led, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra
slowly away, towards rear, ridden over 2f out, kept on approaching final furlong, not pace to challenge
with leader, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened
dwelt, held up, headway to chase leaders over 2f out, weakened final furlong
held up, ridden over 1f out, soon no impression
chased leader until ridden and weakened 3f out
towards rear, never dangerous
mid-division, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace approaching final furlong
in touch, ridden 2f out, soon weakened
tracked leaders, ridden and weakened over 2f out
held up, ridden and headway over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on well
Tom Tun may be capable of scoring here with Steel Blue and Indian Spark the pair we fear the most. The 9-year-old is not getting any younger but he put up a cracking effort when second behind Quito at York last time. That was a really good effort and if he can reproduce that here then the old boy could be capable of going in. Steel Blue won well when defeating Johnston's Diamond at Ripon last time, but he was well-drawn on that day and was fortunate to race on the faster ground. He had disappointed prior to that effort at Ripon and as it could be dangerous to take the form of that Ripon win at face value we are happy to oppose him here. Indian Spark is on a handy mark and ran with great credit on this track last time when fourth behind Racoon. He will have no problems with this extra furlong and is certainly one to consider. Of the remainder, Danecare is well drawn and could go well, but for the winner we return to Tom Tun.