towards rear, ridden, outpaced over 2f out, headway entering final furlong, stayed on to take 2nd inside final furlong, no chance with winner
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, led well over 1f out, kept on well
led, raced keen, ridden, headed well over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
soon behind, outpaced, never dangerous
tracked leaders, keen, weakened final furlong
towards rear, ridden, headway over 2f out, one pace, no impression
always towards rear
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, one pace
Raymonds Pride can land this at the expense of Paris Bell and Rising Shadow. The selection is trained by Kevin Ryan who is having a great run at present and Raymonds Pride showed signs of coming back to his best when an eye catching second to Jonstones Diomond at Thirsk last time out with Paris Bell back in third place and would not have to improve much to win this. Rising Shadow will be the biggest danger to the selection having finished second at York on his latest start. He had been outclassed against better company of late but now dropped in grade he is worth noting in the market. Byron Bay enters calculations on his recent form but he is a better all weather horse and was slightly disappointing at Musselburgh last time out so is best watched today. So for the winner we return to Raymonds pride.
Rising Shadow (IRE) 8-1 (8-6) Dwelt, soon mid-division, pushed along halfway, ridden over 1f out, ran on final furlong, 2nd of 17, 1/2l behind Borderlescott (9-1) at York 6f hcp 0-100 (2) sft.
Commando Scott (IRE) 9-1 (8-1) Chased leaders, effort over 2f out, one pace until weakened inside final furlong, 8th of 17, 6l behind Borderlescott (9-1) at York 6f hcp 0-100 (2) sft.
Byron Bay 6-1 (9-3) Soon prominent, ridden over 3f out, every chance over 1f out, gradually weakened final furlong, 6th of 10, 8l behind Will He Wish (9-6) at Musselburgh 7f hcp 0-90 (3) gf.
Raymond's Pride 5-1 (9-2) With leaders, led halfway, ridden and headed over 1f out, kept on under pressure final furlong, no chance with winner, 2nd of 14, 5l behind Johnston's Diamond (9-2) at Thirsk 6f hcap (3) hvy.
Glaramara 6-1 (8-4) Prominent, driven halfway, one pace until weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 11, 11l behind Philharmonic (9-4) at Southwell 6f hcap (2) hvy in Mar.
Paris Bell 7-2jt-fav (9-1) Dwelt and behind, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on final furlong, 3rd of 14, 5l behind Johnston's Diamond (9-2) at Thirsk 6f hcap (3) hvy.
Royal Challenge 6-1fav (9-5) Held up in rear, headway on wide outside over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, not reach leaders, 5th of 15, 3 1/2l behind Romany Nights (9-6) at Goodwood 6f hcp 0-85 (4) gd.
Local Poet 15-8fav (8-6) Mid-division, driven along halfway, soon behind, 11th of 14, 37l behind Dancing Lyra (8-6) at Southwell 7f hcap (4) hvy in Mar.