George - watch the Who Really Runs The World episode of The Peter McCormack Show podcast on Youtube- its with a guy called Simon Dixon who breaks it down completely.

Glasses Up settled into a nice tracking position, but the veteran was unable to match the younger legs of the first four and finished in fifth place.

2026 Running P/L: +37.52 pts

Harry Brown

Harry Brown had excuses last time at Windsor (5f, g-f) when finishing last of 13 (reared start and slowly away, saddle slipped). He's of interest here based on his previous run at Brighton (5.5f, g-f) where in a well-run contest he only went down by a short-head to a more patiently-ridden rival having battled on well.

It's easy to perceive him as an all-weather horse with five of his six wins having come on synthetics but he has yet to finish out of the first three from five outings on downhill turf tracks when the going has been good or quicker. The return to 6f shouldn't be an issue, and although he's markedly up in grade here, Ashley Lewis takes off a valuable 5lb, and the selection has been rated a lot higher in the past including when making the frame at Goodwood back in 2023 off a mark of 87.

A shocker from Poker, who folded quickly like a poor hand from 2f out, and perhaps like his stablemate Convergent who disappointed at HQ, evidently has gone the wrong way for running on soft ground at the Derby meeting.

Harry Brown wasn't able to make use of his inside draw in a race where the two leaders were able to dictate and stay there throughout, and then wasn't helped by not getting the clearest of runs down the home straight, before making some late headway into a never threatening fifth place.

2026 Running P/L: +33.52 pts

Dark Tornado faces a tough task to confirm recent C&D form with Aalto, given that rival's record in the Bunbury Cup and who is 4lb better off for just over a length defeat, however, Dark Tornado looked in top form that day, on what was just his fifth start for the in-form Michael Wigham, never too far away in a well-run contest and keeping on well once taking it up from over a furlong out to win in a comparatively good time on the day.

He has a record of three wins and two seconds from six starts at 7f on good to firm ground, and he's only had 13 career starts, so not impossible his current yard may be able to eke out a bit more under conditions that evidently suit.

George, surely anyone who is showing a profit is vulnerable to having a thread removed by bookmaker pressure GL today. The Bunbury Cup is one of the races I will probably swerve. Too  difficult. If given a free bet it would be Great Acclaim. Eve J-H is in good form.

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Dark Tornado could 'only' finish 6th of the 13 runners in the Bunbury Cup, beaten 3L, but he was in the heat of the battle from the outset on a day when getting cover was no bad thing, and indeed the first two home came from well back.

Apparently there was just a "gentle breeze" at HQ on Saturday, but in other races Planet Seeker, St Anton and Al Hudaiba all noticeably got cover. Haffner won from the front but in a slow time. I suppose Commanche Brave was in front from some way out but had got some cover behind the Japanese raider up to a point.

As for my other pick Nostrum, he came nearside with just one other rival, again no cover, and ended up well beaten. Perhaps there will be other days when Mick Appleby will work his magic on this one.

2026 Running P/L: +29.52 pts

Glasses Up was a selection the previous Sunday at Ayr over the 10f trip when I wrote:

Rain had been forecast but the ground looks fairly decent at Ayr, so I'm going to take a chance on Glasses Up. This eleven-time course winner wasn't at his best last time over C&D but doubt a steady gallop on soft ground would have been ideal, but the last time he was ran here in early May he finished a close third off a 4lb higher mark on good to firm over the 9f trip which is probably sharp enough for him these days.

His two runs in the interim when he failed to get competitive came at Musselburgh over 9f and Hamilton over 13f, so perhaps easy enough to forgive given he has only won away from Ayr on one occasion.

Mike Smith also runs the more fancied Zebra Star in this with Danny Tudhope booked, but a chance is taken at the prices on Glasses Up, who is off a mark 13lb lower than he won off over C&D last year.

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He didn't run too badly there, and perhaps today's trip of 13f, over which he has plenty of form, is a better fit for him these days, and did win over it last year off a 5lb higher mark. He is eligible for weaker races but so too is the current favourite Annandale.
Shay Farmer takes the ride in this apprentices' handicap and he's on a hat-trick of winners having ridden a double in Jersey on Friday.

Nice one,George..

Well done George. The scottish ayr made all the difference.

Wd George gl …

Well done again George

Thanks YSM and PHS.

Dayman, 1pt EW @ 20-1, 7.25 Wolverhampton

Zuffolo

Zuffolo hasn't looked in much form the last twice but it was only three starts back in April at Redcar (5f, 3lb) that he finished second off a 3lb higher mark, and although there are mixed messages from that form, the winner and fifth have won since. He gets a headgear switch back to blinkers, which he hasn't worn since last summer, and hopefully that might just shapen him up with the inside stall to help.

He is eligible for weaker races, but is 3lb below his last winning mark, and his only previous visit to this track last summer saw him finish third off a 5lb higher mark, when he finished less a length behind one of today's rivals Irish Dancer, whom he meets on 18lb better terms when apprentice claims are factored in.

Cheers Virgin

Symbol Of Hope went odds-on in the run but couldn't hold on against two who delayed their challenge a bit longer.

Zuffolo went with more zest in the headgear change and was able to hang on for a place.

2026 Running P/L: +46.42 pts

Francophone

Francophone was never involved last time from a wide draw at Royal Ascot (1m, g-f) in the  Group 2 Duke Of Cambridge Stakes won by Blue Bolt, but she hadn't shaped too badly on her previous two starts in Group 2 contests this season, running okay on her reappearance at the Guineas meeting when finishing 4th (albeit beaten 10L) in the strongly-run Dahlia Stakes (9f, g-f), and then perhaps better than the bare result when finishing tenth of 12 at the Curragh (1m, good), beaten 3.75L, but only less than 2L behind the current short-priced favourite for this, One Look, when looking like she was starting to find her stride only to find her path blocked; that was a muddling contest with 4L covering the first 11 home, but it seemed to suggest that she retains her ability as a 5YO.

This is an ease in grade to Group 3 level, with the step up in trip not a concern with her being a 10f Listed winner as a 3YO, and Oisin Murphy rides her for the first time.

Renewable Dream

It's disappointing that Renewable Dream is still have a maiden having run well to finish fifth on his third run for a mark in a Thirsk maiden in the spring of last year that worked out well, though he subsequently did run well to make the frame on a couple of occasions off higher marks than today's, including when a close third over the mile trip on the round course here on good to firm last summer.

Following a placed effort at Redcar (one mile, good) in September, he didn't go on for his previous yard, and now returns from six months off making his debut for John Wainwright, who has been the among the winners of late.

There's a bit to be taken on trust here, notably fitness, and he could do with settling better than has sometimes been the case, but if a change of scenery has worked than he looks on a mark he should be capable of winning off.