held up in rear, headway 3 out, chased leaders next, ridden and stayed on under pressure to go 2nd flat, not reach winner
held up mid-division, headway 4 out, led between last 2, ridden and kept on from last
tracked leader, led 3 out, driven and headed between last 2, ridden and no impression approaching last
raced keenly mid-division, headway and in touch 6th, outpaced 3 out, hit next, soon weakened
led, driven and headed 3 out, soon ridden, weakened approaching last
pulled hard towards rear, ridden and outpaced 4 out, soon tailed off
close-up on outside, jumped slowly and lost place 4th, behind when pulled up before 2 out
held up, outpaced when hit 4 out, no danger after
tracked leaders, outpaced 4 out, soon ridden and weakened
in touch, outpaced 3 out, ridden and no impression from next
Nonrunner
Minster Abbi can come out on top over Little Task, Green 'n' Gold, and Sheer Guts in a poor contest. Minster Abbi was clear second-best behind Faraway Echo on his last visit to the Lake District track in May, but the ground was desperate that day, and the five-year-old will be expected to go one better under these less exacting conditions. Little Task was sent off as favourite at Market Rasen last time but just could not get going and plugged on for third behind Friendly Request. The concession of nine-pounds to the selection will be no easy task but he does always seem to be there or thereabout in these type of events. Green 'n' Gold also appeared here in May but floundered in the ground behind Crystal Gift. He is a previous course and distance winner though and will fare better on this ground. Sheer Guts takes a drop in grade after finishing sixth behind the in-form Space Cowboy at Fontwell, and with a step up in trip to help, he could easily make his presence felt. In a race in which bets are best kept to a minimum, we return to Minster Abbi as the answer.
Little Task 3-1fav (10-8) Held up, ridden after 3 out, kept on from next, 3rd of 6, 14l behind Friendly Request (9-9) at Market Rasen 2m 6f cnd hcp hdl 0-110 (E) gf.
Green 'n' Gold 7-1 (10-6) Held up, effort 4 out, no impression, 8th of 9, 30l behind Crystal Gift (11-5) at Cartmel 2m 6f hcp hdl 0-115 (D) hvy in May.
Sheer Guts (IRE) 16-1 (10-4) Behind, jumped slowly 2nd, stayed 4th, driven and struggling from 6th, 6th of 9, well behind Space Cowboy (10-11) at Fontwell 2m 2f hcp hdl 0-110 (E) gf.
Son of Flighty 10-3fav (10-2) Jumped right, prominent and keen, lost place 10th, tailed off and fell 3 out in race won by Good Heart (11-5) at Southwell 2m 5f hcp chs 0-95 (F) gd in Jul, 10 ran.
Diagon Alley (IRE) 50-1 (10-0) Always towards rear, tailed off when pulled up 2 out in race won by Virtus (10-6) at Bangor 2m 1f nov hcp hdl 0-105 (E) gd, 14 ran.
Amber Go Go 25-1 (9-8) Held up in touch, behind from 4th, tailed off when pulled up 3 out in race won by Little Task (11-0) at Bangor 3m cnd hcp hdl 0-95 (F) gs in Jul, 16 ran.
Madhahir (IRE) 100-1 (9-13) Towards rear, never dangerous, 7th of 15, well behind Beaugency (11-12) at Sedgefield 2m 5f cnd nov hcp hdl (F) frm in Jul.
Minster Abbi 8-1 (10-10) Held up mid-division, pushed along and outpaced 4th, headway to chase leaders 2 out, kept on to chase winner flat, no impression, 2nd of 11, 2 1/2l behind Faraway Echo (10-6) at Cartmel 2m 1f mrs nov hdl (G) hvy in May.
