soon led, headed over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, kept on and well held by winner
tracked leader, led over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on well
in rear and in touch, pushed along over 3f out, weakened over 1f out
led early, tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, went 3rd over 1f out, kept on same pace
A tricky contest if the ground remains soft. Snan won over track and trip with Kajaki a close-up third last month but floundered in soft going at Bath last time where Rainbow Dreamer was also well beaten. Kajaki has yet to encounter genuine soft ground and neither has WEST COAST FLYER. But the latter has shown good progress with a couple of wins on the all-weather including Newcastle last time and a chance is taken David Simcock’s colt acts on the surface.
Rainbow Dreamer 3-1 (9-7) Tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, outpaced over 2f out, no impression after, 4th of 5, 9 1/4l behind Emperor Napoleon (9-0) at Bath 1m 5f hcp (3) sft in Jun.
Snan (IRE) 7-1 (9-2) Tracked leader, ridden over 4f out, lost place over 2f out, well behind over 1f out, last of 5, 15 1/4l behind Emperor Napoleon (9-0) at Bath 1m 5f hcp (3) sft in Jun.
West Coast Flyer 5-4fav (9-0) Held up in touch in rear, driven and headway on outside over 2f out, challenged over 1f out, ridden to lead narrowly inside final furlong, stayed on well towards finish, won at Newcastle 1m 4f stks (5) pol in Jun beating Kings Gold (9-0) by 3/4l, 5 ran.
Kajaki (IRE) 4-1 (9-7) Tracked leader, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace, 3rd of 8, 8 1/2l behind Alquffaal (9-6) at Pontefract 1m 4f hcp (5) gf in Jun.
