slowly into stride, behind, stayed on under pressure from over 1f out, never nearer
mid-division, headway over 4f out, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
held up, headway over 4f out, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
led, ridden and headed over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
behind, pushed along 6f out, headway 3f out, ridden over 2f out, led 1f out, edged left towards finish, driven out
with leader until ridden over 4f out, weakened over 3f out, eased final 2f
Latif, Nevada Desert and Greenbelt are three against the field in this competitive handicap and the tentative vote is given to Nevada Desert. The selection has dropped to a handy mark will relish the ground and off what looks a handy mark he looks the value bet in an open affair. Latif rates the main danger on his latest second behind Takes Tutu but he is becoming expensive to follow and at likely odds he looks worth taking on.Greenbelt is game and consistent and is sure to run his race but he looks weighted up to his best,. Of the remainder The Composer looks to be on a handy mark and could go well at a price but in a race that throws up more questions than answers for the winner we return to Nevada Desert.
Latif (USA) 11-2 (11-10) Held up, ridden and headway on outer over 2f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, not reach winner, 2nd of 12, 2l behind Takes Tutu (11-2) at Haydock 1m hcp 0-70 (5) gf.
Nevada Desert (IRE) 8-1 (9-2) Tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened final furlong, 7th of 14, 9l behind Vicious Warrior (9-4) at Ayr 1m hcp 0-75 (5) gd.
Intricate Web (IRE) 40-1 (9-0) Never better than mid-division, 11th of 13, 11l behind Mi Odds (8-10) at Southwell 1m 3f hcp 0-75 (5) fbs in Dec.
Little Bob 6-1 (8-4) Towards rear, never a factor, 12th of 13, well behind Goodbye Mr Bond (9-1) at Ripon 1m 2f hcp 0-85 (4) hvy.
Greenbelt 16-1 (8-11) Chased leaders, weakened over 3f out, 14th of 15, 34l behind Maneki Neko (8-7) at Catterick 1m 6f hcp 0-85 (4) gs in Apr.
The Composer 25-1 (8-10) Mid-division, ridden and weakened over 3f out, 12th of 14, 27l behind Trance (9-8) at Newbury 2m hcp 0-80 (4) gd in Apr.
Mixing 50-1 (7-11) Took keen hold and held up in rear, headway on inside over 3f out, shaken up and stayed on same pace from over 1f out, 7th of 15, 7l behind Top Seed (9-4) at Goodwood 1m 3f hcp 0-80 (4) gd.
Buscador (USA) 7-1 (8-5) Led, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 4th of 9, 8l behind Migration (8-2) at Southwell 1m 4f app hcp (5) gd in Apr.