tracked leader, ridden over 2f out, kept on one pace final furlong
in touch, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
tracked leader, effort over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
in touch, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed and no extra well inside final furlong
midfield, headway over 2f out, one pace when edged left inside final furlong
towards rear, pushed along 3f out, headway and effort approaching final furlong, stayed on to lead well inside final furlong
towards rear, headway and inside over 2f out, no impression final furlong
pulled hard towards rear, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened
midfield, pushed along and headway over 2f out, soon weakened
led, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong
held up in rear, headway and not clear run 2f out, switched right and effort over 1f out, stayed on well
midfield, pushed along and headway over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
midfield, pushed along and headway 3f out, effort over 1f out, one pace when not much room inside final furlong
Another fiendishly difficult handicap, with many unexposed horses in the line up. That said, Clive Brittain's horses are in excellent form and Santando comes here on the back of a good win at Lingfield last time. However, the drop back in trip is not certain to suit, and he does not seem especially well treated, so as a likely favourite is probably worth opposing. we do so with Lynda Ramsden's Emerging Star. He spent most of last season getting handicapped by running over an inadequate trip, but was noted running on under a tender ride on his handicap debut over a mile at Ripon on his final start season. This extra two furlongs should be right up his street, and with Paul Hanagan in the plate is fancied to land the spoils here. Of the remainder, it seems significant that Pat Eddery rides Crathorne for James Bethell in preference to Brian Meehan's runner, Chinkara. The Ramsden stable landed a big gamble with Kristenson at this meeting last year, so Emerging Star gets the nap for us, and we advise you to take a price!
