Charlie Delta held up towards rear, headway towards stands' side over 2f out, hung right and led well over 1f out, finished on far side rails but ran on well, ridden out

Sovereignty mid-division, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, stayed on to go 2nd inside final furlong, not reach winner

Shaded Edge towards rear, headway and not clear run briefly 2f out, soon ridden, stayed on inside final furlong, went 3rd near finish

Binnion Bay soon struggling and nudged along in rear, headway over 1f out, stayed on final furlong, nearest finish

Exit Strategy slowly into stride, soon recovered to chase leaders, ridden and every chance when edged left well over 1f out one pace final furlong

Spice Gardens held up towards rear, good headway over 2f out, ridden to chase leaders over 1f out, one pace after

Conjecture prominent, ridden and every chance 2f out, soon one pace

Vanadium held up towards rear, headway and not clear run 3f out, soon switched left, stayed on but never able to get on terms

Boldinor chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out

Elusive Dreams led, ridden when edged left and headed well over 1f out, weakened

Quality Street always towards rear

Choreography slowly into stride, always towards rear

George The Second chased leaders for over 3f

Mulberry Lad mid-division, ridden over 2f out, soon beaten

Over To You Bert chased leaders for over 3f

Blessed Place chased leaders until weakened over 2f out

Another dry, humid day had the ground drying out with firm officially replacing good in places alongside the general good to firm.

There was a strong pace with these experienced sprint handicappers merging into one group up the inside rail but there were few hard-luck stories as they spread out delivering their challenges across the course in the last 2f.

CHARLIE DELTA has shown a liking for this course and distance and, despite veering badly right after being delivered wide midtrack, he had the race won into the final furlong as he swept clear. He had come back down to a handy mark and on this evidence there is still something to play with as these types of races are not usually won so clearly.

Sovereignty continues to run consistently which does not help his rating and this trip is as sharp as he wants as he was staying on when it was all over.

Exit Strategy, one of the younger and less exposed runners, showed his comeback run to be all wrong and he can progress more than some around him with a turf mark that has eased nicely.

Nothing else threatened with both Elusive Dream and Vanadium most disappointing, especially as the handicapper has reassessed them higher in future. Elusive Dream set a strong pace dropping a furlong in trip but was beaten before the final furlong. Vanadium could not cope with the drop back in trip after his 7f win at the expense of placed horses here. He did get mucked about looking for a run and had to finally switch widest out midtrack but he failed to make any impression through the last 300yds, which was a major disappointment after his effort last week.

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