with leader to over 2f out, soon weakened under pressure
raced against near side rail, held up well in rear, headway and switched left over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong
chased leaders, ridden and unable to quicken 2f out, soon weakened
soon outpaced and pushed along, well behind from halfway
made most, headed over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
chased leaders, went 2nd over 2f out, led over 1f out, not quickened and headed inside final furlong
chased leader on outer, ridden 3f out, soon weakened
raced on outer, never in challenging position
slowly into stride, held up in rear, headway and shaken up over 1f out, kept on one pace final furlong
mid-division, hard ridden halfway, soon weakened
Plenty of these come into the race with solid claims and it could turn out to be a fast-run affair. Embassy Lord and Lotto have obvious claims on what they have shown so far and have to be considered as serious dangers, but Rules For Jokers is better than his last run would suggest and he is given a chance to redeem himself on a track that he has acquitted himself at admirably already this term. The son of Mujadil has been crying out for this extra furlong but also has the speed to gain a prominent position early to combat a less than ideal draw. The presence of the in-form Cheverak Forest and Zarneeta should ensure that there is value to be had in a field of this size. But the former has improvement to find and will find this a lot tougher than the slowly-run seller he won at Ripon last time. Whereas Zarneeta will struggle to reverse recent form with Embassy Lord; despite getting in here off a featherweight. So Rules For Jokers, who is part-owned by Jim McGrath, is given the nod to make the most of lenient looking mark of 67 today.