stumbled start, tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, kept on same pace from over 1f out
made all, ridden 3f out, edged left from 2f out, stayed on gamely
in touch, headway to chase winner over 3f out, challenged and every chance 2f out, no extra inside final furlong
in touch, headway to press winner 7f out, ridden over 4f out, soon weakened
slowly away in rear, headway 3f out, no impression after
pushed along in rear, ridden over 5f out, weakened over 4f out
Fremen's participation here comes with a ground proviso attached but there is no sign yet that the enthusiasm of Dandy Nicholls' veteran is on the wane and he would go very close to a fourth win this season if allowed to take his chance. Preference however is for BELLE NOVERRE, who was tackling much better company last year and won twice over this C&D as well as at Kilbeggan. She found 6f much too sharp on her reappearance at the Curragh and it's unlikely she'll have been sent across the Irish Sea for this unless connections though she had a big chance of landing the spoils. Moody Tunes is another with solid claims as there isn't much between him and Fremen on Carlisle running last month.
Fremen (USA) 7-2 (9-5) Made all, ridden over 1f out, stayed on gamely, won at Carlisle 1m clm stks (6) gs in May beating The Osteopath (9-7) by 3/4l, 9 ran.
Moody Tunes 5-1 (9-4) Tracked leader, led over 2f out, soon ridden and headed, kept on and lost 2nd place towards finish, 3rd of 8, 2 1/2l behind Frontline Girl (9-4) at Ayr 1m hcp 0-75 (5) gs in May.
Belle Noverre (IRE) 25-1 (9-3) Always towards rear, driven along and no impression 2f out, last of 20, 26l behind West Coast Dream (9-7) at Curragh 6f hcp 55-80 sft in Apr.
Psalm Twentythree 66-1 (9-6) Slowly away, headway to chase leaders 7f out, lost action 4f out, soon eased, 11th of 12, well behind Commerce (8-11) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f mdn auc stks (6) pol in Oct.
Child Of Our Time (IRE) 66-1 (8-13) Slowly away keen in rear, never a factor, 10th of 12, 19l behind Ykikamoocow (9-4) at Ayr 1m fll hcp 0-70 (5) gs in May.
Matilda May 100-1 (8-12) Always in rear, 10th of 12, 40l behind Land And Sea (8-12) at Southwell 7f 3yo mdn stks (5) fbs in Nov.
Singing Lion 33-1 (8-7) Started slowly, always rear division, 13th of 15, 20l behind Muftarres (8-7) at Redcar 6f mdn stks (5) gf in Jun '08.
Smarty Sam (USA) 9-1 (9-7) Mid-division, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened, 8th of 11, 15l behind Bold Marc (9-0) at Hamilton 1m hcp 0-65 (6) gd in May.