CHESTER 15:40 221z67

Non Runners: WYNTER WILDES. Race Distance Adjustment: +26 yds

Time: 2m 49.17s

Overrounds: Industry SP 111%, Betfair SP 102.1%

A well-run Ormonde and, ultimately, an emphatic winner in Point Lonsdale, who relished the increased emphasis on stamina and promises to be at least as effective over further still given the way he shaped.

POINT LONSDALE (IRE) has faced plenty of stiff tasks over the last year but found the return to Group 3 level liberating as he got his head in front for the first time since this meeting 12 months earlier, not for the first time needing plenty of cajoling but notably strong at the finish tackling the longest trip of his career, the distance surely beneficial given the way he shaped; chased leaders, went with little fluency, led under pressure over 1f out, forged clear; he's got big-race entries this summer all the way from 1¼m to 2½m, worth a try as a Cup horse given his limitations over 1¼m/1½m are well established.

ARREST (IRE) was ridden with more patience than usual and no better or worse for it, seeing things out better than on his reappearance but again below his St Leger form; held up, headway under pressure 2f out, chased leader entering final 1f, stayed on, no match for winner; he's entered in the Hardwicke but will need to do better than he's managed so far this season to have much of a chance in that.

ALSAKIB has come up a fair way short in a couple of Group 3s in the space of little more than a fortnight and could probably do with his sights lowering a touch; slowly into stride, in rear, shaken up 3f out, laboured progress approaching final 1f, kept on, took third close home, the longer trip clearly within his com.

DEAUVILLE LEGEND (IRE) was tried blinkered after 9 months off but again a long way below the very smart form he showed as a 3-y-o, the fact that he's been in headgear the last twice suggesting connections maybe feel he's been holding something back; went on after 1f, pushed along 3f out, headed over 1f out, one paced.

ENEMY disappointed on his first start back in Britan after a couple of runs overseas, worth noting he had a spell in the wilderness last season after success in the Middle East in the New Year; patiently ridden, shaken up 3f out, no response.

L'ASTRONOME is proving hard to place, not least because he seems some way removed from his useful best at the minute; led early, remained prominent, pushed along 4f out, dropped away over 2f out.