very awkwardly away, always behind
always towards rear
chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
held up in mid-division, headway tracking leaders 3f out, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and went 2nd final 110 yards, no chance with winner
held up towards rear, some headway far side of group 2f out, weakened over 1f out
mid-division near side of group, pushed along over 2f out, soon weakened
raced towards near side, chased winner until one pace in 3rd final 110 yards
made all, ridden over 1f out, stayed on strongly, unchallenged
slowly into stride, held up in last pair, headway near side of group over 1f out, never going pace to get involved
raced keenly tracking leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened over 1f out
mid-division far side of group, weakened inside final 3f
Lawmaking hasn’t won on Turf since 2017 while Snow Ocean has only won on the all-weather so far. Fancy Footings has won at Southwell since joining current connections but Kodiac Harbour scored at Leicester last year and is only 2lb higher. Rhythmic Intent’s victory here in August came over 1m4f but GIN PALACE won over track and trip to land a double last summer and gets a speculative vote on his reappearance with further progress likely this term.
Borderforce (FR) 33-1 (9-2) Held up, effort on outside over 3f out, ridden and weakened 2f out, 4th of 5, 17 1/4l behind Waarif (9-4) at Windsor 1m 2f hcp (3) gf in May.
Lawmaking 15-2 (9-4) Slowly into stride, held up in rear, headway under pressure over 1f out, went 4th inside final furlong, not trouble leaders, 4th of 12, 3 3/4l behind Al Erayg (9-2) at Newcastle 1m hcp (4) pol in Jun.
Kodiac Harbour (IRE) 14-1 (8-12) Slowly into stride, soon in touch on inside, outpaced 2f out, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 8, 4 3/4l behind Universal Gleam (9-4) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (3) pol in Mar.
Loch Ness Monster (IRE) 25-1 (9-4) Tracked leaders, pushed along over 3f out, weakened 2f out, 8th of 12, 19 1/2l behind Montatham (9-6) at Newmarket 1m hcp (3) gf in Jun.
Rhythmic Intent (IRE) 10-1 (8-5) Held up, headway over 2f out, ridden and stayed on towards finish, nearest finish, 3rd of 19, 7 3/4l behind Trueshan (9-0) at Newmarket 1m 4f hcp (2) gs in Oct.
Manton Grange 7-1 (9-4) In touch, headway over 2f out, soon chasing leaders, no extra final furlong, 4th of 7, 6l behind Home Before Dusk (9-12) at Kempton 1m hcp (3) pol in Feb.
Enigmatic (IRE) 50-1 (8-12) Dwelt held up, outpaced 3f out, 12th of 13, 31 1/2l behind Alternative Fact (8-13) at Newmarket 1m 2f hcp (3) sft in Nov.
Love Dreams (IRE) 6-4fav (10-0) Tracked leader, driven 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 3rd and held near finish, 3rd of 8, 1 1/2l behind Tomily (10-0) at Chelmsford City 7f stks (6) pol in Oct.
Gin Palace 9-1 (8-11) Raced wide tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong, last of 6, 10 1/4l behind Top Rank (8-10) at Newmarket 1m hcp (3) gd in Sep.
Blue Cup (FR) (9-6) 4th of 9, 3 1/2l behind Road To Therock (8-13) at Toulouse 7f hcp Sloppy in Nov.
Snow Ocean (IRE) 7-4jfav (9-0) Keen led after 1f, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened final furlong, 5th of 6, 15 1/4l behind Fire Fighting (9-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (4) pol in Jan.
Fancy Footings (IRE) 15-8 (9-7) Chased leader until 5f out, chased leaders, pushed along over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 4th of 6, 7l behind Little India (8-11) at Southwell 1m hcp (4) pol in Jan.
