always behind
prominent, edged left after 1f, led after 2f, ridden over 2f out, headed and not quicken inside final furlong
in touch, ridden over 1f out, stayed on
slowly into stride, pulled hard in rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, no impression final furlong
slowly into stride, hampered after 2f, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on not reach leaders
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, led inside final furlong, ran on
towards rear, ridden in headway over 1f out, stayed on nearest finish
mid-division, ridden halfway, soon weakened
mid-division, ridden halfway, weakened final furlong
hampered after 1f, again after 2f, soon behind
behind, ridden in headway over 1f out, stayed on not reached leaders
chased leaders over 5f
with leaders to halfway, weakened over 1f out
held-up, ridden over 1f out, kept on final furlong, never nearer
chased leaders over 4f
This is a competitive little heat with all the usual suspects taking part, namely Glenrock and Revolve, but with the old-timer Astrac in such good form, he may be worth taking a chance with to complete the hat-trick. Annabel King's evergreen campaigner has run at every racecourse in Britain bar here and Chepstow, and he looks to have been found an ideal opening here off just a 3lbs higher mark than when scoring at Bath in a better race than this. No shortage of dangers including the well handicapped Glenrock, who has won off a 25lbs higher mark in the past. It would come as no surprise to see the lightly-raced Revolve take a hand in proceedings. Hughie Morrison's gelding needs to be forgiven a poor effort last time, but if reproducing his previous run at Folkestone when chasing home Mandarin Spirit (winner again since), he will be difficult to keep out of the frame. Snow Bunting has won twice for Leanne Kershaw and is another who should run well, but we will stick with the old man of the party Astrac, who can dish out a beating to his younger rivals.
