slowly into stride, behind, headway under pressure over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
chased leaders, ridden and led over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, ran on
pulled hard, held up, not troubled leaders
slowly away, held up, headway halfway, weakened over 1f out
chased leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out, eased final furlong
chased leaders, ridden and every chance from over 1f out, ran on
hampered after 1f, soon with leader, outpaced over 1f out, ridden and kept on final furlong
mid-division, weakened halfway
slowly into stride, towards rear, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, kept on final furlong
unruly stalls, unseated rider
always towards rear
mid-division, ridden 3f out, headway over 2f out, one pace from over 1f out
led, ridden and headed over 1f out, rallied to lead again inside final furlong
pulled hard, held up, effort over 2f out, soon weakened
pulled hard, held up in touch, switched right over 1f out, stayed on final furlong
chased leaders over 5f, soon eased
pulled hard, in touch, outpaced over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong
slowly into stride, held up in rear, headway 2f out, stayed on final furlong
slowly away, soon chasing leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened over 2f out
A typically tough race to end the card with and Thyolo is only a tentative choice to lead the field home here. There are numerous dangers though and the likes of Mudawin, Granston and Mount Vettore are just three of a handful that have shown progressive enough form to merit a second look today. So too has Fancy Foxtrot, who confirmed the promise of his fifth in the Coventry Stakes when winning a maiden at Lingfield on his reappearance. However, like a few others in the field, he needs to find a little more if he is to follow up today and support for Brian Meehan's charge may be best limited to each-way money. Therefore, we return to Thyolo for win only purposes in this tricky handicap to fathom. The Clive Cox-trained colt had a choice of entries this week and comes here instead of an easier option at Doncaster tomorrow. However, he was very progressive last season and can justify his trainer's high opinion of him by getting his season off to a flyer here. Cox' yard have made a fair start to the campaign and a market move for Thyolo should not be ignored.