tracked winner to over 3f out, soon hard ridden, weakened 2f out
made all, ridden 2f out, challenged over 1f out, stayed on strongly final furlong, driven out
behind, in touch, headway over 2f out, kept on from over 1f out, not trouble first two
held rear in touch, switched right over 2f out, lost action, ridden and no response, eased inside final furlong
behind, in touch, chased winner 2f out, every chance over 1f out, not quicken inside final furlong
close up, ridden 3f out, weakened 2f out
Another small field goes to post for this conditions stakes and it looks a good opportunity for Rawyaan to get back on the winning track. The colt from the John Gosden yard will find this much easier than the Hardwick Stakes in which he finished seventh behind Indian Creek and with conditions in his favour he will be hard to beat. King's Consul rates the main danger on nhis latest second behind Gulf but he is not the easiest to win with and for that reason he is opposed. Island Sound is another that could go well at a fair price as he is from the bang in form David Elsworth yard but he needs to improve on his latest efforts to beat the selection Rawyaan. The remaining runners have been running in much lesser company of late and although they are in good for they will need to improve significantly to score.
