hampered soon after start, headway on inside over 3f out, ridden and carried head high from over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
always prominent, led over 2f out, ridden inside final furlong, ran on well
stumbled slightly start, chased leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
held up towards rear, switched right and headway well over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, no impression
went right start, towards rear, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
led, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
hampered start, outpaced, headway over 1f out, kept on under pressure inside final furlong
always prominent, not much room 2f out, ridden 1f out, kept on, not able to trouble winner
chased leaders on outside 2f
Spic 'N Span comes here after a hat-trick of seconds and will be looking to return to winning ways whilst OCEAN BLAZE is seeking a return to the form that has seen her win over course and distance before and similar remarks can be made about Green Lagonda who has shown very little in his two starts so far this year. The selection should be suited by the ground and trip and ran reasonably last time out in a handicap, although will need to find more towards the finish. However she is far higher rated than her rivals today. The draw is not ideal but her main rivals are situated near by and if tracking them well should be able to win. Spic 'N Span only lost out to Multahab at Brighton last time in the final furlong and although this has been somewhat of a worry in recent starts another good run can be expected. However, there are some strong reservations that this track is right for him. He has weakened within the final furlong in previous starts after running at the front and with an uphill finish at Bath this may not be ideal and could catch him out. Green Lagonda has been excellent over this trip and conditions at the track before but he was a long way behind in his last appearance and will need to find more against this opposition. Our pick in this race is Ocean Blaze.
Desert Strike 9-2 (9-2) Chased leaders, hung right over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 5th of 8, 6l behind Avrilo (8-10) at Goodwood 5f app hcp (6) gd in May.
Ocean Blaze 12-1 (9-9) Tracked leader, ridden to lead briefly over 1f out, one pace final furlong, 4th of 8, 3 1/2l behind Present Alchemy (9-9) at Salisbury 5f hcp 0-85 (4) gf.
Spic 'n Span 11-2 (9-8) In touch, ridden 2f out, soon one pace, 7th of 11, 5l behind The Jailer (8-8) at Chepstow 5f hcp 0-60 (6) gd.
Green Lagonda (AUS) 25-1 (8-13) Never better then mid-division, 11th of 15, 15l behind Beat The Bell (9-3) at Windsor 6f app hcp (5) gf in Apr.
Joss Stick 100-1 (9-6) Chased leaders, pushed along halfway, weakened over 2f out, last of 8, 31l behind Timeteam (9-0) at Windsor 6f clm stks (5) gd in May.
Orpen Lady 66-1 (8-12) Chased leaders to 3f out, last of 13, 24l behind Island Legend (9-0) at Wolverhampton 5f 3yo mdn stks (5) pol in Aug.
Talamahana 33-1 (8-4) Behind, pushed along on outside hafway, never a factor, 13th of 15, 7l behind The History Man (9-1) at Chepstow 6f hcp 0-60 (6) gd in May.
Matterofact (IRE) 8-1 (9-3) Slowly into stride, always behind, 10th of 11, 6l behind Captain Coke (9-4) at Kempton 5f hcp 0-70 (5) pol.
Miss California 150-1 (8-12) Close up on outside, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened, last of 11, 29l behind Cansili Star (9-3) at Lingfield 7f 3yo mdn (5) gf in May.
