reared and slowly away, in rear, weakened over 1f out
with winner, led and ridden over 1f out, looked in command inside final furlong, no extra and headed close home
tracked clear pair, one pace and no impression
led, ridden and headed over 1f out, looked held final furlong, rallied and kept on gamely to regain lead close home
Takealookatmenow won a claimer at Redcar in between a couple of poor efforts and is too unreliable to have much confidence in. Pitt Rivers won over track and trip when last seen here but that was back in 2011 and Sunraider takes a drop in class after failing to take advantage of a tumble down the weights in handicaps. PARADISE SPECTRE went close at Kempton in March and gets the vote here on that basis given Spread Boy has little chance on today's terms.
Pitt Rivers 13-2 (9-3) Reared start, dwelt, behind, outpaced and pushed along halfway, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, kept on to lead inside final furlong, held on well (hand timed), won at Hamilton 6f 2yo hcp 0-75 (5) sft in Sep '11 beating Wish Again (8-7) by 1 1/4l, 10 ran.
Paradise Spectre 3-1 (9-3) Shared 2nd behind clear leader, ridden 2f out, one pace and no impression final furlong, 4th of 5, 6l behind Mr Knightley (8-13) at Kempton 7f clm stks 0-75 (6) pol in Apr.
Spread Boy (IRE) 50-1 (8-0) Always in rear, 9th of 11, 15l behind Hellbender (9-7) at Southwell 7f hcp 0-60 (6) fbs in Feb.
Takealookatmenow (IRE) 4-1fav (9-0) Led, ridden and headed 2f out, no extra inside final furlong, 9th of 14, 9l behind Available (9-7) at Doncaster 6f fll hcp 0-70 (5) gf in Apr.
Sunraider (IRE) 20-1 (9-4) Held up mid-division in 4th, went 3rd over 2f out, kept on and just held for 2nd place near finish, 3rd of 9, 6l behind Sandy Lane (9-0) at Catterick 7f hcp 0-75 (5) gd in Apr.
