held up, effort on outside over 2f out, led entering final furlong, edged right, ran on well
mid-division, headway over 2f out, soon edged right, switched right entering final furlong, kept on
chased leaders, every chance over 1f out, no extra well inside final furlong
chased leaders, bumped 2f out, soon weakened
prominent, led over 4f out, headed 2f out, kept on inside final furlong
held up in rear, switched right 2f out, soon closed, every chance inside final furlong, held close home
led, headed over 4f out, not much room 2f out, no extra inside final furlong
outpaced in rear, no impression
By far the stronger of the two divisions on paper featuring a quartet of last-time-out winners. Pennsylvania Dutch impressed when scoring at Thirsk a week ago and a similar effort would certainly see him on the premises, whilst the lightly-raced Tabaahy is hard to assess after a mere three runs but clearly needs to be taken seriously for the O'Meara and Tudhope team. Gowanbuster has produced all his best form on the all-weather so OUR PLACE IN LOULE is taken to make it four in a row. He was always travelling well when scoring on his reappearance and his last three wins have all come over course and distance. The assessor will surely catch up with him sooner or later but we'll stick with him again despite an 8lb rise for that latest victory. Super Florence has an each-way shout if ready to roll on reappearance.
Pennsylvania Dutch 12-1 (9-2) won at Thirsk 6f hcp (5) gf in Apr beating Molls Memory (9-6) by 1 1/4l, 19 ran.
Tabaahy 16-1 (9-13) won at Wolverhampton 5f stks (5) pol in Apr beating Brigadier (9-2) by 3/4l, 8 ran.
Our Place In Loule 5-1 (9-7) won at Musselburgh 5f hcp (6) gf in Apr beating Gamesome (9-5) by 1 3/4l, 9 ran.
Lathom 4-1jfav (9-8) 8th of 13, 6 1/4l behind Casterbridge (9-3) at Newcastle 5f hcp (5) pol in Nov.
Super Florence (IRE) 13-2 (9-3) last of 10, 14 1/2l behind Sfumato (8-10) at Catterick 6f hcp (5) gd in Oct.
Gowanbuster 7-2 (9-3) won at Newcastle 5f hcp (5) pol in Mar beating Jan Van Hoof (9-7) by 1/2l, 9 ran.
Burmese Blazer (IRE) 13-2 (9-5) 8th of 11, 12l behind Wirral Girl (9-7) at Newcastle 6f hcp (5) pol in Nov.
Economic Crisis (IRE) 25-1 (9-6) 8th of 9, 10 1/4l behind Our Place In Loule (9-7) at Musselburgh 5f hcp (6) gf in Apr.
Havana Go 40-1 (8-13) 9th of 12, 9 1/4l behind Ruby Gates (9-2) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (5) pol in Nov.