pulled early, held up towards rear, ridden 3f out, soon weakened
held up in touch, headway on bit 2f out, shaken up over 1f out, led 1f out, driven out final furlong
chased leaders, ridden and weakened over 2f out
led, ridden over 2f out, headed 1f out, no extra final furlong
held up, ridden over 2f out, stayed on final furlong
held up last, headway over 1f out, ran on well final furlong, nearest finish
pulled early and chased leader, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong
prominent, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong
mid-division, ridden over 2f out, kept on one pace final furlong
prominent, ridden and chased leaders 2f out, one pace final furlong
pulled early, held up towards rear, ridden 3f out, soon weakened
Nonrunner
Logsdail is in good nick and can take this opener from Sedgwick, Paraguay and Norwegian. The selection was a winner here over course and distance off a mark of 63 last time and has gone up 5lb for that success. However, he handles any ground and is suited by this quirky track, so with plenty in his favour he gets the nod. Sedgwick was a soft ground maiden handicap winner at Nottingham earlier in the campaign and was not far away on much quicker ground over the same trip as today's last time at Ayr, so will be no back number. Paraguay carries top weight but has been dropped to a very handy mark of 70. We could see the gelding going well but he is not in good enough form in general to get the nod. Of the remainder, Norwegian is on a winning mark and enjoys both trip and ground, so don't rule him out, but preference here is for Logsdail to go in again.
Paraguay (USA) 12-1 (8-9) Held up last, ridden and steady headway from 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, 4th of 11, 8l behind Fort Churchill (9-7) at Goodwood 1m 2f hcap (4) gd.
Logsdail 6-1 (9-4) Close up, led narrowly inside final 2f, hard driven when strongly pressed throughout final furlong, held on, all out, won at Goodwood 1m 1f hcp 0-65 (6) gd in May beating Murrumbidgee (8-8) by a shd, 11 ran.
Todlea (IRE) 10-1 (8-6) Took keen hold, tracked leaders, weakened over 2f out, last of 9, 6l behind Street Warrior (8-11) at Bath 1m hcp 0-80 (4) frm in Apr.
Sedgwick 5-1 (8-13) Chased leaders, challenged and every chance inside last, held close home, 2nd of 9, hd behind Stolen Glance (8-10) at Ayr 1m 1f hcap (5) gd in May.
Ile Michel 16-1 (8-10) Mid-division, ridden 3f out, kept on, 6th of 15, 8l behind Apex (9-3) at Bath 1m hcap (5) gf in May.
Darghan (IRE) 15-2 (9-8) Towards rear, never a factor, last of 15, well behind Ego Trip (9-8) at Catterick 1m 4f hcp 0-60 (6) sft in Oct.
Maud's Cat (IRE) 20-1 (8-8) Led, headed 7f out, tracked leader after, ridden over 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong, last of 7, 6l behind Siena Star (9-2) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Dec.
Mythical Charm 16-1 (10-11) Mid-division, ridden over 2f out, stayed on final furlong, 6th of 18, 5l behind Monashee River (10-2) at Goodwood 1m 1f amt hcp (6) gd.
Norwegian 11-2 (10-3) Chased leaders, driven to challenge over 2f out, soon one pace, 6th of 13, 5l behind Le Corvee (11-5) at Newmarket 1m 2f amt hcp 0-80 (5) gf in May.
Dinner Date 11-1 (8-5) Mid-division, ridden and headway 2f out, stayed on final furlong, 3rd of 15, 2l behind Society Music (9-4) at Pontefract 1m hcap (6) gd in May.
Zinging 16-1 (8-2) Never reached beyond mid-division, behind final 4f, 8th of 12, 26l behind Alqaayid (8-7) at Brighton 1m 2f hcap (6) sft in May.
Near Germany (IRE) 14-1 (9-4) Slowly into stride, headway onside over 3f out, ridden to join winner from over 1f out, no extra near finish, 3rd of 13, 3/4l behind Red River Rebel (8-2) at Leicester 1m 4f app hcp (6) sft in May.
Conservative 10-1 (9-13) In rear, ridden, some headway and hung left final 2f, never nearer, 6th of 10, 9l behind Moon Empress (9-8) at Lingfield 1m 4f 3yo & 4yo mdn (5) pol in Apr.
