held up, hard ridden and no impression over 2f out, kept on well final furlong
slowly away, in rear, ridden and struggling over 3f out
held up in 5th, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
dwelt, behind, stayed on final furlong, never near to challenge
towards rear, ridden and no response 2f out, soon eased when no chance
chased leading pair, led 3f out, hard ridden and headed over 1f out, faded inside final furlong
towards rear, good headway over 1f out, pushed along to lead inside final furlong comfortably
raced in 4th, off the pace, closed over 1f out, ran on same pace final furlong
led and set fast pace, headed 3f out, weakened rapidly over 2f out
behind and never near leaders
towards rear, struggling 3f out
towards rear, no headway final 2f
in mid-division, weakened over 2f out
towards rear, no headway final 2f
slowly into stride, behind, some late headway, never near to challenge
Gracia returned to winning ways when successful at Epsom on Thursday but is likely to find this tougher and is passed over in favour of another last time out winner Guilded Flyer, who is preferred to Mamore Gap and Parisien Star. The last mentioned reserves his best form for this track and remains well enough treated. Mamore Gap comes here on the back of wins at Salisbury and Newbury, latterly when beating the selection by a-length-and-three-quarters. However, a 7lb rise since leaves Richard Hannon's horse with more to do and Guilded Flyer, who went for home too soon at Newbury, is strongly fancied to reverse form. The son of Emerati made no mistake when dotting up in an admittedly weaker race at Windsor earlier in the week but could not have been more impressive and is difficult to oppose on that evidence. Sawwaah ran well here earlier in the week and is another worthy of a mention, along with Gay Kelleway's Vortex, for who the booking of Frankie Dettori catches the eye, but it is Guilded Flyer that they all have to beat.
