held up, pushed along well over 4f out, ridden and headway over 3f out, led 2f out, kept on
tracked leaders, ridden over 4f out, weakend well over 2f out
mid-division, weakened over 3f out
chased leaders, ridden well over 2f out, kept on same pace
led, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
always towards rear
held up mid-division, headway over 5f out, no impression
always behind
tracked leaders, not much room entering final furlong, one pace
held up, ridden over 3f out, headway over 2f out, hung right entering final furlong, kept on
slowly into stride, in rear, ridden over 3f out, no impression from over 2f out
in touch, headway over 3f out, led briefly over 2f out, kept on
towards rear, ridden well over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
Court Of Appeal is narrowly preferred to Tedstale and Just Observing. The selection is a prolific winner at this level and managed to scrape home in a lady riders event at Southwell last week. Seeing off an 82-mark rival on that occasion, there is nothing of that ilk here and he is likely to be priced accordingly. Tedstale was behind on that occasion but should get closer for professional handling. He wins his share but his previous run at Musselburgh left a lot to be desired. Just Observing comes into the reckoning on official figures. A winner of a maiden for Ed Dunlop, he has been kept to hurdling by current connections. Second Reef had become something of a professional loser on the all-weather for Eric Alston and invariably has excuses. Exit Fast had not shown a lot prior to his second at Southwell at this grade last month. A subsequent return to handicapping yielded little fruit. Court Of Appeal has all the ticks in the right boxes and looks the one to be on this Monday.
Court of Appeal 13-2 (10-11) In touch, led 6f out, ridden over 2f out, driven and edged right approaching final furlong, kept on gamely, won at Southwell 1m 4f amt clm stk (6) gd beating Nero's Return (11-3) by a shd, 11 ran.
Exit Fast (USA) 16-1 (9-8) Chased leaders, ridden 6f out, weakened over 2f out, 10th of 12, 29l behind Lady Pilot (9-1) at Southwell 1m 6f hcp 0-65 (6) fbs.
Ho Pang Yau 14-1 (9-0) Behind, some headway over 1f out, never dangerous, 9th of 13, 11l behind Cut Ridge (9-0) at Musselburgh 7f banded stk (7) gs in Oct.
Mayadeen (IRE) 9-2 (9-4) Mid-division, ridden 5f out, weakened 3f out, 9th of 12, 10l behind Carlton Scroop (9-0) at W'hampton 1m 4f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Mar.
Ming Vase 14-1 (9-0) Took keen hold in touch, chased leaders 2f out, unable to challenge, stayed on one pace, 6th of 14, 2 1/2l behind War of The Roses (9-6) at Kempton 1m 2f Stks (41-45) (7) pol in Mar.
Second Reef 14-1 (7-13) Chased leaders, lost place over 2f out, no impression after, 8th of 12, 4l behind Red Birr (9-0) at W'hampton 1m 1f hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Feb.
Tedstale (USA) 10-1 (10-8) Dwelt, soon mid-division, driven over 2f out, kept on same pace, 6th of 11, 9l behind Court Of Appeal (10-11) at Southwell 1m 4f amt clm stk (6) gd.
Just Observing 4-1 (8-13) Close up, ridden over 3f out, weakening when hampered over 2f out, last of 8, 15l behind Stotsfold (8-9) at Lingfield 1m 2f 3yo hcp (4) pol in Jun.
