soon prominent until lost place over 6f out, soon behind
in touch until ridden and weakened quickly 5f out
in touch, headway to lead over 2f out, ridden approaching final furlong, ridden out
held up mid-division and keen, steady headway 4f out, tracking winner and going well over 2f out, not quicken well inside final furlong
tracked leaders, lost place 7f out, ridden over 3f out, ran on approaching final furlong
in touch, headway approaching 7f out, led 5f out, headed over 2f out, weakened
slowly into stride, in rear, some headway over 2f out, not reach leaders
very slowly into stride, in rear, stayed on over 2f out, nearest finish
mid-division, headway 6f out, ridden 3f out, soon pulled up
tracked leaders, led 6f out, headed 5f out, weakened over 2f out
slowly into stride, ridden and headway over 2f out, no extra final furlong
slowly into stride, towards rear, headway 6f out, ridden 3f out, weakened approaching final furlong
led, ridden and headed 6f out, weakened and eased over 4f out
mid-division, headway 6f out, ridden over 3f out, eased when beaten soon after
Not much strength in depth with few coming in to the race in good form. A notable exception is Classic Millennium who is on to the hat-trick here following narrow wins at Leicester and Pontefract. However a further 5lb rise may be enough to end the sequence but Cool Spice is dropping down to a fair mark and won't be far away after an encouraging run last time. Preferred ran in a hot event on his return and is interesting over this longer trip while Prime Trump ran creditably in defeat last season before finding conditions too testing on his final outing last backend and can do better on this more suitable surface.