outpaced and always behind
mid-division, headway 2f out, chased winner over 1f out, driven and ran on well finish, just held
chased leader, ridden 2f out, weakened entering final furlong
mid-division, effort on outside and driven over 2f out, weakened entering final furlong
led, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong
slowly away, always behind
chased leaders, ridden halfway, weakened 2f out
behind, headway under pressure 1f out, stayed on inside furlong, never going pace to reach leaders
chased leaders, ridden to lead 2f out, hard pressed near finish, held on gamely
Chinalea can prove up to the task ahead of Nautical, Kempsey, Caustic Wit and Louphole. All those mentioned have leading claims, but Clive Cox has his team in good order at present, having had three winners and eight placed in the last fortnight, and that augurs well for the chance of Chinalea who can prove the pick of the bunch. The four-year-old ran an absolute blinder at Sandown last Friday, blasting out of stall one to get to the far rail, and leading everywhere bar the line where he was nailed by Malapropism. He handled the fast ground well, and a step back up to six furlongs on this quick reappearance can pay dividends. Nautical has been ultra-consistent in defeat since scoring over the course-and-distance in April and it is not hard to see him being involved in the finish yet again, while Kempsey has just one all-weather success to his name but does go on this ground and gave an honest account when third on the Lingfield Turf course last time. Caustic Wit has to shoulder a penalty for gaining his first victory in two years at Bath the other week so has more to do, and Louphole steps up a couple of grades so is up against it, especially against Chinalea.
Spliff 66-1 (10-0) Raced near side, never on terms with far side group, 13th of 15, 11l behind Cashel Mead (8-11) at Sandown 5f hcp 0-85 (4) gs.
Nautical 7-1 (8-7) Held up in rear, good headway on stands' rail over 1f out, strong run inside final furlong, finished well, 3rd of 18, 1/2l behind Exmoor (8-8) at Newbury 6f hcp 0-85 (4) gd in May.
Buy On The Red 40-1 (8-12) Chased leaders on outer, driven along halfway, soon weakened, 17th of 18, 31l behind Exmoor (8-8) at Newbury 6f hcp 0-85 (4) gd in May.
Silver Dane (IRE) 14-1 (10-0) Always towards rear, 12th of 15, 10l behind Taboor (9-2) at Yarmouth 5f hcp 0-75 (5) gd.
Chinalea (IRE) 6-1 (9-4) Led, ridden 2f out, caught post, 2nd of 10, shd behind Malapropism (9-4) at Sandown 5f hcap (4) gf.
Elgin Marbles 33-1 (8-13) Chased leaders, ridden halfway, soon behind, last of 15, 23l behind Adantino (8-6) at Windsor 6f app hcp (5) gf in Apr.
Kempsey 6-1 (9-8) Always prominent, ridden 2f out, stayed on final furlong, 3rd of 10, 2l behind Star Duster (9-4) at Lingfield 5f hcp 0-70 (5) gf.
Born To Be Bold 14-1 (8-12) Chased leaders, ridden halfway, switched left from 2f out, stayed on under pressure inside final furlong, 5th of 16, 5l behind Royal Challenge (9-3) at Windsor 6f hcp 0-80 (4) gf.
Caustic Wit (IRE) 8-1 (9-7) Chased leader, ridden 2f out, led inside final furlong, driven out, won at Bath 6f hcp 0-70 (5) frm beating Hello Roberto (9-12) by 1l, 12 ran.
Louphole 9-2fav (9-5) Chased leaders, ridden and effort over 1f out, not pace to challenge, stayed on same pace, 3rd of 14, 2 1/2l behind Bens Georgie (9-2) at Windsor 6f hcp 0-65 (6) gf.
