chased leaders, led over 7f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, lost 2nd 2f out, kept on same pace in 3rd final furlong
led early, chased leaders, led over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong
held up tracking leaders, smooth headway on outside 3f out, went 2nd 2f out, led over 1f out, ridden clear final furlong
soon led, headed over 7f out, chased leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened 2f out
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Marwan Koukash will be confident of landing the spoils in this with one of his two runners. The David Simcock-trained Gabrial The Duke has a welter burden to carry but George Buckell takes off 7lb and he's on a hat-trick after victories at Leicester and Salisbury. Gabrial The Thug also has a penalty to contend with and is upped in grade after scoring at Newcastle and we prefer GIANTSTEPSAHEAD who has, fittingly, made big strides this year. He's been raised a further 3lb since his second at Nottingham but is lightly-raced for his age and can get back to winning ways. Indian Trifone is starting to come down the weights but Enriching disappointed last time. Beakers N Nums Nums looks the best of the three-year-olds.
Gabrial The Duke (IRE) 2-1fav (9-3) Tracked leader, led over 2f out, soon pressed, ridden and asserted inside final furlong, won at Salisbury 1m 2f hcp 0-70 (5) gf in Jun beating Miss Blakeney (9-7) by 4l, 9 ran.
Enriching (USA) 8-1 (9-5) Tracked leaders, weakened over 3f out, 13th of 14, 19l behind Roxy Lane (8-7) at Newmarket 1m app hcp 0-70 (5) gf in Jun.
Beakers N Num Nums (IRE) 7-1 (9-7) Held up in mid-division, headway under pressure 2f out, chased leading trio 1f out, stayed on in closing stages, not quite going pace to challenge, 4th of 10, 1 1/4l behind Go Sakhee (9-7) at Windsor 1m 2f 3yo hcp 0-70 (5) gd in Jun.
Sparkling Ice (IRE) 14-1 (9-7) Behind, some late headway, never nearer, 7th of 12, 7l behind Khee Society (9-5) at Bath 1m 3yo hcp 0-65 (6) gs in May.
Indian Trifone (IRE) 33-1 (8-11) Slowly into stride, mid-division, ridden 5f out, edged left 2f out, never able to threaten leaders, 8th of 18, 4l behind Eurystheus (9-4) at York 1m 1f hcp 0-80 (4) gd in Jun.
Giantstepsahead (IRE) 7-4fav (9-6) Keen led 2f, tracked leader, led again over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, headed well inside final furlong, 2nd of 11, 1/2l behind Ferryview Place (7-11) at Nottingham 1m 2f hcp 0-65 (6) gf in Jun.
Gabrial The Thug (FR) 11-2 (9-2) Chased leaders, went 2nd over 2f out, led over 1f out, just held on, won at Newcastle 1m 2f hcp 0-60 (6) gf in Jun beating Gabrial's Hope (9-7) by shd, 12 ran.
