chased leaders to halfway, soon ridden and no impression
slowly into stride, held up, pushed along halfway, one pace final furlong
held up, pushed along 2f out, ran on to lead inside final furlong, kept on well
led, pushed along over 2f out, headed over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
tracked leader, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong
With both Law Breaker and Warlingham seemingly out of their depth the other three runners look the ones to concentrate on. Peter Makin's Spencers Wood has shown little in two starts so far this term but should be better suited by the softer ground here, as should Bryan McMahon's Needwood Blade, who has been in better form recently. Resplendent Cee has yet to prove his effectiveness on going as testing as this.