held up, headway 4th, led after 3 out, clear approaching last, easily
led, clear 4th, ridden and headed after 3 out, lost 2nd close home
tracked leaders, effort 3 out, no impression after
held up, effort 3 out, no impression from next
held up behind, never dangerous
tracked leaders, reminders approaching 4th, weakened next, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out
held up towards rear, weakened 4th, tailed off
mid-division, headway to chase leaders after 3 out, soon ridden, stayed on from last, took 2nd close home, no chance with winner
soon tracking leaders and keen, weakened 3 out
in touch, ridden 3 out, soon weakened
always behind, struggling from 5th
tracked leaders, weakened from 5th
always towards rear, tailed off from 5th
always towards rear
This does not look to be the strongest of contests and what can only be a tentative vote goes to Lone Soldier, who is preferred to Prince Adjal and Reedsman. The last mentioned represents the stable of Richard Guest that has been in decent form of late and, while the four-year-old is clearly one of the yard's lesser lights, he has to be respected at this level. Martin House ran one of his better races at Cartmel last time but needs to improve again, while Keith Reveley's Alethea Gee showed her first signs of ability when dropped into this grade for the first time here earlier this month. Seemore Sunshine ran better at Worcester on his most recent start and is another to consider although a bigger threat may come from George Moore's Prince Adjal, who has been running consistently in similar company of late. The one they all have top beat though is top weight Lone Soldier, who is only 4lbs higher than when scoring at Wetherby last month and a reproduction of that effort may suffice.
Lone Soldier (FR) 12-1 (9-13) Chased leaders, ridden 2 out, kept on to go 3rd approaching last, no impression, 3rd of 18, 12l behind Francies Fancy (11-7) at Hexham 2m hcp hdl 0-110 (E) gf.
Prince Adjal (IRE) 6-1 (10-7) Tracked winner until one pace between last two, 3rd of 17, 16l behind Dream Castle (11-5) at Hexham 2m hcp hdl 0-100 (F) gf.
Martin House (IRE) 14-1 (10-4) Chased leaders, ridden and outpaced 5th, no impression from 2 out, 3rd of 7, 11l behind Dream Castle (9-12) at Cartmel 2m 1f cnd hcp hdl 0-105 (E) gs in May.
Seemore Sunshine 25-1 (11-0) Mid-division, headway 2 out, not clear run after 2 out, mistake last, ran on flat, 3rd of 18, 10l behind Desert Spa (11-12) at Worcester 2m sll hcp hdl (G) gd.
La Folichonne (FR) 50-1 (10-9) Towards rear, never dangerous, 6th of 11, 46l behind Miami Explorer (11-5) at Hexham 2m mrs nov hdl (E) gf.
Red September 10-1 (12-0) pulled up in race won by Chanteuse (11-2) at Easingwold 3m ptp gd in May, 9 ran.
Alethea Gee 40-1 (11-3) Always behind, 11th of 17, 12l behind Sylcan Express (10-8) at Market Rasen 2m 3f sll hcp hdl 0-90 (G) gf.
Reedsman (IRE) 9-2 (10-1) Held up pulling hard, ridden and headway approaching 2 out, kept on same pace, 7th of 16, 15l behind Wardash (9-9) at Huntingdon 2m cnd hcp hdl 0-95 (G) gf.
