held up rear, headway 4f out to go in touch, ridden and weakened over 1f out
in touch and keen, lost place and weakened 4f out
led after 2f, ridden over 2f out and quickened up, kept on strongly
held up towards rear, behind final 4f
mid-division, headway to chase clear leaders 3f out, just kept on
mid-division, lost place over 5f out, behind final 4f
mid-division, headway to track winner after 6f, ridden over 1f out, no extra
led, headed after 2f, stayed prominent until ridden and weakened over 3f out
steadied start, held up towards rear, headway 3f out, stayed on
in touch, ridden 3f out, weakened over 2f out
held up tracking leaders and keen, weakened 3f out
Another wide open handicap rounds off the card but the main protagonists look to be Belle Rouge, Champagne Shadow and Compton Eclaire and the vote goes to Bella Rouge. The selection was a fair second behind TungstenStrike last time out and need only reproduce that effort to score off the same mark here. Champagne Shadow rates the main danger on his latest second behind Kentmere. He should appreciate this much longer trip and he will not be far away.Compton Eclaire is another worthy of respect he was a fair fourth behind Portrait of A Lady last time but he has had plenty of chances in similar races without taking one so he is passed over on this occasion. Pay The Silver and Most-Saucy are both on handy marks and are worth noting in the market but they are unproven at the trip and for the winner we return to Bella Rouge.