slowly into stride, soon chasing leaders on inside, edged left over 2f out, soon ridden weakened over 1f out
chased leaders, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed and no extra towards finish
pulled hard, soon steadied rear of mid-division, headway out wide over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, led towards finish
slowly into stride, held up in rear, good headway on inside over 3f out, not clear run and switched right over 2f out, ridden chasing leaders over 1f out, 4th and one pace inside final furlong
slowly into stride, held up towards rear, headway out wide over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, never nearer
held up towards rear, headway between horses over 2f out, plugged on in 3rd inside final furlong
mid-division on inside, pushed along over 3f out, weakened rapidly, soon behind and eased final 2f
towards rear of mid-division, never on terms
chased leader, ridden to lead 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened quickly
stumbled start, led, headed 2f out, chased leaders, weakened over 1f out
NonRunner
Precision Storm is very much a Wolverhampton specialist and has finished second in four of his last six starts there and scored on the track in January. He just failed to take advantage of a 20lb lower Turf rating at Bath last month and may have to settle for a place again. Cote d'Azur finished 5 lengths second in a slightly better race than this at Pontefract last time though there were only four runners while Estate House gained his only success at Wolverhampton. TORO DORADO has won six races on the all-weather but is 0-13 on Turf. He's generally raced in better company and is up to this grade so gets the vote. Majalaat has changed trainers after a poor run at Newcastle but an earlier victory on fast going at Pontefract puts him in the frame.
Ring Of Gold 20-1 (10-12) Mid-division, ridden 3 out, tailed off, pulled up before last, at Catterick 2m (4) gd in Nov.
Majalaat (IRE) 11-2 (9-4) Led and set strong pace, hung left and headed inside final 2f, weakened final furlong, 7th of 14, 10 3/4l behind Civil Law (9-3) at Newcastle 1m 2f hcp (5) pol in May.
Cote d'Azur 6-4fav (8-10) Tracked leader, asked for effort over 2f out but could only keep on at one pace, 2nd of 4, 5l behind Rains Of Castamere (8-11) at Pontefract 1m hcp (4) gf in Apr.
Toro Dorado 9-2 (9-2) Steadied leaving stalls, held up, disputing 3rd from over 9f out, outpaced over 3f out, weakened from over 2f out, last of 5, 19 1/2l behind Margaret Dumont (9-4) at Chelmsford City 1m 5f hcp (4) pol in Apr.
Corazonada (IRE) 9-1 (9-7) Tracked leaders, pushed along over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 5th of 8, 11 3/4l behind Alpine Mistral (9-10) at Newmarket 1m 2f hcp fll (5) sft in Aug.
Richard R H B (IRE) 10-1 (9-9) Midfield, outpaced and pushed 3f out, ridden 2f out, unable to get competitive, 4th of 5, 13 1/4l behind Red Derek (9-1) at Haydock 1m 2f hcp (5) sft in May.
Precision Storm 9-2 (9-7) Midfield, ridden along before 2f out, every chance in second 1f out, led briefly inside final furlong, denied on line, 2nd of 13, 1/2l behind Plansina (9-0) at Bath 1m 2f hcp (6) gd in May.
Estate House (FR) 11-4fav (9-4) Steadied start, held up in last pair, some laboured headway far side of group over 2f out, went modest 4th, never involved, 4th of 7, 5 1/2l behind War Leader (9-7) at Yarmouth 1m 2f hcp (5) gs in May.
The Throstles 66-1 (11-0) Mid-division, nudged along before 3 out where not fluent, soon struggling, last of 11, dist behind Paso Doble (10-8) at Kempton 2m (4) gd in May.
Channel Packet 20-1 (9-4) Prominent, pushed along before 2f out still with every chance, never picked up, 6th of 13, 5 1/4l behind Plansina (9-0) at Bath 1m 2f hcp (6) gd in May.
Hooflepuff (IRE) 15-2 (10-11) Close up in main chasing group, improved to track leader over 5f out, travelled well to press for lead over 3f out but ridden soon after and weakened quickly, 8th of 9, 37 3/4l behind Elhafei (10-12) at Haydock 1m 4f hcp (5) sft in May.
