held up in touch and towards rear, took keen hold, headway and not much room over 1f out, soon switched right and bumped rival, kept on strongly to lead towards finish
went left start, held up in touch, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened
with leader, pushed along over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong
in touch, headway over 2f out, ridden and every chance over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, soon bumped and no extra
close up, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
in touch, headway and not much room over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
hampered start, held up in rear, headway over 2f out on outer, ridden over 1f out, one pace inside final furlong
Showstoppa has done all her winning over 5f so far including her latest start at Newcastle and is upped 4lb. Dragon King has been raised 7lb for his win at Ripon last month but has plenty of scope for further progress as does SIR DOMINO. The latter ended last season with a win in soft ground at Leicester and there should be more to come from Kevin Ryan's charge this year. Mythmaker and Amazour are others open to improvement as they return to action but Final Venture has the more recent form having made a winning start on fast going at Newcastle last month.
Amazour (IRE) 10-1 (9-5) Chased winner throughout, one pace and no impression final furlong, 2nd of 15, 4 1/2l behind Code Red (9-5) at Nottingham 6f 2yo mdn (5) gd in Oct.
Dragon King (IRE) 5-2fav (9-7) Towards rear, headway on outer over 2f out, led over 1f out, ridden inside final furlong, kept on well, won at Ripon 6f 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) gs in Apr beating Signoret (8-11) by 3/4l, 10 ran.
Sir Domino (FR) Evensfav (9-5) Made all, shaken up over 1f out, ran on, readily, won at Leicester 6f 2yo mdn (4) sft in Oct beating Quintus Cerialis (9-5) by 2l, 6 ran.
Mythmaker 100-1 (8-6) Slowly into stride, mid-division, ridden over 1f out, no extra, 10th of 23, 11l behind Limato (8-12) at Redcar 6f Lstd auc stks (1) gd in Oct.
Showstoppa 11-4fav (9-6) Made all, ridden over 1f out, kept on well, won at Newcastle 5f 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) gs in Apr beating Stanghow (8-12) by 1/2l, 8 ran.
Doc Charm 13-2 (9-0) In touch, weakened well over 1f out, last of 7, 9l behind Mambo Paradise (9-7) at Wolverhampton 6f 3yo hcp 0-80 (4) in Apr.
Casterbridge 20-1 (8-12) Slowly into stride, close up in rear, ridden halfway, effort when hung right entering final furlong, not trouble leaders, 5th of 8, 7l behind Canny Kool (9-7) at Ripon 5f 3yo hcp 0-85 (4) gf in Apr.
Bahamian Sunrise 8-1 (9-5) Held up mid-division, ridden and headway over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 7th of 12, 3 1/2l behind Tohfa (9-6) at Doncaster 6f 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) gf.
Final Venture 7-1 (9-3) Slowly into stride, held up, headway over 3f out, ridden to challenge over 1f out, led inside final furlong, stayed on, won at Newcastle 5f mdn stks (5) gf in Apr beating Soie D'leau (9-3) by nk, 8 ran.