held up in mid-division, ridden and headway 3f out, stayed on well from 2f out, no chance with winner
made all, shaken up and quickened over 2f out, clear 1f out, kept on well
prominent, ridden 3f out, one pace final furlong
chased leader, joined leader 3f out, kept on same pace
in touch, ridden 3f out, weakened 2f out
held up towards rear, ridden 3f out, stayed on one pace final furlong
always outpaced in rear, lost touch 3f out
As with most of these, Madhavi has been doing most of his racing on the all-weather of late but an encouraging return to turf on unsuitably soft ground here last month makes Richard Hannon's filly the one to beat and she is preferred to Royal Axminster and Ground Patrol. The last mentioned would have claims on the form shown at Lingfield in February but he has disappointed since then so may now be best watched. Milk And Sultana has yet to prove his effectiveness over this far, while Ulshaw is difficult to recommend on recent evidence. Royal Axminster is well treated on all-weather form but is better on sand and a safer bet looks to be Madhavi, who gets the vote.
Ground Patrol 7-2 (9-4) Prominent on outer, ridden over 2f out, weakened quickly soon afterwards, 8th of 10, 7l behind Lowestoft Playboy (9-2) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Feb.
Madhavi 16-1 (8-9) Led, hard ridden 2f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra, 4th of 15, 2 1/2l behind Lewis Island (9-1) at Bath 1m 4f hcap (6) gs in May.
Milk And Sultana 5-2 (9-2) Chased leaders, outpaced over 2f out, kept on final furlong, 6th of 7, 3l behind Ballare (8-11) at W'hampton 1m 1f banded stk (7) pol in Mar.
Royal Axminster 8-1 (8-10) Tracked leader, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 4th of 10, 11l behind Zoripp (8-9) at Southwell 1m 4f hcap (6) fbs in Apr.
Vandal 33-1 (8-2) Always towards rear, 9th of 11, 15l behind Tata Naka (8-8) at Nottingham 1m 2f app hcp (6) gf.
Ulshaw 33-1 (7-13) Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 15, 10l behind Sovietta (8-8) at Leicester 1m 4f app hcp (6) gs in May.
Bold Arrow 66-1 (8-7) Slowly into stride, soon outpaced, last of 12, well behind La Viola (8-9) at W'hampton 1m 1f sll (6) pol in Nov.