slowly away, held up in rear, ridden 3f out, hung left and switched right over 1f out, no impression
led early, chased leader, led over 1f out, clear inside final furlong, easily
slowly away, held up in rear, took keen hold, ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, no impression
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
slowly into stride, held up towards rear, switched right and effort 2f out, hung left and switched right over 1f out, kept on, went 2nd well inside final furlong, no impression on winner
chased leaders, pushed along 3f out, ridden over 2f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong
soon led, headed over 1f out, no impression on winner and lost 2nd well inside final furlong
Master Grey won an amateurs' race at Wolverhampton recently while Smokey Malone and What Will Be won lower grade races over today’s trip last month and the latter has subsequently finished behind runner-up CEDAR CAGE. Derek Shaw’s charge scored over 2m here a fortnight ago and this looks no tougher despite a 3lb rise. Melakaz notched-up a hat-trick over shorter trips last term though stays this far.
Daniel Deronda 33-1 (9-5) Slowly into stride, soon chasing leaders out wide, led after 2f, pushed along and headed over 2f out, head high carriage and weakened over 1f out, 7th of 14, 10l behind King Eagle (9-4) at Bath 1m 4f hcp (5) sft in Apr.
Melakaz (IRE) 9-2fav (8-11) Held up off the pace in last pair, headway out wide over 1f out, ridden and stayed on inside final furlong, never going pace to reach leaders, 5th of 16, 3 1/2l behind Blistering Barney (9-4) at Nottingham 1m 6f hcp (2) gf in Sep.
Cedar Cage 13-2 (9-6) Keen in touch in rear, pushed along and headway on inner over 1f out, led inside final furlong, won at Chelmsford City 2m hcp (5) pol in Apr beating World Without Love (9-12) by 1l, 5 ran.
Beggarman 8-1 (9-8) Tracked leaders out wide, pushed along and weakened over 3f out, last of 13, 29 1/2l behind Infiniti (9-7) at Pontefract 2m 1f hcp (5) gd in Sep.
Master Grey (IRE) 4-1fav (11-4) Slowly away, towards rear, headway into midfield over 7f out, ridden over 3f out, headway to go second over 1f out, kept on to lead inside final furlong, won at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hcp (6) pol in Apr beating Tribal Commander (11-2) by 3 1/4l, 12 ran.
What Will Be (IRE) 9-2 (9-8) Held up in rear, gradual headway from 3f out, pushed along when raced wide off home turn, ridden to chase leader inside final furlong, lost second near finish, 3rd of 6, 1 1/4l behind Rock Chant (9-12) at Chelmsford City 2m hcp (5) pol in Apr.
Smokey Malone 8-1 (9-7) Chased leaders, pushed along home turn, ran on well over 2f out, ridden to lead final 110yds, always doing enough, won at Southwell 1m 6f hcp (6) pol in Apr beating Haven Lady (10-0) by nk, 9 ran.
