in touch, effort over 1f out, soon chasing leaders, kept on same pace final furlong
green in rear, soon outpaced and detached, headway halfway, soon chasing leaders, hampered inside final furlong, never a threat
led, strongly challenged from well over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on
chased leaders, every chance over 1f out, weakened final furlong
tracked leaders, lost place halfway
held up, switched right and headway halfway, chased leaders over 1f out, weakening when hampered inside final furlong
slowly into stride, outpaced in rear, never a factor
Mr Buttons finished runner-up at Southwell last time having won at the same track on his debut for which he’s penalised. Port of Leith will likely improve for a recent debut fourth at Pontefract and is preferred to the others with racecourse experience. Yousini makes more appeal than Miss Maben of the newcomers but Karl Burke has a fine strike rate with two-year-old runners here and has won two of the last three renewals including last year with the subsequent Group 1 Prix Morny winner Unfortunately. He sends LIFE OF RILEY today and the half-brother to three winners may well be good enough to make a winning start.
Mr Buttons (IRE) 8-11fav (9-8) Tracked leaders, ridden to chase winner over 1f out, no impression inside final furlong, 2nd of 5, 1 1/4l behind Cococabala (9-2) at Southwell 5f stks (4) pol in Apr.
Mark's Choice (IRE) 20-1 (9-2) Prominent, driven over 1f out, lost place inside final furlong, no extra, 6th of 7, 6 1/4l behind Ninetythreetwenty (9-2) at Doncaster 5f stks (5) gd in May.
Port of Leith (IRE) 9-4fav (9-2) Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra and lost 2 places inside final furlong, 4th of 8, 3 1/4l behind Celebrity Dancer (9-2) at Pontefract 5f stks (4) sft in May.
Life of Riley Showcasing colt out of Swan Wings.
Yousini Siyouni colt out of War Effort.
Juals Spirit (IRE) 20-1 (9-0) Close up, ridden halfway, weakened 2f out, 8th of 9, 17 1/2l behind Vintage Brut (9-5) at Thirsk 5f mdn stks (5) sft in Apr.
Northern Society (IRE) 33-1 (8-12) Slowly away, behind, pushed along halfway, never dangerous, 10th of 12, 14 3/4l behind Snazzy (8-12) at Newcastle 5f fll stks (2) pol in Mar.
Miss Maben Compton Place filly out of Miss Trish.