raced centre, held up, headway to chase leaders over 1f out, hard ridden to lead well inside final furlong, stayed on well
led centre group and overall leader, headed approaching final furlong, weakened closing stages
raced centre, tracked leader, ridden to challenge well over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong
raced centre, in touch, headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, soon hung right under pressure, headed inside final furlong, kept on
raced centre, prominent, weakened over 1f out
raced alone stand side and well on terms, weakened halfway
raced centre, tracked leader, every chance over 1f out, soon short of room, faded final furlong
raced centre, behind, headway over 1f out, chased leaders inside final furlong, never nearer
raced centre, slowly into stride, behind, headway over 1f out, soon no impression
raced centre, slowly into stride, in touch, effort over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
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Oscars Journey and Humour won lower grade handicaps on the all-weather last time and Storm Lightning scored on fast ground at Brighton recently. Royal Bajan is better on the all-weather and won a Class 2 sprint at Chelmsford in March. But he was well beaten at Doncaster last time despite racing off a much lower mark so a chance is taken on BEAU MISTRAL ending a long losing run. He began last season off a 9lb higher mark and should be sharper for a recent outing at Chepstow.
Ambitious Icarus 20-1 (9-2) Towards rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 6th of 13, 8l behind Hopes N Dreams (9-6) at Hamilton 6f hcp 0-80 (4) sft.
Royal Bajan (USA) 25-1 (9-0) Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, soon weakened, 11th of 12, 9l behind Distant Past (9-3) at Doncaster 5f hcp 0-85 (4) gf in Apr.
Oscars Journey 2-1fav (9-6) Tracked leading pair and raced on inside, edging right from halfway, went 2nd 1f out, stayed on to lead well inside final furlong, won at Chelmsford City 6f hacp 0-70 (5) pol in Apr beating Gung Ho Jack (9-7) by 3/4l, 4 ran.
Storm Lightning 5-2fav (9-7) Chased leaders, headway on outside into 2nd over 1f out, driven to challenge inside final furlong, ran on to lead towards finish, won at Brighton 5f hcp 0-70 (5) gf in Apr beating Emily Davison (8-8) by nk, 7 ran.
Touch The Clouds 9-2 (9-0) Towards rear, staying on same pace and no impression when hampered well inside final furlong, 5th of 12, 3 1/2l behind Dynamo Walt (9-5) at Wolverhampton 5f hcp 0-70 (5) in Nov.
Beau Mistral (IRE) 12-1 (8-12) Chased leaders, ridden in 3rd and no impression over 1f out, weakened and lost places final 100 yards, 5th of 10, 3 1/2l behind Powerful Wind (9-5) at Chepstow 5f hcap (5) gd.
Humour (IRE) 11-4fav (9-5) Chased leaders, ridden to lead approaching final furlong, stayed on well, won at Wolverhampton 5f hcp 0-60 (6) in Mar beating Daring Dragon (9-7) by 1 3/4l, 9 ran.
Cardinal 20-1 (9-0) In rear, ridden 2f out, soon weakened, last of 7, 5l behind Billy Red (8-10) at Lingfield 5f hacp 0-70 (5) pol in Feb.
Champagne Charley 12-1 (9-6) Steadied start, held up in last pair, behind and struggling final 2f, never a factor, 10th of 11, 37l behind Pick A Little (9-3) at Brighton 7f hcp 0-60 (6) gf in Apr.
Narborough 14-1 (8-6) Held up mid-division, ridden entering final furlong, no extra, 8th of 11, 2 3/4l behind Iggy (8-2) at Pontefract 5f app hcp 0-70 (5) gf in Apr.
Decent Fella (IRE) 33-1 (8-7) Prominent, ridden to lead 2f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong, 4th of 8, 2 1/4l behind Scoreline (8-8) at Wolverhampton 5f 4yo clm stks 0-70 (5) in Mar.
Give Us A Belle (IRE) 9-1 (10-2) Chased leaders, driven to challenge over 2f out, stayed on same pace final furlong, 3rd of 13, 5l behind Jubilee Brig (11-1) at Wolverhampton 6f am hcp (0-70) (5) in Apr.
