apr.
Promise Of Success 15-2 (8-12) Prominent, led over 2f out, headed over 1f out, rallied and every chance inside final furlong, kept on, 3rd of 14, 2l behind Motivate Me (8-12) at Salisbury 1m 2f fll stks (5) gf in May.
Conspiritor 10-1 (9-4) Last pair, never on terms, 7th of 9, 5 3/4l behind Uncle Jerry (8-10) at Kempton 7f (4) pol in Oct.
