held up in last pair, headway near side of group chasing leaders over 2f out, ridden and went 2nd over 1f out, edged left and ran on to lead inside final 150 yards
raced keenly chasing leaders, ridden over 1f out, weakened final furlong
chased leaders, went 2nd over 3f out until 2f out, outpaced inside final 2f, plugged on
led, ridden over 1f out, strongly pressed and edged left inside final furlong, headed and no extra inside final 150 yards
raced keenly tracked leader until over 1f out, chased leaders, hung left and weakened final furlong
held up in last pair, headway far side of group chasing leaders over 2f out, 3rd and outpaced final furlong
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CLOUDY DAWN will likely prove a warm order in this. She remains unbeaten having added to last year’s maiden win with an easy victory on the Turf course at Lingfield and makes her handicap debut. Durdle Door also goes handicapping having won over 7f at Kempton back in January and Yorkshire Pirlo returns to action 7lb higher than when winning at Southwell in December having subsequently switched yards. Copinet went close at Nottingham and Smeaton's Light drops down to a more suitable level having struggled at Newmarket.
Cloudy Dawn (IRE) 1-4fav (9-4) Close-up, pushed to lead before 2f out, ridden before final furlong, stayed on well, easily, won at Lingfield 6f fll stks (5) sft in May beating Persaria (8-11) by 5 1/2l, 8 ran.
Copinet 9-4fav (9-7) Tracked leaders towards far side, outpaced briefly over 2f out, switched right and pushed along, headway 1f out, kept on well, up for 3rd close home, 3rd of 10, 1/2l behind Batraan (9-0) at Nottingham 5f hcp (4) gf in Apr.
Praise Of Shadows (IRE) 6-1 (9-6) Led, headed over 2f out, edged left, not much room and lost place over 1f out, well beaten final furlong, last of 8, 10 3/4l behind Letmelivemylife (9-6) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (4) pol in Mar.
Smeaton's Light (IRE) 8-1 (8-3) Prominent, ridden and every chance 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 14, 8 1/4l behind Jumby (9-4) at Newmarket 6f hcp (2) gd in May.
Durdle Door 11-2 (8-10) Made all, drew clear travelling strongly over 2f out, ridden out, won at Kempton 7f fll stks (5) pol in Jan beating Gurkha Girl (8-10) by 2 1/2l, 9 ran.
Sugauli (IRE) 17-2 (9-1) Restrained towards rear, pushed along over 3f out, ridden and detached over 1f out, no impression, last of 7, 22 1/4l behind Cobh (9-1) at Salisbury 1m lst stks (1) gs in Aug.
Yorkshire Pirlo (IRE) 3-1fav (9-10) Awkward from the stalls, outpaced and tailed off over 4f out, niggled along over 3f out on the far rail, smooth progress over 2f out, reminders and led entering final furlong, ran on closing stages, won at Southwell 6f (5) pol in Dec beating Secret Handsheikh (9-11) by 2 1/2l, 8 ran.
