very slowly away, behind, pushed along and kept on final furlong, nearest finish
keen held up, headway over 3f out, ridden and headway over 3f out, every chance over 1f out, led inside final furlong, eased close home
tracked leader until pushed along over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
soon led, pushed along 4f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
in touch, headway to track leaders 8f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out
in touch, headway to track leaders over 3f out, ridden and every chance over 1f out, kept on one pace
raced wide in touch, ridden and weakened over 2f out
towards rear, wide and headway over 2f out, ridden and unable to quicken entering final furlong, kept on same pace
raced wide tracked leaders, chased leader 3f out, pushed along to lead over 2f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, no extra
raced wide close up, pushed along and lost place 6f out, rallied final furlong
RUNNING CLOUD scored at Wolverhampton last month and his only previous win on Turf came here last summer. This won’t take much winning and he can go in again. Uther Pendragon has been in the mix on the all-weather lately and Militry Decoration placed at Lingfield earlier in the year. Angels Roc and Princess T return to action with a chance while Nature makes her handicap debut.
Running Cloud (IRE) 6-1 (9-13) Very slowly away and lost 10 lengths, in touch 10f out, headway approaching 2f out, led over 1f out, ran on, won at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hcp (6) pol in Mar beating Kitten's Dream (9-9) by 2 3/4l, 7 ran.
Militry Decoration (IRE) 15-2 (8-13) Chased leader, driven over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 7th of 9, 9 1/4l behind Abnaa (8-10) at Newcastle 1m hcp (5) pol in Feb.
Gleneaglet 9-2 (9-7) Led, ridden and headed inside final furlong, no extra, last of 5, 3 3/4l behind Nuble (9-10) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp fll (5) pol in Jan.
Peerless Percy (IRE) 4-1 (9-10) Dwelt raced wide, tracked leader after 1f, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong, 5th of 7, 11 3/4l behind Moel Arthur (9-10) at Lingfield 1m 5f hcp (6) pol in Feb.
Nature (IRE) 28-1 (8-13) Raced keenly, led, pushed along and headed over 2f out, hung left and lost 2nd inside final 2f, weakened over 1f out, 4th of 6, 9 3/4l behind Auriferous (9-4) at Southwell 1m 4f stks (5) pol in Mar.
Uther Pendragon (IRE) 5-1 (9-5) Prominent, led over 8f out, headed over 1f out, kept on, 3rd of 11, 1 3/4l behind Lenny's Spirit (9-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (6) pol in Mar.
Princess T 9-1 (11-8) Chased leaders, headway to challenge before 2 out, lost place and ridden after 2 out, rallied to go third flat, 3rd of 14, 11l behind Galore Desassences (11-9) at Wincanton 1m 7f hcp (4) sft in Dec.
Angels Roc 2-1fav (10-12) Dwelt towards rear, headway 3f out, ridden and unable to quicken over 1f out, stayed on to go 3rd inside final furlong, 3rd of 14, 5 1/2l behind Ghostly (10-12) at Nottingham 1m 2f hcp (6) gd in Oct.
Urban Forest 9-1 (9-8) In touch, pushed along 4f out, weakened 3f out, 11th of 12, 33 1/4l behind My Brother Mike (11-0) at Bath 1m 4f hcp (6) gs in Oct.
I'm Grateful 22-1 (9-1) Led 2f, close up, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 8th of 10, 16 1/4l behind Miss Sligo (9-2) at Southwell 1m 4f stks (6) pol in Mar.
