KING OLAV was beaten by a couple of much higher rated horses when third in a claimer at Lingfield and the veteran should figure again in this with a similar effort. Master Dancer remains 8lb higher than last year’s win at Chepstow but has a recent outing under his belt while Marshall Aid had notched -up a string of placed efforts on the all-weather before well beaten on the Turf at Lingfield last week. The remainder are harder to fancy in their current form.
King Olav (UAE) 16-1 (8-13) Raced wide tracked leaders, pushed along over 4f out, ridden and kept on one pace final 2f, 3rd of 5, 3 1/2l behind Luv U Whatever (9-6) at Lingfield 1m 5f stks (6) pol in Mar.
Master Dancer 6-4fav (9-11) In touch, lost place before halfway, rallied to chase leaders over 3f out, kept on same pace approaching final furlong, 3rd of 7, 6 1/4l behind Akavit (9-9) at Chepstow 2m hcp (6) gf in May.
Chivers (IRE) 50-1 (9-9) Behind, outpaced over 2f out, ridden 1f out, never a threat, 8th of 10, 15 3/4l behind Snowy Dawn (9-6) at Chelmsford City 1m 6f hcp (5) pol in Apr.
Marshall Aid (IRE) 14-1 (9-2) Always in rear, 9th of 10, 10 3/4l behind Dovils Date (9-0) at Lingfield 1m 6f hcp (5) gd in May.
Yasir (USA) 16-1 (9-5) Slowly into stride, in rear, headway on outside over 5f out, outpaced over 2f out, well beaten over 1f out, 6th of 8, 12 1/2l behind Mishko (9-6) at Chelmsford City 1m 5f hcp (6) pol in May.
Mr Magill (FR) 50-1 (9-2) Prominent, keen early, lost place from 2f out, 9th of 13, 13 1/4l behind Rail Dancer (9-1) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Apr.
