chased away from stalls, soon in touch, ridden and weakened from over 2f out
held up, switched right over 1f out, effort and edged left entering final furlong, no threat to leaders
held up, headway over 2f out, ridden and hung left over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
chased leaders, went 2nd over 3f out until ridden over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong
towards rear, ridden over 4f out, well beaten over 2f out, stayed on final 100 yards
prominent, not much room and stumbled slightly over 3f out, driven to chase winner over 1f out, stayed on well final furlong, just failed
made all, ridden over 1f out, just held on
Swiss Cross has a shout back in this grade off his current mark but FLYING BEAR (NAP) makes most appeal. Jeremy Gask's charge can race off the same mark as when scoring at Lingfield last month where he beat Ask The Guru. The latter has since finished ahead of Extrasolar at Sandown and is also preferred to the likes of Storm Lightning and Indian Tinker, who both look high enough in the weights. Maiden winner Midlander has struggled in handicaps so far this year but has slipped down the weights as a consequence.
Swiss Cross 8-1 (9-0) Tracked leaders, effort over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 6th of 7, 9l behind Lexington Abbey (9-7) at Nottingham 6f hcp 0-90 (3) gf.
Flying Bear (IRE) 5-1 (9-4) Chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, ran on to lead post, won at Lingfield 5f hcp 0-80 (4) pol in May beating Waseem Faris (8-11) by ns, 10 ran.
Extrasolar 15-2 (9-1) Mid-division, headway over 1f out, kept on, 5th of 13, 5l behind Direct Times (9-9) at Newmarket 6f hcp 0-85 (4) gd.
Ask The Guru 14-1 (9-0) Broke well, chased leaders, led over 1f out, headed entering final furlong, ran on, just held, 2nd of 11, nk behind Royal Brave (9-3) at Sandown 5f hcp 0-80 (4) gf.
Storm Lightning 5-1fav (10-0) Mid-division, ridden and headway over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 9th of 13, 7l behind Edged Out (9-7) at Bath 6f hcp 0-75 (5) gf.
Indian Tinker 22-1 (8-12) In touch, lost place 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 10, 14l behind Scarborough (9-4) at Southwell 5f hcp 0-85 (4) fbs in Jan.
Midlander (IRE) 11-1 (8-10) Led, headed over 1f out, soon ridden, weakened inside final furlong, 8th of 10, 5l behind Dawn's Early Light (8-12) at Pontefract 6f 3yo hcp 0-90 (3) gf.