tracked winner, ridden and unable to quicken over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
close up, in rear, ridden 2f out, no impression
tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, kept on one pace
steadied start, close up in 4th, ridden and hung left over 1f out, kept on to go 2nd towards finish, no threat to winner
made all, pushed along 2f out, ridden and ran on final furlong, readily
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Abushamah bounced back to form when a clear-cut scorer at Redcar, putting a decent field to the sword in style. Ruth Carr's gelding is a strong consideration but the 5lb punishment inflicted by the assessor takes him to a career-high mark against useful rivals. Marcano failed to handle the step-up to this class last time but Poet's Beauty is respected in receipt of weight all round as the sole three-year-old in the line-up. He's going the right way for a yard operating at a very healthy strike rate this year. However, MUJAZIF impressed when scoring over course and distance on his penultimate start and only narrowly failed to follow up at Haydock five days later. At his best with cut in the ground, his chance would be compromised by firming conditions but he is taken to score in the hope that some juice remains in the turf.
Abushamah (IRE) 7-1 (9-4) Awkward start, held up, headway and switched left 2f out, led 1f out, clear inside final furlong, comfortably, won at Redcar 1m hcp (3) gs in Jun beating Mariee (8-9) by 2 1/2l, 7 ran.
Intrude 7-1 (9-7) Held up towards rear, switched left over 1f out, not clear run inside final furlong, ran on final 100 yards, 6th of 9, 2 3/4l behind Primogeniture (9-1) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (3) pol in Jun.
Tournament 4-1jfav (9-5) Mid-division, ridden and headway over 1f out, edged right inside final furlong, one pace towards finish, 6th of 13, 2 1/4l behind Exalted (8-7) at Kempton 7f hcp (4) pol in May.
Marcano (IRE) 11-2 (9-7) Held up, in rear, not clear run when trying to close from over 2f out until time ran out inside final furlong, 9th of 12, 3 1/4l behind Dubai's Secret (9-5) at Newbury 1m hcp (4) gf in Jul.
Poet's Beauty (IRE) 11-1 (9-5) Tracked leaders, keen, led over 1f out, strongly challenged inside final furlong, headed and no extra towards finish, 2nd of 13, hd behind Flyboy (9-6) at Haydock 1m hcp (4) gs in May.
Mujazif (IRE) 5-4fav (9-10) Tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, led inside final furlong, kept on, headed post, 2nd of 6, nk behind Caponova (8-11) at Haydock 1m 2f hcp (5) gs in Jun.