soon led, hard ridden over 1f out, hung right away from rails final furlong, hard ridden and headed post
tracked leader, chased leader over 1f out and every chance, weakened inside final furlong
tracked leader, ridden over 2f out, soon beaten
held up last, headway over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, strong challenging final furlong, no extra final 100 yards
held up behind, not clear run and slightly hampered 2f out, rallied over 1f out, ran on again inside final furlong
prominent, chased leaders 2f out, ridden and weakened final furlong
held up towards rear, headway from 2f out on rails, chased leader final furlong, hard ridden to lead post
A difficult little race to solve with all seven runners holding some sort of a chance. Alan Swinbank's What-A-Dancer holds more solid claims than most after placed efforts in good handicaps at Newmarket and Newcastle on his last two starts. Ian Balding's Manicani is still yet to open his account but has been running well in defeat of late and has the assistance of Kieren Fallon, while Cashmere is less exposed than most of these. Young Alex is probably better on the all-weather than on turf.