held up in touch, effort well over 1f out, soon beaten
pulled hard in mid-division, hard driven halfway, soon weakened
behind, headway and hung left over 1f out, weakened final furlong
chased leaders, ridden to challenge over 2f out, kept on same pace
held up in touch, ridden over 2f out, soon one pace
tracked leaders, ridden to challenge over 1f out, soon one pace
tracked leaders, hung left 2f out, soon faded
pulled hard in touch, chased winner over 2f out, stayed on same pace
behind, headway over 1f out, stayed on, never reach leaders
Godolphin have had a couple of winners recently and it may be worth chancing that Always Emirates gives them further success here in a race where opposition looks to be thin on the ground with Quantum and Stepping Stones rated the main dangers. The selection has shown enough to suggest that a race of this nature would be within his compass and he gets the vote in the belief that he is probably a good deal better than his first outing of the season would suggest as the yard's runners were badly out of form then. James Toller's Madame Medusa showed improved form here last time but needs to improve again to trouble the judge, while Wild Academy is entitled to reverse running with the Toller horse on running last time as that was his debut. John Gosden's Dama'a may be open to more improvement and could be of interest although a bigger threat is likely to come from stablemate Quantum, who should do better as a three-year-old this term. Henry Cecil's Stepping Stones has run to a fair standard in both her starts so far and cannot be discounted but Always Emirates looks an interesting contender and gets the vote.
Genevieve 150-1 (9-7) Chased leaders until ridden and weakened over 2f out, last of 15, 45l behind Motaraqeb (8-13) at Thirsk 1m mdn stk (5) gd in May.
Miss Ruby 40-1 (9-8) Slowly away, always behind, 13th of 14, 19l behind Cape (9-0) at Nottingham 6f mdn fll (5) gd.
Always Emirates (USA) 5-2fav (9-0) Mid-division, headway over 2f out, driven to chase winner 1f out, kept on, always held inside final furlong, 2nd of 15, 6l behind Loyal Royal (9-0) at Salisbury 6f mdn stk (4) frm in May.
Divo Nero (IRE) 12-1 (8-10) Dwelt held up ridden halfway, never on terms, 5th of 10, 12l behind Storm On The Run (8-10) at Lingfield 6f 3yo & 4yo mdn (5) pol in May.
Esteem 66-1 (9-3) Tracked leaders over 6f, 7th of 12, 9l behind Muzher (9-3) at Newmarket 1m 3yo mdn (5) sft in May.
Maylea Gold (IRE) 100-1 (8-9) Mid-division, soon ridden, weakening when hampered over 1f out, 9th of 10, 8l behind Yellow Card (9-0) at Folkestone 5f mdn stk (5) gd.
Nassar (IRE) 66-1 (8-10) Raced centre, chased leader, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 11, 8l behind Bold Alaska (9-3) at Newmarket 1m 3yo mdn (5) gd in May.
Boreana 33-1 (8-9) Held up in touch, outpaced over 3f out, kept on final furlong, 7th of 12, 12l behind Quenched (8-9) at Lingfield 1m 2f mdn fll (5) gf.
Dama'a (IRE) 45-1 (9-0) In touch to 2f out, soon beaten, 10th of 13, 19l behind Tie Black (9-0) at Longchamp 1m Grp 1 (1) gs in May.
Fentastic Desert Prince filly out of a moderate racemare.
Jabbara (IRE) 28-1 (9-0) Always mid-division, 7th of 16, 5l behind Wasseema (9-0) at Goodwood 1m 3yo mdn fll (5) gf.
Josie Marcus (USA) Gone West filly, sister to winning sprinter Red Malone, half-sister to winners up to 1m1f.
Madame Medusa (IRE) 3-1fav (8-8) Led, headed over 5f out, chased leader, led again over 2f out, swished tail, hung badly right final furlong, looked reluctant, headed post, 2nd of 11, shd behind Ahlawy (8-13) at Yarmouth 7f mdn stk (5) gd in May.
Quantum (IRE) 13-8fav (8-9) Slowly into stride, behind, headway 2f out, edged left under pressure final furlong, soon one pace, 4th of 13, 6l behind Taminos Love (9-0) at Bath 1m 2yo mdn (5) gs in Oct.
Stepping Stones 8-1 (9-0) Held up mid-division, headway to chase leaders over 2f out, stayed on, 3rd of 10, 2 1/2l behind Missisipi Star (9-0) at Nottingham 1m 3yo mdn fll (5) gf in May.
Wild Academy (IRE) 9-2 (8-8) Chased leaders, ridden to have every chance inside final furlong when leader hung badly right, kept on, 3rd of 11, 1/2l behind Ahlawy (8-13) at Yarmouth 7f mdn stk (5) gd in May.
