held up, headway 2f out, driven to lead inside final furlong, ran on
held up, effort on inside when not much room over 1f out, kept on final furlong, not reach leaders
tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, kept on under pressure final furlong
held up in touch, effort 2f out to over 1f out, ridden and weakened final furlong
held up, effort when stumbled at bend 3f out, soon ridden, no impression approaching final furlong
chased leaders, outpaced 2f out, ridden and stayed on inside final furlong, 2nd towards finish, no impression
tracked leader, ridden to challenge over 1f out, hung left and every chance inside final furlong, no extra towards finish
led, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra towards finish
Mr Wolf has not been done any favours by the draw, so we will side with Expensive Art who is preferred to Red Cape. Simon Callaghan's filly has plenty to recommend her here; she is in good form, she has won over the course and distance and she has the best of the draw. In contast, Mr Wolf has struggled for form for a while and he has the worst of the draw, so as he likes to trailblaze he could be one to take on. Red Cape finished well behind our selection last time, but he does have a nice pull in the weights today and he should not be far away on these terms. Dig Deep has a good draw but he is arguably better over 5f, and for the winner we will stick with Expensive Art.
Inter Vision (USA) 25-1 (9-3) Held up behind, effort over 1f out, stayed on final furlong, not reach leaders, 4th of 13, 6l behind Valery Borzov (9-0) at Thirsk 6f hcp 0-90 (3) gd.
Dig Deep (IRE) 15-2jt-fav (8-12) Held up towards rear, ridden over 2f out, headway on outer over 1f out, led towards finish, won at Pontefract 5f hcp 0-85 (4) gd in Oct beating Westport (8-9) by 3/4l, 16 ran.
First Order 16-1 (8-6) Hampered start, behind, ridden and outpaced 1f out, never on terms, 8th of 9, 14l behind Manzila (9-3) at Thirsk 5f hcp 0-100 (2) gd.
Expensive Art (IRE) 10-3 (9-2) Keen, tracked leaders, shaken up to lead inside final furlong, readily, won at Yarmouth 6f hcp 0-85 (4) gf beating Cativo Cavallino (8-9) by a hd, 5 ran.
Sir Nod 10-1 (9-4) In touch, ridden over 2f out, one pace final furlong, 5th of 8, 5l behind Charles Darwin (9-2) at Doncaster 6f hcp 0-80 (4) gf.
Prince Namid 14-1 (9-6) Towards rear and outpaced, headway over 1f out, kept on towards finish, 5th of 12, 1 1/2l behind Steelcut (9-8) at Hamilton 5f hcp (5) gf.
Red Cape (FR) 10-1 (9-1) Keen, held up in rear, effort over 2f out, weakened 1f out, last of 5, 6l behind Expensive Art (9-2) at Yarmouth 6f hcp 0-85 (4) gf.
Mr Wolf 11-1 (9-4) Led, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened final furlong, 11th of 18, 6l behind Winthorpe (8-12) at Thirsk 6f hcp 0-75 (5) gf.