made all, driven over 3f out, challenged from 2f out, stayed on gamely
chased leaders, hard driven to challenge over 2f out, kept on under pressure
tracked leader, hard driven over 2f out, soon under pressure, no extra final furlong
chased leaders, effort over 2f out, weakened entering final furlong
chased leaders, lost place well over 3f out
keen in rear, weakened well over 2f out
dwelt, held up, headway over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, stayed on into 3rd, never nearer
held up towards rear, headway over 3f out, chased leaders over 1f out, kept on well
slowly into stride, held up in rear, headway over 3f out, soon weakened
mid-division, lost place 3f out
Dal Horrisgle made all at Wolverhampton in November and returns to action along with 7f winner Loolwah. But both are penalised for those successes and MEQDAM can take advantage. He made only a modest start at Newmarket last month but Saeed bin Suroor has an impressive strike rate at this venue and a big improvement is expected from the Godolphin colt. He’s preferred to stablemate Wild Animal while San Sebastian is another likely to improve and Saffran is a newcomer worthy of a second glance.
Dal Horrisgle 11-2 (9-2) Made all, hung badly right and ridden over 1f out, straightened and stayed on inside final furlong, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f stks (5) pol in Nov beating Emirates Knight (9-2) by 3/4l, 12 ran.
Loolwah (IRE) 7-2 (9-0) Dwelt, held up in rear, headway over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on well, won at Kempton 7f fll stks (5) pol in Oct beating Dubrava (9-0) by nk, 6 ran.
Meqdam (IRE) 20-1 (9-2) In touch, pushed along 3f out, headway over 1f out, stayed on towards finish, 4th of 13, 6 1/4l behind Velorum (9-2) at Newmarket 1m stks (4) gf in May.
My Style (IRE) 50-1 (9-2) Chased leaders, under pressure over 2f out, stayed on same pace, 4th of 9, 6 1/4l behind Fifth Position (9-2) at Nottingham 1m stks (5) gs in Apr.
Night Fury 33-1 (8-9) In touch, ridden and outpaced over 3f out, 6th of 7, 35 1/4l behind Ranch Hand (9-2) at Southwell 1m 3f stks (5) pol in Apr.
Pourmorechampagne 100-1 (9-5) Towards rear, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 9th of 11, 19 1/4l behind Tabassor (9-0) at Nottingham 1m stks (5) gf in May.
Saffran (IRE) Teofilo gelding out of Oriental Step.
San Sebastian (IRE) 20-1 (9-0) Mid-division, headway over 2f out, no extra final furlong, 5th of 13, 9 3/4l behind Oasis Prince (9-0) at Leicester 7f stks (5) gd in Apr.
Verify 28-1 (9-5) Slowly into stride, towards rear, plugged on final 2f, never on terms, 8th of 19, 15 3/4l behind Logician (9-5) at Newbury 1m 2f mdn stks (4) gd in May.
Plissken 66-1 (9-0) Handy on outside, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, 7th of 13, 17 3/4l behind Twist 'n' Shake (9-0) at Nottingham 1m mdn fll stks (5) sft in May.
Wild Animal 7-1 (9-5) Close up, pushed along 2f out, soon weakened, 8th of 12, 18 3/4l behind Uae Jewel (9-5) at Newmarket 1m mdn stks (3) gf in Apr.