prominent, raced keenly, slightly hampered over 2f out, hung left and weakened over 1f out
slowly away, shaken up over 3f out, always behind
ridden along leaving stalls, mid-division, driven over 3f out, headway over 1f out, carried left and went 3rd inside final furlong, one pace
mid-division, pulled hard, headway 3f out, hung left over 1f out, soon weakened
held up towards rear, going well over 3f out, not clear run and switched right over 2f out, came wide entering straight, headway and hung left from over 1f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, no chance with winner
chased leaders, led 2f out, ridden clear 1f out, ran on well
in touch until weakened over 2f out
led early, chased leader until over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
slowly into stride, lost touch over 6f out, tailed off when pulled up over 5f out
slowly into stride, held up in rear, headway on inside 2f out, ridden to chase winner 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
soon led, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
We will take a chance and side with WHISKEY JACK here; the main dangers would appear to be Layer Cake and Omnium Duke. The selection has the best of the draw and he has to be of interest now that he is dropped back into a maiden. He should come on for his recent reappearance run here and with the longer trip expected to bring about some improvement he gets our vote. Layer Cake ran his best race for a while here last time out when he finished second behind Voortrekker over 1m1f. He seems to like it here and the drop in trip will not be a problem so he should go well. Omnium Duke finished in third behind his stablemate Layer Cake last time and although he ran quite well that day, he does not look entirely straightfoward. Gulf President returns to maiden company after a string of disappointing efforts in handicaps and he is hard to fancy. We will stick with Whiskey Jack to finally shed his maiden tag.
Takizada (IRE) Evensfav (8-13) 8th of 10, 5l behind Rainbow Dancing (8-13) at Longchamp(FR) 1m 2f stk gd in Jun '08.
Annan Rock (IRE) Statue Of Liberty gelding out of My Enigma.
Grand Pere Monsieur Bond colt out of Ejay.
Gulf President 22-1 (8-10) Slowly into stride, ridden 2f out, stayed on, 5th of 11, 3 1/2l behind Sequillo (9-3) at Windsor 1m 2f 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) gf in Jun.
Jul's Lad (IRE) 20-1 (9-3) With leader, ridden well over 1f out, no impression, last of 13, 23l behind Carter (8-12) at Chester 1m 2f 3yo hcp 0-70 (5) gd in Jun.
Layer Cake 9-1 (9-3) Behind, headway over 4f out, hard driven and stayed on well final furlong, just failed, 2nd of 13, shd behind Voortrekker (9-3) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f 3yo mdn auc stks (5) pol in Jun.
Omnium Duke (IRE) 8-1 (9-3) Mid-division, ridden to challenge over 1f out, no extra close home, 3rd of 13, 1 1/2l behind Voortrekker (9-3) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f 3yo mdn auc stks (5) pol in Jun.
Prince De Fortune Lend A Hand gelding out of Fortuitious.
Sirjosh 25-1 (9-3) Steadied at start and held up in rear, tailed off over 2f out, pulled up 1f out, in a race won by Shemoli (9-3) at Pontefract 1m 4f 3yo mdn (5) gf in Jun, 7 ran.
The Coach Central Park gelding out of E Minor.
Whisky Jack 10-1 (8-10) Slowly into stride, held up, hung left well over 1f out, no headway, 7th of 9, 11l behind Cecily (9-4) at Wolverhampton 6f 3yo hcp 0-80 (4) pol in Apr.
Chasing Amy 50-1 (9-2) Slowly into stride, soon chased leaders, weakened halfway, 13th of 14, 20l behind Rocket Rob (9-6) at Yarmouth 6f 3yo hcp 0-65 (6) gd in Jun.
Beat Companion 33-1 (8-12) Slowly into stride, effort on outside over 3f out, plugged on, 7th of 12, 10l behind Hallstatt (8-12) at Lingfield 1m 2f mdn auc stks (5) pol in May.
