in rear,pushed along 1f out, no impression
towards rear, pushed along over 3f out, kept on inside final furlong, no impression
led, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on same pace
pulled hard, soon prominent on outer, weakened final furlong
chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
towards rear, headway on outer over 1f out, led inside final furlong, stayed on strongly
tracked leader and keen, ridden over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
Richard Guest's King of The Moors has only gone up 3lbs for his win at Thirsk last month and he has every chance of following up but he may want the ground to be faster and preference is for HANDSOME FALCON, who gets the vote with Observatory Star rated the best of the rest. The selection weakened in the latter stages on his reappearance at Pontefract last month but he should come on for that outing and looks worth siding with having been dropped 3lbs by the handicapper since that outing. Ed McMahon's Rainbow Mirage probably needs some help from the handicapper and of more interest may be Alan Swinbank's Mountain Cat, who ran better at Musselburgh last time and he has every chance racing off the same mark today. Tim Easterby's Observatory Star makes his reappearance off a fair mark and cannot be discounted for a stable that has started the season well enough but a better bet looks to be Handsome Falcon, who can give Richard Fahey another winner.
Rainbow Mirage (IRE) 14-1 (9-8) Held up in rear, pushed along 3f out, some late headway, never troubled leaders, 8th of 11, 6l behind Play It Sam (8-10) at Ascot 1m hcp 0-85 (4) gd in Apr.
Just Lille (IRE) 25-1 (9-1) Tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 10th of 12, 19l behind Dangerous Midge (9-2) at Doncaster 1m 2f hcp 0-95 (3) gf in Apr.
Handsome Falcon 16-1 (8-4) Tracked leaders and keen, ridden well over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 9th of 15, 11l behind Harrison George (9-4) at Pontefract 1m hcp 0-95 (3) gd in Apr.
Summer Dancer (IRE) 12-1 (9-1) Slowly into stride, always in rear, last of 8, 24l behind She's In The Money (8-13) at Musselburgh 7f hcp 0-85 (4) gs in Apr.
Observatory Star (IRE) 15-2 (8-13) Prominent, every chance over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 20, 6l behind Jordaura (8-11) at Doncaster 7f app hcp 0-85 (4) sft in Nov.
Danehillsundance (IRE) 14-1 (8-11) Held up in rear, headway well over 2f out, not clear run from over 1f out, effort when short of room well inside final furlong, stayed on, 5th of 10, 3 1/2l behind Sand Tiger (9-4) at Musselburgh 1m 1f hcp 0-80 (4) gd in Apr.
King of The Moors (USA) 25-1 (9-2) In touch, ridden 2f out, driven and stayed on to lead towards finish, won at Thirsk 1m hcp 0-70 (5) gf in Apr beating Whipma Whopma Gate (7-11) by 1/2l, 14 ran.
Mountain Cat (IRE) 4-1 (9-3) Keen, with leader, led over 3f out, carried left from over 1f out, hampered and soon headed, switched right inside final furlong, lost 2nd close home, 3rd of 8, 2 1/2l behind She's In The Money (8-13) at Musselburgh 7f hcp 0-85 (4) gs in Apr.