chased leaders, led over 1f out, stayed on well
prominent, ridden over 1f out, one pace
held up in touch and keen, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened
chased leaders, weakened entering final furlong
close up, weakened 2f out
led, headed over 1f out, one pace
BLUE TOMATO should find this track more to his liking than at Musselburgh last time and he gets the vote ahead of Raccoon and Silvanus. Dandy Nicholls' gelding has plenty of experience and the eight-year-old went close last time at Musselburgh. He tends to get behind in his races and is ridden along from an early stage but he does stay well and this finish should play more to his strengths. This is his level and he can get back the losses from last time. Raccoon reverts to selling company following two consistent handicap efforts, but he is held by Silvanus on their run at Musselburgh in early June. Also linked on that run is Dubai To Barnsley who has every chance of giving trainer Donal Nolan his first winner since 2004 from around 400 runners. The Bear is a course winner and although he has a bit to find at these weights, the gelding is decent on his day despite recent showings suggesting otherwise. An open race, where most of these bump into each other as a regular occurrence, but it may be Blue Tomato's turn to win.
Blue Tomato 13-8fav (9-9) Pushed along, chased leaders, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on to go 2nd inside final furlong, always held, 2nd of 8, 1 1/4l behind Princess Charlmane (8-13) at Musselburgh 5f sell stks (6) gd.
Raccoon (IRE) 6-1 (9-11) Led 1f, with leader, one pace entering final furlong, 4th of 8, 3l behind Secret Venue (8-13) at Musselburgh 5f hcp 0-80 (4) gd.
Silvanus (IRE) 4-1 (9-3) Chased leaders, went 2nd halfway until no extra inside final furlong, 3rd of 7, 3 1/2l behind Gap Princess (8-10) at Hamilton 5f (6) gf in Jun.
Dubai To Barnsley 5-1 (9-0) Mid-division, headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 4th of 9, 4l behind Twosheetstothewind (9-9) at Ayr 5f hcp 0-65 (6) gf.
Howards Prince 100-1 (8-5) Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened, 8th of 9, 15l behind Cayman Fox (8-7) at Hamilton 5f clm stks (6) gd in Jun.
The Bear 33-1 (9-6) Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, soon edged right, weakened final furlong, 7th of 12, 10l behind Gift Horse (9-4) at Ayr 6f clm stks (5) gd in May.
Paddy Bear 4-1 (9-0) Led 1f, chased leader after, ridden to lead and hung left after 1f out, soon clear, won at Catterick 6f sell stks (6) gs beating Ingleby Princess (8-9) by 4l, 9 ran.
Becky Quick (IRE) 150-1 (8-11) Chased leaders, ridden halfway, soon weakened, last of 10, 25l behind George Thisby (9-0) at Southwell 6f mdn stks (5) fbs.
