mid-division, ridden over 3f out, stayed on one pace
led, hard ridden over 1f out, headed well inside final furlong
towards rear, never a factor
held up towards rear, headway on outside 3f out, ran on to lead well inside final furlong but edged right (hand timed)
in touch, effort over 1f out, weakened quickly
tracked leaders, ridden and weakened 2f out
in touch, ridden over 1f out to chase leaders, hampered inside final furlong, not recover
mid-division, weakened over 2f out
with leader, ridden 2f out, edged right inside final furlong, rallyed close home
mid-division on inside, ridden 2f out, stayed on moderately
always towards the rear
towards rear, stayed on when edged left final furlong
mid-division, ridden 3f out, soon weakened
mid-division, ridden over 3f out, hampered when weakening approaching final furlong
Almond Willow, Paintbox and The Fun Merchant are all capable of landing a prize of this nature and we will side with the latter.Jeff Pearce's gelding won a couple of claimers at Ayr and Newmarket during the summer, and he hasn't been disgraced in handicaps since. He still looks on a fair mark and should go close if he handles the Polytrack surface. Almond Willow bounced back to form at Wolverhampton last time, chasing home Riska King, he does look a little high in the weights, but should be good enough for a place. A bigger threat may come from Amanda Perrett's Paintbox who has taken on some decent maidens on the turf this season, and with an American pedigree, is likely to handle the all-weather surface. Revenir, from the in form Ed Vaughn yard is also worth a mention, but the value bet here could be The Fun Merchant