in touch, effort halfway, one-paced under pressure
led, ridden and headed 2f out, not pace of winner final furlong
slowly into stride, soon tracking leader, led 2f out, shaken up over 1f out, stayed on
dwelt, tracked leaders, pushed along halfway, weakened 2f out
Spencers Wood took this twelve months ago and should have little difficulty in following up granted the poor level of opposition. Peter Makin's charge has not been at his best this term but has in excess of 37lb in hand over his rivals and need only reproduce his last time out third in a Doncaster conditions event to prevail with ease. Rosselli has had his problems and is not the force of old but still looks the one for the TEAMtalk forecast in a particularly weak affair for the prize money on offer.