chased winner, until approaching 2 out, 4th and beaten when pulled up before last
chased leaders, pushed along and dropped rear after 5th, headway under pressure 4 out, stayed on to chase winner approaching 2 out, kept on flat
held up, effort when mistake 3 out, went 3rd approacing 2 out, no further progress
held up, pushed along 6th, ridden and weakened next
led, clear 3 out, ridden and held on well towards finish
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The four to look out for are Pay Attention, Cunning Pursuit, Miss Academy and Bolin Thomas with the vote going to the last named. Having won readily last time out at Sedgefield beating Planters Punch by half a length he carries a seven pound penalty this time around so connections must feel that he is still well in. He looks the type to improve with confidence and is taken to follow up and score again. Pay Attention has been a model of consistency of late if not a touch frustrating at times. Since winning last February he has finished second seven times and nine times in his lifetime. His last effort saw him traveling well until finding nothing in the closing stages and for that reason is to be treated with caution. Cunning Pursuit is another frustrating type but could be well treated on some of his early form so is worth noting as is Miss Academy who is trained by David Pipe and any market moves should be noted. But for the winner we return to Bolin Thomas.
Miss Academy (FR) 66-1 (10-0) Chased leaders, ridden, weakened from 2 out, 19th of 29, 18l behind Desert Quest (10-10) at Cheltenham 2m 1f hcp hdl Grd 3 (1) gd in Mar.
Regal Setting (IRE) 20-1 (11-7) Behind, pushed along 3rd, weakened 3 out, 9th of 11, 34l behind Bollin Thomas (11-2) at Sedgefield 2m 1f hcp hdl 0-120 (3) gd.
The Names Bond 6-1 (10-10) Tracked leaders, weakened approaching 2 out, 4th of 6, 17l behind Polyphon (11-10) at Ayr 2m hcp chs 0-115 (4) gd in Mar.
Ellerslie Tom 2-1fav (10-12) Led, ridden approaching 2 out, headed last, one pace flat, 2nd of 16, 3 1/2l behind Orpen Wide (10-9) at Ludlow 2m 4yo nov hdl (4) gf in Apr.
Pay Attention 6-1 (11-5) Chased leaders, driven 3 out, stayed on to lead next, ridden and headed last, no extra flat, 2nd of 11, 2 1/2l behind Presumptuous (11-3) at Sedgefield 2m 5f hcp hdl 0-130 (3) gf in Apr.
Sunday City (JPN) 8-1 (11-2) In touch, ridden 4 out, every chance when mistake 3 out, weakened approaching last, 5th of 17, 17l behind Jockser (10-0) at Chepstow 2m 4f hcp hdl 0-125 (3) gs in Apr.
Bollin Thomas 8-1 (11-2) Always prominent, led after 3 out, hard pressed from next, held on under pressure flat, won at Sedgefield 2m 1f hcp hdl 0-120 (3) gd beating Planters Punch (10-11) by 1/2l, 11 ran.
Cunning Pursuit 8-1 (11-2) Held up towards rear, ridden and struggling after 5th, 7th of 11, 22l behind Priors Dale (11-12) at Windsor 2m hcp hdl 0-120 (D) gd in Nov.
