held up towards rear, headway on inside 5f out, ridden and every chacne final furlong, no extra
mid-division, headway 3f out, ridden and led briefly 1f out, weakened
held up, ran slightly wide on bend 5f out, headway from over 2f out and hung left, led close home
tracked leaders, ridden to chase leader 2f out, weakened final furlong
never a factor
mid-division, ridden 3f out, slightly hampered 2f out, kept on
tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, led over 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, under pressure when not clear run 1f out, not recover
towards rear, ridden over 2f out, some late progress
mid-divison, ridden 3f out, kept on
always in rear
led, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened quickly
mid-division, headway on outside 3f out, led 1f out, headed close home
slowly into stride, always in rear
The short list contains Hurry Up Helen, Wind Chime and Will The Till, with the vote going to Hurry Up Helen. Hurry Up Helen got the reward for some consistent efforts when winning at Yarmouth last time. A four-pounds rise for that seems fair and she can go well again.Daring Monarch, Ruling Reef and Oakley Absolute are all closely weighted based on recent pieces of form and hold place claims, while Wood Fern has certainly gone well from higher marks in fairly recent times, including here. Will The Till, who races in first-time blinkers, cannot be ruled out on spring form, while Princess Danah suddenly improved last time and could well have better to come. Adobe often goes well here and the best of this year's efforts read well enough, and Wind Chime usually wins at some point during the campaign and, even though he has yet to win at today's distance, is certainly not ruled out of a good run. Having won three of his last four races, Good Article comes here on the up although a seven-pounds rise for the latest of them will not make life easy. A lightly-raced recent improver, who's to say that Greenmeadow's winning has come to an end, and Baboosh is no forlorn hope off his current rating. Finally, Malibu seems to have lost his way and Brabinger would be hard to fancy based on what we have so far seen. All of which returns us to the selection, which is Hurry Up Helen.
Greenmeadow 9-2jt-fav (9-6) Mid-division, ridden and headway to chase leaders 3f out, kept on, 3rd of 16, 4 1/2l behind Jackie Kiely (9-10) at Chepstow 1m 2f hcp 0-65 (6) gd.
Good Article (IRE) 4-1fav (9-7) Steadied start, held up well in rear, smooth headway from over 2f out, ridden to lead and hung left 1f out, ran on, won at Chepstow 1m 2f hcap (6) gd in Aug beating Native American (9-9) by 1 1/2l, 15 ran.
Oakley Absolute 12-1 (9-11) Held up in touch, ridden to chase leading pair over 2f out, held when hampered entering final furlong, 4th of 15, 2l behind Good Article (9-7) at Chepstow 1m 2f hcap (6) gd in Aug.
Wind Chime (IRE) 12-1 (8-7) Led stands' side to over 3f out, weakened well over 1f out, 7th of 13, 5l behind Kasumi (8-11) at Salisbury 7f app hcp (5) gd in Aug.
Princess Danah (IRE) 14-1 (9-0) Led and set steady pace, edged left over 1f out, soon headed and kept on, 2nd of 11, 3/4l behind Greenmeadow (9-4) at Folkestone 1m 2f fll hcp (6) gf in Aug.
Will The Till 8-1 (9-4) Held up towards rear, ridden and some headway over 3f out, weakened well over 1f out, 8th of 15, 15l behind Good Article (9-7) at Chepstow 1m 2f hcap (6) gd in Aug.
Hurry Up Helen (IRE) 11-4fav (8-12) Chased leader, led over 3f out, ridden and challenged from over 2f out, held on well, won at Yarmouth 1m 2f 3yo hcp (6) gf in Aug beating Diktatorship (8-13) by 1l, 11 ran.
Danish Monarch 14-1 (9-3) In touch, chased leader 6f out until led 4f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra, 5th of 15, 4 1/2l behind Good Article (9-7) at Chepstow 1m 2f hcap (6) gd in Aug.
