in touch, headway over 2f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, soon headed, edged left, no extra towards finish
mid-division, ridden and headway over 2f out, one pace final furlong
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
dwelt, held up, effort over 1f out, no impression
dwelt, held-up, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, led well inside final furlong, ran on
led, ridden over 2f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong
pulled hard, in touch, lost place after 2f, ridden not clear run over 1f out, kept on one pace final furlong
chased leader over 4f, soon weakened
in touch, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
slowly into stride, held up, ridden 2f out, no impression
A few of these arrive here at the top of their game and this will no doubt go right down to the wire. However, Vanderlin was not winning out of tern at York at the start of this month and has solid claims of a follow up here. Forever Times and Lunar Leo make up the main body of the opposition of those drawn low - while Pieter Brueghel and Celtic Mill have plenty on from stalls eight and eleven respectively and may be best left alone today. The course statistics favouring the inside runners have been upheld throughout this season's action at Chester and Vanderlin, with rock solid form, is ideally situated to get a good two from Forever Times. However, it is the turn of foot that Vanderlin is capable of producing at the end of his races that will win him the day and he will be hard to peg back if he hits the front inside the distance. Flur Ne H Alba is one to monitor for each way support as he receives plenty of weight from the selection - although his latest second to Blue Spinnaker at Haydock would suggest that he will not be good enough to resist the late rattle capable of being produced by Vanderlin if he runs up to his best.