held up, smooth headway over 2f out, soon ridden, hung right inside final furlong, headed, no extra close home
led, ridden over 3f out, headed over 2f out, weakened final furlong
tracked leader, ridden over 2f out, every chance, led inside final furlong, kept on
tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, not much room over 2f out, kept on again inside final furlong
tracked leader, every chance over 4f out, ridden over 3f out, weakened final furlong
The choice in this Listed event is the very consistent Ouninpohja, trained by Alan Swinbank and ridden by Dean McKeown. He is looking for his sixth victory on the bounce. He ended last season with a really gutsy impressive win over Camrose at Newmarket in September and can go in again. The biggest dangers are Brahminy Kate,ridden by Kevin Darley,who really improved on his first run of the season when fourth to Hearthstead Wings at Ripon in April. Rehearsal, from Len Lungo's yard has been jumping, but ran well at Lingfield behind Sri Diamond in February. Karl Burke's Akarem looked badly in need of the race at Ripon first time out but needs to improve to take a hand. The selection though is Ouninpohja to win six in a row.
Ouninpohja (IRE) 7-2jt-fav (9-4) Mid-division, headway over 3f out, led over 2f out, hung right over 1f out, held on well, won at Newmarket 1m 4f hcp (2) gd in Sept beating Camrose (9-3) by 2 1/2l, 12 ran.
Brahminy Kite (USA) 9-2 (8-8) Led, headed over 3f out, soon outpaced, weakened final furlong, 4th of 6, 11l behind Hearthstead Wings (8-8) at Ripon 1m 4f stk (3) gd in Apr.
Akarem 4-1 (8-9) Held up in touch, outpaced over 2f out, soon weakened, 5th of 6, 33l behind Hearthstead Wings (8-8) at Ripon 1m 4f stk (3) gd in Apr.
Profit's Reality (IRE) 9-2co-fav (9-1) Chased leaders, outpaced over 2f out, ridden, stayed on inside final furlong, 4th of 9, 4 1/2l behind All That And More (8-7) at Epsom 1m 2f hcap (2) gd in Apr.
I'm So Lucky 9-1 (9-3) Led, headed over 6f out, led again over 3f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 11, 6l behind Wild Savannah (9-4) at Newmarket 1m 2f hcp 0-100 (2) gf.
Rehearsal 7-2fav (9-1) Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra, 4th of 9, 3l behind Sri Diamond (9-4) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp 0-100 (2) pol in Feb.