ridden and lost place 10th, blundered next, soon pulled up
made all, ran on well under pressure flat
behind, driven and stayed on well under pressure from 3 out, pecked next, went moderate 3rd approaching last
in touch, hard ridden and weakened after 3 out
always in rear, blundered badly 4th, tailed off when fell 3 out
not fluent 3rd, blundered and lost touch 9th, tailed off when pulled up before last
in touch, blundered and rider lost iron 10th, chased winner from 2 out, ridden to challenge approaching last, kept on same pace flat
in touch, blundered 11th, chased winner from 3 out to next, weakened approaching last
held up, not fluent 5th, hard ridden 8th, stayed on from 2 out, blundered last, kept on flat
behind, blundered 11th, no chance from 3 out
with leaders to 5th, soon lost place, blundered 12th and 3 out, tailed off when pulled up before next
A poor start to the day's proceedings in which King Of The Dawn is the obvious selection following his win at Fontwell last month. The son of Rakaposhi King was making his debut for Peter Hedger when a five-length winner over Dragon King and the 12-year-old should be good enough on that evidence to defy a 7lb penalty under similarly testing conditions. Topweight Romantic Hero is capable of taking a hand but has shown very little sign of encouragement in two starts this season and is probably best watched, a comment that also applies to Golden Rose who races off the lowest mark she has done for some time. Spilaw proved at Leicester last time that this trip should hold no fears for him and, off a 3lb lower mark than when 11 lengths behind Follow The Trend, he warrants respect under a lightweight 10st 8lbs. Copper Shell has winning form in heavy ground as does Iron N Gold, who may do better than on his first start for over a year when pulled up at Uttoxeter last month.
