took keen hold in touch, chased winner from 2f out, hard ridden and no impression inside final furlong
soon led, headed over 2f out, weakened well over 1f out
soon pushed along in touch, weakened over 1f out
held up last, rapid headway on wide outside over 3f out, soon ridden and beaten
in touch on inner, ridden halfway, weakened 3f out
towards rear, pushed along over 4f out, no impression final 2f
tracked leader halfway, lead over 2f out, driven and in command when edged right inside final furlong
chased leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened quickly, eased when no chance over 1f out
held up, headway over 1f out, stayed on under pressure final furlong to take 3rd near finish
in touch, ridden on outer 3f out, driven to chase leading pair under pressure over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
behind, headway 4f out, stayed on under pressure final furlong
A tricky handicap that may fall to Pella, with Little Jimbob and Grand Apollo the likely dangers. The selection put up a decent display in a classified event at Pontefract last time behind Wrenlane, and previously landed a competitive handicap at Beverley. Both those races were over a mile so the extra distance here is a slight worry, but he could still be good enough to beat these. Little Jimbob is from the in form Richard Fahey yard and comes into the reckoning on a recent fourth to Sahaat at Pontefract. Meanwhile Grand Apollo hasn't been beaten far in recent races here and at Wolverhampton, so is proven on this surface and should go close off today's mark. At the bottom of handicap, Sachin catches the eye, but for the winner we return to Pella.