held up towards rear, headway on inside over 1f out, no impression, well beaten inside final furlong
soon led, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
chased leaders on outside, dropped into mid-division after 1f, no impression when hampered over 1f out
mid-division, headway over 1f out, unable to get on terms, no extra well inside final furlong
tracked leaders, pulled hard, ridden 3f out, lost place over 1f out, rallied inside final furlong, went 3rd post
held up in mid-division, headway over 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, held close home
slowly away, behind, ran on inside final furlong, nearest finish
held up towards rear, headway over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on well
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, lost place over 1f out
held up in mid-division, ridden over 1f out, never threatened
Oh This Is Us has leading claims on these terms and also on an earlier course and distance victory but has to put a recent below par effort behind him. He finished well behind the winner Above The Rest on that occasion with David Barron’s charge also getting the better of Arcanada, Documenting and subsequent 7f winner Cardsharp. But the latter has plenty to prove on an earlier attempt over today’s longer trip and the vote goes to STRAIGHT RIGHT, who will appreciate the return to a mile having found one too good over a shorter distance last time. He was caught napping off the pace by Salateen over course and distance before that and left with plenty to do but David Probert takes over the reins today and Andrew Balding’s charge is fancied to reverse running and go close. France were successful in this race last year and Indyco is worth a second glance having gone close in Listed company on the Polytrack at Deauville.
Above The Rest (IRE) 18-1 (9-3) won at Wolverhampton 7f lst stks (1) pol in Mar beating Island Of Life (8-12) by 1l, 8 ran.
Arcanada (IRE) 16-1 (9-3) 4th of 8, 1 1/4l behind Above The Rest (9-3) at Wolverhampton 7f lst stks (1) pol in Mar.
Cardsharp 4-7fav (9-9) 3rd of 4, 3 1/4l behind Crossing The Line (9-1) at Kempton 7f stks (3) pol in Mar.
Documenting 5-2 (9-3) 5th of 8, 2 1/2l behind Above The Rest (9-3) at Wolverhampton 7f lst stks (1) pol in Mar.
Glendevon (USA) 11-4 (9-2) 2nd of 4, hd behind Crossing The Line (9-1) at Kempton 7f stks (3) pol in Mar.
Indyco (FR) (8-12) 2nd of 7, shd behind Bayoun (8-13) at Chantilly 1m stks pol in Mar.
Keyser Soze (IRE) 13-8fav (9-10) won at Newcastle 7f hcp (2) pol in Feb beating Gallipoli (8-13) by 3/4l, 9 ran.
Oh This Is Us (IRE) 5-4fav (9-3) 7th of 8, 6 3/4l behind Above The Rest (9-3) at Wolverhampton 7f lst stks (1) pol in Mar.
Salateen 7-1 (9-5) 5th of 7, 6l behind Cardsharp (9-9) at Lingfield 7f hcp (2) pol in Mar.
Silver Quartz 33-1 (9-3) 11th of 19, 5 3/4l behind Auxerre (9-3) at Doncaster 1m hcp (2) gd in Mar.
Straight Right (FR) 9-4 (9-9) 2nd of 8, 1 1/2l behind Pinnata (8-6) at Newcastle 7f hcp (2) pol in Jan.