slowly into stride, towards rear, headway over 2f out, ridden and one pace final furlong, finished 7th, placed 6th.
tracked leaders, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra close home
led, headed over 4f out, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened, finished 15th, placed 14th
mid-division, headway 2f out, led inside final furlong, kept on
prominent, lost ground over 2f out, eased over 1f out, finished 16th, placed 15th
prominent, led over 2f out, headed over 1f out, soon beaten, finished 10th, placed 9th
never better than mid-division, finished 6th, placed 5th
mid-division, headway 2f out, ridden and stayed on final furlong
dwelt, towards rear, pushed along over 3f out, some late headway but never near to challenge, finished 8th, placed 7th
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, one pace final furlong, finished 5th, placed 4th
always behind, finished 17th, placed 16th
towards rear, pushed along over 3f out, never a factor, finished 11th, placed 10th
mid-division, headway 2f out, ridden and every chance entering final furlong, stayed on same pace, finished 4th, disqualified and placed last
prominent, ridden 2f out, soon weakened, finished 13th, placed 12th
prominent, effort over 2f out, one pace until weakened inside final furlong, finished 9th, placed 8th
A tough finale with 18 going to post for a competitive race; it will be a big advantage to be drawn low and luck in running looks sure to play a major part in proceedings. Last year's winner Mr Bountiful has to defy a poor draw in stall 16, so we side with Glenrock ahead of Investment Force and Loner. Mr Bountiful is only three pounds higher in the weights this time around, so although he has to defy a poor high draw he should not be ruled out entirely. Investment Force finally got off the mark at Pontefract last time out. Mark Johnston's gelding has to drop back in trip but could not be ruled out from an in form stable. Loner, Jubilee Street, Zamyatina and Tedsdale Mac all have good low draws and must enter calculations, with the booking of Kieren Fallon particularly catching the eye on Loner. But we'll stick with Glenrock, who showed lots of speed to make virtually all of the running from a near impossible high draw at Chester last time out. Alan Berry's gelding still looks well handicapped on some of his old form and should appreciate the low draw in stall four.
