held up in rear, headway when bumped over 2f out, stayed on well final furlong, not pace to challenge
led, driven and headed over 2f out, weakening when hampered over 1f out
held up mid-division, headway over 1f out, soon chasing leaders, ran on to lead well inside final furlong, ridden out
slowly into stride, soon chasing leaders, keen hold, squeezed through to challenge over 1f out, soon led, headed well inside final furlong, no extra
behind, under pressure over 3f out, soon no impression
with leader, led over 2f out, headed over 1f out, rallied and every chance well inside final furlong, kept on
held up in touch, effort over 3f out, soon under pressure, weakened over 1f out
raced towards rear, headway halfway, weakened well over 2f out
behind, some late headway, never dangerous
mid-division, pushed along over 6f out, headway over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, never on terms
Latent Light and Formulation are intriguing handicap newcomers who need checking in the market but ONYX OF ARABIA won readily last time and is taken to go in again. Our pick made the most of a drop in the weights to score at Windsor last time, in the process gaining his first success from eight starts. The 6lb penalty he incurs means he needs to have improved to score again because he'd previously struggled from marks this high but the extra yardage seemed to help last time and he remains unexposed at this distance; he should go close. Formulation makes most appeal of the handicap debutants as he's taken in some quality maidens so far and should enjoy more success now racing off a mark of 69. Latent Light is a son of Derby winner North Light so should be capable of better but Ed Dunlop doesn't have the greatest of records at the track and his efforts so far haven't quite matched those of Formulation, yet they share the same mark. Kerchak was rated 79 on the back of some fair efforts in maidens so should have chances off 70, however he showed precious little last time and arrives under something of a cloud. Until The Man is now only 3lbs higher than for his sole success but he was well beaten here last time and a solitary one pound drop should not change that. Double Fortune has blinkers to aide her course but will need them to produce plenty of improvement and we'll return to the entire more solid Onyx Of Arabia.
Onyx Of Arabia (IRE) 25-1 (8-13) Slowly into stride, towards rear, headway and switched left over 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, kept on well, won at Windsor 1m 2f 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) gd beating Plus Ultra (9-2) by 3l, 12 ran.
Resuscitator (USA) 33-1 (9-3) Took keen hold, mid-division, ridden and weakened over 2f out, 12th of 13, 24l behind Fair Trade (9-3) at Newbury 1m 3yo mdn (4) gd in Apr.
Kerchak (USA) 16-1 (8-12) Slowly into stride, never better than mid-division, 8th of 11, 11l behind Imperial Delight (9-3) at Sandown 7f 3yo hcp 0-85 (4) gf.
Formulation (IRE) 25-1 (9-3) Towards rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, never nearer, 5th of 15, 6l behind Kensei (9-3) at Sandown 1m 2f 3yo mdn (5) gf.
Latent Light (USA) 100-1 (8-9) Led after 2f, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 8th of 13, 11l behind Sajjhaa (8-7) at Sandown 1m 2f 3yo & 4yo mdn (5) gd in May.
Until The Man (IRE) 8-1 (9-1) Tracked leader, driven to challenge well over 2f out, led over 1f out, soon headed and weakened, 5th of 8, 8l behind Trovare (9-1) at Goodwood 1m 3f 3yo hcp 0-70 (5) gd in May.
Double Fortune 16-1 (8-12) Chased leaders, pushed along halfway, weakened over 2f out, 6th of 11, 12l behind Sarrsar (9-3) at Lingfield 1m 3yo mdn stks (5) pol.
Madlool (IRE) 9-1 (9-7) Towards rear, ridden over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, never able to challenge, 12th of 17, 9l behind Kingsdine (9-4) at Salisbury 7f 3yo hcp 0-65 (6) gd.
Albeed 8-1 (9-4) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 9th of 14, 15l behind Captain Cool (8-13) at Nottingham 1m 2f 3yo hcp 0-60 (6) gf in Apr.
Finch Flyer (IRE) 20-1 (8-10) Mid-division, ridden over 3f out, outpaced over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, 8th of 13, 7l behind D'urberville (9-1) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in May.
