held up in 4th until dropped to 5th 5f out, went 4th again on inside well over 1f out, ridden and not quicken over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong but never able to challenge
held up in 3rd until pushed along and outpaced over 2f out, soon struggling
tracked clear leader, closed 7f out, challenged 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, stayed on strongly
raced keenly, led and soon clear, joined 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, chased winner and kept trying, always held
steadied start, held up, in rear, closer in 4th 5f out, 3rd over 2f out, ridden and not quicken over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong but never able to challenge
Like so many from his yard, Rainbow Pride improved for the longer trip when scoring over 2m at Chelmsford by five lengths back in October. But he’s 10lb higher on his reappearance and another chance goes to FITZWILLY. He was second over today’s trip at Chepstow recently and is having only his second start on the all-weather. Course and distance winner Tempuran also has a decent shout on last month’s placed effort over track and trip and is preferred to Fern Owl and Le Rock.
Fitzwilly 13-2 (9-7) Led, ridden over 3f out, headed 2f out, no extra, 2nd of 10, 3l behind Medburn Cutler (9-3) at Chepstow 2m hcp (5) sft in Jun.
Fern Owl 5-1 (9-4) Held up in mid-division, not much room over 2f out, no headway from over 1f out, 8th of 12, 6 1/4l behind Royal Reef (8-9) at Kempton 2m hcp (4) pol in May.
Le Rock (IRE) 22-1 (9-10) Took keen hold, disputed lead, bumped over 8f out, ridden over 3f out, soon beaten, 10th of 11, dist behind Niceonecenturion (8-10) at Newbury 1m 5f hcp (5) gf in Jul.
Tempuran 11-4 (9-7) Led, clear after 2f until 5f out, headed 4f out, weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 9, 10 3/4l behind Voice Control (9-4) at Chelmsford City 2m hcp (5) pol in Jun.
Rainbow Pride (IRE) 5-2jfav (9-7) Held up in rear, headway over 3f out, led 2f out, hung right inside final furlong, ridden out, won at Chelmsford City 2m hcp (6) pol in Oct beating Forgiving Glance (9-5) by 5l, 7 ran.