keen hold, chased near side leaders until weakened inside final 2f
raced far side, held up in rear, good headway 2f out, quickened to lead inside final furlong, ran on well
raced near side, always prominent, led that group but not on terms with far side leaders 2f out, ran on
led far side group and overall leader 2f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra towards finish
held up in rear near side, well behind when not clear run over 2f out
led near side group to 2f out, weakened quickly
pressed far side leader to 2f out, weakened quickly
raced near side, slow into stride and held up in rear, good headway on outside of group 2f out, ran on final furlong, not reach leaders
in touch far side until weakened over 2f out
raced far side, held up in rear, headway 2f out, kept on one pace from over 1f out
raced near side, dwelt, soon recovered to chase leaders, weakened 2f out
chased far side leaders until outpaced final 2f
chased far side leaders, ridden 2f out, not clear run and switched left over 1f out, stayed on to chase winner well inside final furlong, finished well
raced near side, slowly into stride, soon recovered to chase leaders, weakened 2f out
held up in rear far side, effort 2f out, stayed on same pace
in touch on outer near side, weakened 2f out
With ante post favourite Polar Bear only a reserve this looks likely to go to Mine, who is preferred to Selective and El Coto. The last mentioned put a disappointing effort in the Lincoln behind him when winning Newbury's Spring Cup in decisive fashion but has suffered at the hands of the handicapper since then. John Hammond's Maksad is an interesting runner from France and has to be respected along with Camp Commander, who goes well here, and Golden Chalice, who bounced back to form last time. A bigger threat seems likely to come from Alex Stewart's Selective who made an encouraging reappearance at Thirsk recently and should have come on for the outing but the vote goes to Mine. James Bethell's gelding has the beating of Selective on Thirsk form and ran up to his showing there when finding Autumn Glory too good at York last time when given too much to do and when not helped by a bad draw. There should be no such problems to day and, with the in-form Richard Quinn taking the ride, Mine gets the vote.
