led, ridden and headed over 3f out, soon beaten
slowly into stride, towards rear, never nearer
prominent, joined leader over 5f out, led over 3f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, one pace
raced wide in touch, ridden over 4f out, weakened 3f out
slowly into stride, held up, headway on outside over 4f out, chased leaders 3f out, one pace from over 1f out
tracked leaders, pushed along 4f out, outpaced over 2f out, stayed on final furlong
slowly into stride, always in rear
held up, headway 8f out to go prominent, led over 1f out, ridden and ran on
slowly into stride, mid-division, behind final 4f
tracked leader, ridden 3f out, stayed on final furlong
in touch, ridden 3f out, weakened 2f out
towards rear, headway approaching final furlong, nearest finish
The Last Mohican gets the vote in this Banded Stakes with Khuzdar taken as the one most likely to chase our selection home. The Last Mohican showed a game attitude when second behind Unleaded in a similar race to this last time at Wolverhampton. He is clearly in decent heart at present, and with the drop in trip unlikely to inconvenience him and with Jamie Spencer in the plate, he is difficult to oppose. Khuzdar is proving very difficult to win with and he hung left under pressure when second to Misty Man at Wolverhampton last time. He is sure to be in the frame once again, but does have a tendency to find at least one too good so is opposable for that reason. Buz Kiri is from a shrewd yard and is another to consider, while Philosphic is a course and distance winner so has to be respected, but The Last Mohican looks the clear form pick and is taken to score.