soon chasing leaders, driven along 3f out, weakened inside final 2f
keen hold in touch, hard ridden and staying on one pace when hampered inside final furlong
slowly away, soon recovered and in touch, ridden 3f out weakened quickly
chased leaders, weakening when hung right inside final furlong
behind, not clear run over 2f out, switched left, soon ridden and beaten
held up in mid-division, headway on outside over 2f out, ridden to lead approaching final furlong, kept on well
led until narrowly headed 4f out, stayed chasing leader, regained lead inside final 2f, headed approaching final furlong, held when lost 2nd near finish
held up in rear, headway on wide outside over 2f out, stayed on under pressure final furlong, never going pace to reach leaders
mid-division, ridden and weakened 3f out
held up towards rear, steady headway from 3f out, not much room over 2f out, stayed on final furlong, took 2nd and closing near finish
chased leaders until weakened quickly over 2f out
behind, steady headway on wide outside from 5f out, driven and stayed on under pressure final furlong, not pace to challenge
chased leader, led 4f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong
held up in rear, driven along 4f out, keeping on one pace and no chance when hampered on rail inside final furlong
This is a very competitive handicap and we will take a chance with Ganymede, Bienheureux and Bridegroom are also expected to run well. The selection started this current campaign off a rating of 62 and despite some decent enough efforts has now dropped down to a very lenient mark. He appears to be a better horse on the all-weather as he showed when second at Wolverhampton in February and although still a maiden he is the one we like in a wide open event. Bienheureux makes a quick return to the track, having finished well beaten at Newmarket last Saturday. He was a game winner at Southwell the time before and has claims on that running. David Elsworth's Bridegroom is steadily coming to hand and looks the best of the remainder, however Ganymede has been given a great chance by the handicapper and he gets the verdict.