tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, no impression final furlong
slowly into stride towards rear, headway 3f out, ridden 2f out, kept on one pace
tracked leaders, chased winner 3f out, ridden and no impression final furlong
always in rear
in rear, ridden 3f out, some headway over 1f out
made all, ridden out
chased winner until ridden 3f out, weakened approaching final furlong
CAPE CAY and Paloma Dancer boast the most eye-catching form figures and are preferred in that order especially as Ralph Beckett has an impressive 30% strike rate here over the past five years. She's arguably been a little disappointing on a couple of placed starts but didn't shape too badly last time on her handicap debut when a fair fifth at Kempton. Her best performance to date arrived in her only start over this trip so it's a positive to see her revert to 7f. She also receives plenty of weight from the colts with her apprentice rider's allowance taken into account. Paloma Dancer needs to improve on her reappearance run but Cape Lion cannot be ruled out. He ran no sort of race here last time after a promising debut and is likely to be much more at home on the forecast quicker ground. Doctor Bong is the newcomer of note and needs a market check.
Cape Lion (IRE) 7-2 (9-5) Taken to stands side rail, took keen hold, led, headed over 3f out, weakened from over 2f out, 6th of 8, 21l behind Alcatraz (9-5) at Chepstow 1m 3yo mdn aut (6) sft.
Castanea 66-1 (8-11) Outpaced towards rear, ridden and struggling over 2f out, never a factor, 7th of 11, 24l behind Ijmaaly (9-0) at Lingfield 7f mdn stks (5) gd.
Compton Viking (IRE) 33-1 (9-5) Mid-division, outpaced 3f out, never on terms, weakened final furlong, 8th of 11, 9l behind Equally Fast (9-5) at Wolverhampton 5f 2yo mdn stks (5) in Sep.
Doctor Bong Sleeping Indian gelding out of Vax Rapide.
Indian Tim 50-1 (9-0) Steadied after start, moved poorly throughout, outpaced and always in rear, eased over 1f out, tailed off, last of 6, well behind Accipiter (8-13) at Chepstow 5f 2yo nov stk (4) gf in Jul.
Knight Of The Air 50-1 (9-5) Off the pace towards rear, pushed along and struggling halfway, never a factor, 11th of 15, 32l behind Intilaaq (9-5) at Newbury 1m 3yo mdn (4) gf in Apr.
Cape Cay 8-1 (9-6) Chased leader until over 1f out, ridden disputing well held 2nd inside final furlong, no extra towards finish, 5th of 14, 4l behind Cloud Seven (9-5) at Kempton 1m 3yo hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Apr.
Kinnara 10-1 (8-8) Held up mid-division, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 10th of 12, 23l behind Oracolo (8-13) at Wolverhampton 7f 2yo mdn auc stks (6) in Nov.
Paloma Dancer 12-1 (8-7) Led, ridden and headed over 2f out, chased easy winner until inside final furlong, 3rd of 7, 12l behind Recently Acquired (8-12) at Southwell 1m mdn auc stks (6) fbs in Apr.
