keen and held up, ridden and headway on outside over 1f out, stayed on, never nearer
keen, tracked leaders, ridden to lead over 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened
held up, never on terms
tracked leaders until ridden and weakened 3f out
held up, ridden over 2f out, stayed on final furlong, never nearer
held up, ridden to chase winner over 1f out, led inside final furlong, headed post
held up, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed, rallied and ran on gamely to lead post
held up in touch, ridden 2f out, soon hung left, no impression
led, ridden and headed over 2f out, beaten when badly hampered soon after
with leader for 6f
held up towards rear, not much room on inside over 2f out, never dangerous
pulled hard, held up, never dangerous
keen, always prominent, ridden over 2f out, one-paced
Another tricky handicap for punters to try and solve but one in which Jeremy Glover's Mana Pools may be able to gain a well deserved success after some decent efforts in defeat. This does not look to be as competitive as the contest won by Kelpie that the three-year-old finished third in earlier this week and from a low draw he gets the vote. There should be little to choose between the selection and Learned Lad on their running last month but with Glover's horse having a 3lb pull for a length he should be able to reverse form. Jade's Promise has a hefty rise in the weights to overcome for finishing second to Theatre in a maiden last time and may struggle to concede weight all round, while Policastro finished further behind in the same race on his first start after a lengthy lay off and may "bounce". Vandenberghe has claims of his lightweight and a market move for him would be of interest.