chased leaders, led 4 out, pushed along and headed before home straight, weakened gradually closing stages
held up in touch, closer after 8th, ridden to dispute lead approaching home straight, led closing stages and ran on
held up in rear and detached, closer after 8th, headway on outer after 3 out, closed to dispute lead approaching home straight, headed closing stages but kept on
tracked leader, led 5th, dropped to 3rd after 4 out, pushed along after last, no impression until kept on home straight
led, headed 5th and tracked leader, dropped to last after 2 out, weakened after last
Sir Tivo will have a big weight to carry though he won well at Stratford recently and has earned it thorough his participation in some fairly lofty affairs. Lermoos Legend served notice with a win here last month and the form of his second at Uttoxeter was franked by the winner last week but DR SANDERSON landed some nice bets here last month and though the going will be something of an imponderable, he still appears to be nicely treated against the pick of his form. Tonto's Spirit will be a big price but he knows exactly where the winning line is around here while Sword Of Fate, beaten a long way over hurdles here on Saturday, is better over fences.
Sir Tivo (FR) 5-2 (12-0) Led until 2 out, soon led again, driven out and stayed on gamely flat, won at Stratford 2m 1f hcp (3) gd in Jun beating Admiral's Sunset (10-8) by 1/2l, 5 ran.
Dr Sanderson (IRE) 9-2 (10-7) Rear mid-division, headway into 3rd 2 out, pushed along and pressed leaders home turn, led 1f out on run-in, soon in command and ran on well, won at Cartmel 2m 5f hcp (2) gs in Jun beating Sword Of Fate (10-2) by 4l, 8 ran.
Lermoos Legend 10-3 (10-2) Jumped right, held up towards rear, headway 3rd, lost place 6th, effort on outside when awkward 8th, outpaced 4 out, rallied to hold every chance 2 out, edged left and held flat, 2nd of 7, 1l behind Texard (10-4) at Uttoxeter 2m hcp (2) gd in Jun.
Tonto's Spirit 8-1 (10-2) Led narrowly, faced challenge after last and ridden, headed 1f out on run-in, no extra, 4th of 8, 5 3/4l behind Dr Sanderson (10-7) at Cartmel 2m 5f hcp (2) gs in Jun.
Sword Of Fate (IRE) 22-1 (10-2) Prominent on inside, weakened after 2 out, 11th of 12, dist behind Johnson's Blue (10-10) at Cartmel 2m 6f hcp (3) gd in Jul.
