C2 | 4+
Winner GBP £50,960 - 13 runners
1m 2f 17y
Going: Good to Soft
Surface: T
It was hard not to be impressed with the way MUTAAWID (2) stretched clear of a useful field at Newmarket (Rowley) last time. Raised in standard off a higher mark and clearly progressive. Could prove equal to the task. Top weight BOTANICAL (1) commands respect eased in grade under Ryan Moore. Trained by George Boughey and finished an excellent third behind a subsequent G1 runner-up among Listed company at Doncaster two starts ago. Respect switching to a handicap adopting first-time cheekpieces. DEFIANCE (4) was last seen when well beaten in the G2 King Edward VII Stakes at Royal Ascot (1m2f) last June. Cannot be ignored down in class making reappearance. RATHGAR (12) holds each-way appeal.