led until halfway, chased leader until 3f out, chased leaders, weakened inside final 2f
took keen hold, held up towards rear, headway and switched right over 2f out, ridden and kept on inside final furlong, went 3rd post, not reach leaders
raced keenly, chased leaders on inside ridden and weakened inside final 2f
steadied start, held up towards rear, some headway on outside over 1f out, never threatened
mid-division, ridden and weakened over 2f out
chased leaders on outside, ridden and weakened over 2f out
always towards rear
held up in mid-division, headway over 3f out, ridden and went 2nd 2f out, ridden edged left and kept on inside final furlong, no extra and lost 2 places towards finish
slowly away, held up last, headway over 2f out, chased leaders stayed on inside final furlong, went 2nd towards finish, not reach winner
raced keenly, chased leader until led halfway, headed over 2f out, lost 2nd 2f out, chased leaders, weakened over 1f out
chased leaders, 2nd 3f out, led over 2f out, ridden and kept on gamely final furlong
CORTON LAD completed a double last month and Carol Bartley has won this race before. He’s preferred to Wolverhampton claiming race winner Azari but Tim and Emily Easterby combined to win last year’s renewal and Mukhayyam posted a much better effort at Ripon last time while Charismatic Man was runner-up over a longer trip at Kempton. Masterpaver was also placed on the all-weather recently and is preferred to stablemate Imshivalla while Chancery just missed out over track and trip last month and can also figure.
Corton Lad 14-1 (9-4) Led, ridden and headed entering final 2f, kept on one pace, 5th of 8, 3 1/4l behind Sir Chauvelin (9-7) at Hamilton 1m 4f hcp (3) gf in May.
Azari 8-1 (9-12) In touch, headway on outer over 2f out, chased leader over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ridden out, won at Wolverhampton 1m 4f stks (6) pol in Jun beating Viewpoint (9-7) by 1 3/4l, 7 ran.
Charismatic Man (IRE) 2-1fav (10-0) Slowly away, tracked leaders, ridden to lead inside final furlong kept on and headed towards finish, 2nd of 9, 1 1/4l behind King Calypso (9-7) at Kempton 2m hcp (4) pol in May.
Chancery (USA) 6-1 (9-10) Behind, headway over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, stayed on well, never a threat, 4th of 9, 3 1/2l behind Sgt Reckless (9-5) at Doncaster 1m 4f hcp (4) sft in Jun.
Purple Rock (IRE) 7-4fav (9-12) Towards rear, pushed along 4f out,headway 3f out, switched left 2f out, weakened final furlong, last of 9, 12 1/4l behind Great Fighter (9-4) at Musselburgh 1m 6f hcp (4) gf in May.
Be Perfect (USA) 16-1 (9-4) Led, ridden and headed over 2f out, soon lost place, weakened 1f out, last of 9, 21l behind Theydon Grey (9-0) at York 1m 4f hcp (3) gf in May.
Samtu (IRE) 14-1 (9-6) Led, pushed along over 5f out, headed 4f out, weakened 3f out, 15th of 16, dist behind Zain Arion (8-13) at York 1m 4f hcp (4) sft in May.
Masterpaver 6-1 (9-4) Tracked leaders, pushed along 2f out, not clear run entering final furlong, soon switched right, ridden and ran on to go 2nd final strides, 2nd of 6, 1 1/2l behind Petite Jack (9-6) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (3) pol in Mar.
Mukhayyam 17-2 (9-5) Tracked leaders, not much room from over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on and went 2nd place close home, 2nd of 7, 1 1/4l behind Sands Chorus (9-7) at Ripon 1m 2f hcp (4) gs in Jun.
Imshivalla (IRE) 12-1 (8-4) Took keen hold, chased leaders, ridden inside final 2f, weakening when slightly hampered inside final furlong, 12th of 14, 4 1/4l behind Not So Sleepy (9-8) at Epsom 1m 2f hcp (2) gd in Jun.
Tapis Libre 16-1 (9-6) In rear, pushed along over 2f out, never dangerous, 6th of 8, 3 1/4l behind Cornborough (8-12) at Redcar 1m 2f hcp (4) gd in May.
