towards rear, ridden and headway over 2f out, stayed on final furlong
slowly into stride, behind, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
in rear, effort over 3f out, never dangerous
held up in touch, faded over 1f out
towards rear, ridden and headway 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, stayed on final furlong
made all, ridden over 2f out, kept on gamely inside final furlong
with winner and keen, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
held up, in touch and raced keenly, ridden to chase leaders over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong
Hawkit has an obvious chance at the weights in this claimer and if running up to his best should be too good for his main rivals, who look to be Bijou Dan and Selika. The selection has been running with credit in handicaps of late and reproduced similar form when dropped into this grade at Chepstow last time. Assuming that Alan Bailey's gelding runs up to his rating, he should be too good for his rivals. The three-year-old Plenty Cried Wolf takes a drop in class having failed to live up to expectations in handicaps of late and has to be respected, if able to run up to his best. Russian Cafe has given little sign of encouragement of late and of more interest may be Ian Semple's Bijou Dan, who has claims on the pick of his form and comes from a yard that does well in this type of race. The Mark Tompkins-trained Selika has been running well in similar company of late and is another to consider but Hawkit has an obvious chance and he gets the vote.
Hawkit (USA) 5-1 (9-10) Held up rear, headway over 3f out, chased winner from well over 1f out, ridden inside final furlong, just failed, 2nd of 9, shd behind Broughton Buzzer (8-1) at Chepstow 1m 2f clm (6) gs in May.
Russian Cafe (IRE) 20-1 (9-12) Always towards rear, 12th of 17, 12l behind Pride of Kinloch (9-6) at Ayr 7f hcp (6) gs in Jun.
Spes Bona (USA) 14-1 (9-0) Always in rear, last of 16, 17l behind Wizard Looking (9-1) at Nottingham 1m 2f hcp (6) gf in Jun.
Bijou Dan 11-2fav (9-6) In touch, ridden and headway over 2f out, every chance final furlong, weakened inside last, 5th of 18, 5l behind Apache Point (9-5) at Ayr 1m 2f hcp (6) gs in Jun.
Aggi Mac 50-1 (9-0) Held up, ridden 2f out, never on terms, 6th of 9, 13l behind Bessemer (9-12) at Redcar 1m 2f clm (6) gf in Jun.
Selika (IRE) 4-1 (8-0) Slowly into stride, soon pushed along in rear, headway and hampered over 2f out, lost place, ridden and ran on near finish, 5th of 8, 4 1/2l behind Raza Cab (8-7) at Newmarket 1m 3yo clm (5) gf in Jun.
Askwith (IRE) 33-1 (8-8) Mid-division, pushed along 5f out, outpaced over 2f out, no danger after, 8th of 13, 7l behind Shamrock Bay (9-3) at Chester 1m 2f 3yo hcp (5) gf in Jun.
Plenty Cried Wolf 16-1 (8-4) Led, headed over 6f out, chased winner until lost place over 4f out, soon behind, last of 13, 46l behind Dancer's Serenade (8-7) at Ripon 1m 2f 3yo hcp (4) sft in May.