held up towards rear, raced keenly, headway 4f out, led over 3f out, drew clear inside final 2f, ran on
slowly into stride and slightly hampered start, in rear, stayed on inside final furlong to take 4th near finish, never any chance
led, headed 6f out, led over 4f out until over 3f out, weakened 2f out
prominent, pushed along over 3f out, hampered over 2f out, soon weakened
mid-division, headway 6f out, chased winner over 2f out, hung right from well over 1f out, stayed on, no impression
went left start, held up towards rear, switched right over 2f out, headway over 1f out, soon went 3rd, no chance with front pair
prominent, raced keenly, saddle slipped after 4f, led 6f out, headed over 4f out, weakened over 3f out, pulled up inside final furlong
tracked leaders, challenging well over 3f out, weakened 2f out
prominent, pulled hard, lost pace on outside 5f out, rallied over 3f out, weakened final furlong
Nonrunner
SIR BOSS has been found a perfect opportunity to strike with Great View and Mito others to make our shortlist. Don Cantillon's charge will have to cope with a step up in trip but he certainly wasn't stopping at Pontefract so one would imagine that the procedure would be relatively painless. Great View has no issues in relation to trip. He seems effective on pretty much any ground and he has won here previously. Mito is exposed as ordinary. That said, his latest effort at Chepstow was a faltering step in the right direction. Debdene Bank is dropping down the weights though not without good reason. Michael Blanshard has struggled for winners at Chepstow so he'll be hoping that Tara's Garden can arrest that unfortunate statistic. Bespoke Boy is better known over hurdles these day and needs to find significant improvement this evening. Sir Boss looks to have been found an obvious opportunity and if staying the trip, his form should suffice.
Sir Boss (IRE) 9-2fav (10-5) Towards rear, ridden and headway on outside over 2f out, ran on well to go 2nd well inside final furlong, not reach winner, 2nd of 16, 1l behind Gala Sunday (9-6) at Pontefract 1m 2f Ladies Handicap (0-70) 3yo+) (5) gf in Jun.
Great View (IRE) 10-1 (10-2) Slowly in to stride, tracked leaders, pushed along 3f out, soon weakened, 7th of 11, 11l behind Grand Art (10-1) at Newmarket 1m 4f (5) gf in May.
Bespoke Boy 22-1 (7-13) In touch and keen, ridden and weakened over 1f out, last of 7, 6l behind Latin Scholar (9-7) at Chepstow 1m 2f hcp 0-75 (5) gd in Jun.
Tara's Garden 22-1 (8-8) Held up mid-division, outpaced over 2f out, 11th of 16, 10l behind Maybe I Wont (8-7) at Nottingham 1m 2f hcp 0-60 (6) gd in Jun.
Bert's Memory 15-2 (8-4) Prominent, reminders over 2f, soon beaten, 6th of 8, 15l behind Run Free (8-11) at Southwell 7f hcp (6) fbs in Dec.
Picot de Say 66-1 (11-1) Held up, always towards rear, 12th of 17, 6l behind Terminate (11-3) at Warwick 1m 3f hcap (6) gd in Oct '07.
Mito 7-1 (8-6) Mid-division, headway on inside over 4f out, ridden 2f out, stayed on same pace, 6th of 13, 5l behind Starstruck Peter (8-10) at Chepstow 1m 4f hcp 0-60 (6) gf.
Sweet Request 16-1 (9-4) Held up towards rear, headway over 5f out, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened, 7th of 9, 22l behind El Bravo (8-8) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f mdn auc stks (5) pol in Apr.
Waziri (IRE) 16-1 (9-8) In touch until ridden and weakened 3f out, 11th of 16, 12l behind Edgehill (9-8) at Lingfield 1m 4f app hcp (6) pol in Sep '05.
Debdene Bank (IRE) 15-2 (9-4) Tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened well over 1f out, 7th of 12, 14l behind Dancing Lyra (9-1) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp 0-60 (6) fbs in Jun.
