in touch, ridden over 2f out, one pace final furlong
slowly into stride, behind and pushed along, ridden over 3f out, headway over 2f out, challenged entering final furlong, soon every chance, just held for 2nd
soon led, headed over 3f out, soon ridden, weakened over 1f out
tracked leader, led over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, headed 1f out, soon weakened
dwelt, mid-division, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f
held up towards rear, ridden and headway over 2f out, switched left well over 1f out, soon led, kept on well under pressure inside final furlong
held up, ridden over 2f out, not much room when headway over 1f out, kept on
in touch, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong
led early, ridden over 4f out, soon lost place
Locombe Hill gets the narrow vote in another tight affair with Mount Hillaby and No Commission the most likely to chase him home. The selection ran really well on his return to action at Catterick last time when third behind Ballyhurry. He is sure to come on for that run, his seasonal reappearance, and with young Danny Tudhope again taking 5lbs off his back he looks to have an outstanding chance. Mount Hillaby would have claims on the pick of her form and she is sure to run her race, but she looks to be a little high in the weights at present and for that reason we will take her on. No Commision has been disappointing of late and the suspicion is that he is not at his best over today's trip. Bailieborough ran well behind our selection last time but there is nothing to suggest that he can reverse the placings here and we will stick with Locombe Hill as our idea of the winner.
Bailieborough (IRE) 16-1 Behind, ridden and headway when not clear run over 1f out, stayed on well final furlong, not reach leaders, 5th of 16, 3l behind Ballyhurry at Catterick 7f hcp gd.
Bethanys Boy (IRE) 14-1 Tracked leaders, ridden and weakened 3f out, last of 8, 26l behind Brazilian Terrace at Nottingham 1m stk (E) gs in May.
Locombe Hill (IRE) 14-1 Chased leaders, ridden and headway to lead well over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra, 3rd of 16, 2l behind Ballyhurry at Catterick 7f hcp gd.
Pawan (IRE) 25-1 Tracked leaders, ridden halfway, soon no impression, 5th of 8, 4 1/2l behind Presto Shinko at Lingfield 6f hcp (D2) pol in Mar.
Mount Hillaby (IRE) 12-1 Prominent, every chance over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 9th of 13, 12l behind Cesare at Leicester 7f hcp sft.
No Commission (IRE) 10-1 Towards rear, headway over 4f out, weakened 2f out, 10th of 11, 14l behind Savoy Chapel at W'hampton 7f 3yo hcp (E3) pol in Feb.
Tom Forest 8-1 Held up, headway over 3f out, soon ridden, weakened over 1f out, 9th of 13, 5l behind Queen Tomyra at W'hampton 1m 1f 2yo hcp 0-75 (E3) pol in Nov.
Young Thomas (IRE) 16-1 Led to halfway, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f, last of 19, well behind Toldo at Pontefract 1m 2yo hcp 0-75 (E3) gd in Oct.
