held up in rear, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
chased leaders, switched right 2f out, bumped rival, soon one pace
made all, ridden out
slowly into stride, held up, ridden and bumped 2f out, one pace
slowly into stride, reluctant to race, swished tail throughout, tailed off
tracked winner, challenged from 2 out, every chance and edged left inside final furlong, not quicken near finish
My Diss Sire is out to make up for an unlucky start last time and gets the vote over Miss Patricia, with Double Spectre best of the remainder. My Diss Sire shaped well on each of his first two outings at Newbury and Leicester, showing good speed on both occasions, so it was a bit surprising to see him tried over 10 furlongs on his next start at Ripon 12 days ago. Even more surprising was the fact that he was sent off as favourite, but backers quickly knew their fate as he was hampered and lost ground at the start. To his credit though, the son of Vettori was quickly back in contention, and at one point was swinging along on the bridle before predictably running out of steam at the two pole, the race going to the progressive Banba who was our fancy for the race. Back to what should be his optimum trip, Ed Dunlop's charge has leading claims. Miss Patricia has had the misfortune to find one too good on each of her four starts this term, but was only just touched off at Nottingham last time and can give the selection most to do while once again having to play second fiddle. Double Spectre is learning but ran too keenly at Folkestone and will need more time to learn to settle, so it is My Diss Sire who is the one to beat.
Skelthwaite 100-1 (8-8) Chased leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened well over 1f out, 6th of 15, 9l behind Summerise (9-11) at Yarmouth 1m 2f hcp (6) gf.
Double Spectre (IRE) 10-1 (8-8) Keen, soon tracked leader until over 2f out, weakened quickly, 5th of 13, 14l behind Edas (8-8) at Folkestone 1m 2f mdn aut stk (6) gf.
Maneki Neko (IRE) 12-1 (8-4) Mid-division, pushed along halfway, ridden 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 9, 15l behind Adoration (8-10) at Beverley 7f 3yo hcp (4) gf.
My Diss Sire 5-2jt-fav (9-0) Hampered start, soon tracking leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 7th of 11, 11l behind Banba (8-9) at Ripon 1m 2f 3yo mdn aut (6) gf.
High Beech (IRE) Tagula filly, half-sister to 1m4f winner Mrs Gillow.
Miss Patricia 13-2 (8-12) Mid-division, headway over 2f out, hung left over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, just held, 2nd of 14, hd behind Love Affair (8-5) at Nottingham 1m 3yo fll hcp (4) gs.
