tracked leader, challenged 3f out, led approaching final 2f, strongly pressed inside final furlong, held on well and on top close home
disputing 3rd, pushed along 3f out, ridden and went 2nd entering final 2f, every chance inside final furlong, no extra and held close home
held up in last pair, headway towards inside over 3f out, ridden and looked held when bumped over 2f out, soon one pace, plugged on same pace inside final furlong
disputing 3rd, squeezed through narrow gap and went 3rd over 1f out, kept on
took keen hold, held up in last trio, pushed along and outpaced over 2f out, soon switched round field, kept on inside final furlong, never nearer
steadied start, held up in rear, steady headway on outside over 3f out, ridden and no real response well over 1f out, plugging on same pace in 5th and held when eased close home
raced keenly, led, ridden and headed approaching final 2f, starting to lose place when badly hampered on rail over 1f out, eased
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Artful Prince finished ahead of Craftsmanship when runner-up over track and trip last time. The course regular should be thereabouts once again but Shahdaroba was expected to finish closer dropped into this grade last time. Illusive may yet be capable of better but it could pay to stick with CLOUD SEVEN. He was eased down in the closing stages at Kempton by Ted Durcan when scoring on his handicap debut and still won by a couple of lengths so may well shrug off a 10lb hike in the weights and go in again.
Shahdaroba (IRE) 5-1 (9-12) Tracked leaders, driven 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong, no impression, 4th of 8, 5l behind Bow And Arrow (9-7) at Redcar 7f hcp 0-85 (4) gf in Apr.
Illusive (IRE) 33-1 (9-7) Held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, tracking leaders 2f out, 3rd and one pace over 1f out, no extra in 4th final 50 yards, 4th of 12, 7l behind Early Morning (9-4) at Kempton 1m hcp 0-80 (4) pol in Apr.
Craftsmanship (FR) 7-1 (9-0) Slowly into stride, in rear, headway over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, 4th of 8, 2 3/4l behind Polar Forest (9-2) at Nottingham 1m hcp 0-80 (4) sft.
Artful Prince 11-2 (9-4) Held up in mid-division, headway over 3f out, led over 2f out, soon headed, no impression on winner from over 1f out, stayed on, 2nd of 8, 1 3/4l behind Polar Forest (9-2) at Nottingham 1m hcp 0-80 (4) sft.
Ted's Brother (IRE) 20-1 (8-11) Dwelt, always behind, last of 19, 21l behind Skinny Love (9-3) at Redcar 7f hcp 0-75 (5) gf in Apr.
Cloud Seven 9-2 (9-5) Good speed from wide draw and soon in touch on outside, headway and edged right 2f out, led approaching final furlong, soon clear, ran on well, won at Kempton 1m 3yo hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Apr beating La Superba (9-5) by 2l, 14 ran.
Marmalad (IRE) 11-1 (8-13) Led 1f, remained prominent, led again over 1f out, soon headed, kept on same pace closing stages, 3rd of 7, 2 1/2l behind Always Smile (9-4) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-85 (4) in Apr.
Willy Brennan (IRE) 5-1 (9-2) Towards rear, never dangerous, 8th of 10, 7l behind Compton (9-9) at Kempton 7f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Sep.
Toymaker 5-1 (8-12) In touch, effort over 1f out, never on terms, 6th of 8, 5l behind Starlit Cantata (9-7) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Apr.
