mid-division, ridden 4f out, headway approaching 3f out to chase leaders, ran on again inside final furlong, not reach winner
tracked leaders, effort and headway over 1f out, led approaching final furlong, ridden out
tracked leader, ridden to lead 2f out, headed approaching final furlong, weakened inside final furlong
towards rear, ridden over 4f out, outpaced over 2f out, stayed on moderately final furlong
tracked leaders, driven 3f out, lost place over 2f out, weakened quickly final furlong
slow to stride, always in rear
mid-division on inside, ridden 3f out, kept on one pace
slowly into stride, towards rear, ridden and headway over 2f out, hard ridden over 1f out, kept on
held up rear, ridden approaching 4f out, stayed on from over 1f out, not troubled leaders
prominent, led after 3f, ridden over 2f out, soon headed and weakened
led and keen, headed after 3f, stayed prominent, ridden and outpaced 3f out, stayed on again approaching final furlong
Makulu put up a decent showing to win readily over course and distance last time and now he has hit form an 8lb rise might not be enough to stop him. Brian Meehan is in good form and his charge is taken to follow up here. Ephesus came on well when stepped up to a mile last time, winning at the track. However, he does have to prove that he gets a further quarter mile and against some specialists he is overlooked on this occasion. On the contrary Herne Bay will get every yard of the 10 furlongs and should make a bold bid to follow up his recent Southwell success. However, he does not look thrown in on that form and a place might be his best bet. Course and distance winner Decelerate cannot be completely ruled out either, though the handicapper does look to have his measure.