towards rear, effort, headway 3f out, weakened over 1f out
led, ridden, headed 2f out, soon weakened
prominent, weakened over 3f out
in touch, ridden over 3f out, some progress, weakened over 1f out
slowly into stride, soon in touch, weakened over 2f out
towards rear, headway 3f out, weakened final furlong
steadied start, always in rear
dwelt, headway over 3f out, weakened 2f out
tracked leaders, keen, ridden over 3f, soon weakened
prominent, ridden 3f out, weakened 2f out
towards rear, headway 3f out, chased winner 2f out, every chance 1f out, no extra
in touch, ridden, kept on from 3f out
prominent, keen, ridden over 2f out, faded
always towards rear
tracking leader on far side, ridden 4f out, hung left over 2f out, soon led, edged right from over 1f out but kept on
A pretty poor handicap with Cantabilly, Merchant Bankes, Mucho Loco and Noble Nova on the short list and we take Cantabilly to be good enough. Mick Channon's colt doesn't have the best of draws here from the six box, but he does handle cut well, runs to a consistent level of form and this is his optimum trip, so he is fancied to break his duck. Merchant Bankes drops back in trip from 12 furlongs here and doesn't look to have the pace for a mile, although the heavy ground will bring his stamina more into play and he could make the frame. Mucho Loco is tried over a mile for the first time and handled good to soft well at Salisbury last time. The trip should be ideal and if he can cope with this bottomless going then there could be more to come. Of the others, Noble Nova looks about the best and has won with cut in the ground. She is inconsistent however, and cannot be trusted, so we'll take Cantabilly to score.
Cantabilly (IRE) 8-1 (9-2) Mid-division, headway over 2f out, ridden and switched right over 1f out, ran on final furlong, 2nd of 15, nk behind Diamond de Triano (8-12) at Nottingham 1m 3yo hcp (5) sft.
Merchant Bankes 16-1 (8-7) Close up, lost place 4f out, ridden and kept on final furlong, 3rd of 12, 2l behind Remember Ramon (8-7) at Musselburgh 1m 4f mdn stk (5) gf in Apr.
Eclipse Park 25-1 (8-12) Slowly into stride, held up, ridden when carried slightly left well over 2f out, soon beaten, 8th of 9, 30l behind Free To Air (9-4) at Windsor 1m 4f 3yo hcp (5) sft.
Bon Viveur 16-1 (9-2) Broke well, lost place 4f out, not clear run over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, 7th of 15, 7l behind Damika (9-5) at Lingfield 7f 3yo hcp (5) gd.
Zed Candy (FR) 40-1 (9-3) Ridden to soon lead, keen, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 12, 16l behind Kyoto Summit (9-3) at Nottingham 1m 2f 3yo mdn aut (6) sft in Apr.
Thomas A Beckett (IRE) 40-1 (8-12) Mid-division, effort 3f out, weakened 2f out, 12th of 13, 13l behind Luckylover (9-2) at Nottingham 1m 3yo hcp (5) gf.
Mucho Loco (IRE) 25-1 (9-0) Held up , ridden and headway over 3f out, every chance, short of room and switched left final furlong, soon hung right, no extra, 2nd of 9, 1 1/2l behind La Fanciulla (9-0) at Salisbury 7f 3yo clm (5) gs.
Mull of Dubai 12-1 (8-10) Slowly into stride, mid-division, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace, 6th of 16, 6l behind Patavium Prince (8-12) at Salisbury 6f 3yo hcp (5) gs.
