raced centre, tracked leader, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
raced far side, behind, ridden halfway, no impression after
raced centre, behind, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong
raced far side, chased leader, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
raced far side, chased leaders until weakened final 2f out
raced far side, held up towards rear, ridden and headway over 2f out, no impression inside final furlong
raced far side, mid-division, ridden 4f out, behind final 2f
raced centre, led, overall leader 3f out, ridden over 2f out, edged right and headed inside final furlong, kept on
raced centre, chased leaders, weakened over 1f out, soon eased
raced centre, behind, headway 3f out, soon ridden, kept on final furlong
raced centre, mid-division, ridden over 2f out, behind final furlong
raced centre, soon chasing leaders, ridden 2f out, kept on to lead last 75 yards, ridden out
raced far side, held up mid-division, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, stayed on final furlong
raced centre, mid-division, ridden over 2f out, soon behind
raced far side, mid-division, ridden halfway, weakened final furlong
led far side, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
raced far side, behind, soon pushed along, never dangerous
raced far side, mid-division, ridden and headway over 2f out, no impression final furlong
raced centre, chased leaders until halfway
With 22 declared to run, this has to be the trappiest contest of the day to call, but Craiova, with a high draw to help, may be the one ahead of stablemate San Antonio, Last Appointment and Master Robbie. There are many others with claims on form, but the likes of Persario, Pinchbeck and Dowhatjen have been done no favours by the draw on the evidence of Wednesday' s action, so Craiova, who has ticks in most of the right boxes, ground apart, is taken to get back to winning ways. Brought with a sweeping run from a bad draw at Ascot, he nearly managed to overhaul Gilded Dancer, losing nothing in defeat. That was over a mile, and now that he is dropped back to seven furlongs, his best trip judged on his four-timer this term, the four-year-old can make amends. San Antonio in contrast, seems to need every yard of this and will be staying on at the finish, while Master Robbie was able to dictate matters at Ayr last time but will not be able to have things all his own way in this big field. Last Appointment has scope for improvement but faces a stiff task on his handicap debut, and although it is impossible to be confident, we are happy to stick with Craiova whose chance will increase even more if it rains.