held up towards rear, headway over 4f out, led over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, headed entering final furlong, kept on and held near finish
led and soon clear, headed over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
held up in rear, headway over 4f out, ridden over 1f out, led entering final furlong, kept on and held on near finish
tracked leaders, pushed along over 4f out, weakened over 3f out
chased leader, outpaced over 3f out, soon ridden, faded final furlong
Nonrunner
A couple of these bid for a hat-trick with PARIS SNOW preferred to Deinonychus. The former landed a double over 1m6f at Doncaster last week with victory in an apprentices' race and is unpenalised as a consequence but Bill Knight's charge is upped 9lb after scoring at Leicester on his latest start. Arantes came up short once again at Chepstow last time despite Daniel Cremin's allowance and Oracle Boy remains 7lb higher than his win at Wolverhampton in October.
Deinonychus 9-1 (8-9) Made virtually all, edged left form over 2f out, clear inside final furlong, stayed on well, won at Leicester 1m 4f hcp 0-75 (5) gd beating Gran Maestro (9-5) by 6l, 8 ran.
Meetings Man (IRE) 20-1 (9-0) Led, headed when ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 7, 12l behind Craftsmanship (8-13) at Windsor 1m 2f hcp 0-85 (4) gf in May.
Paris Snow 10-11fav (9-9) Held up in rear, headway 3f out, led entering final furlong, readily, won at Doncaster 1m 7f app hcp 0-70 (5) sft beating Jan Smuts (9-1) by 1l, 7 ran.
The Ducking Stool 11-1 (8-13) Tracked winner, pushed along over 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 4th of 7, 9l behind Leaderene (9-7) at Newmarket 1m 2f fll hcp (0-75) (5) gf in May.
Oracle Boy 8-1 (9-6) Led to 3f out, soon weakened, 10th of 14, 23l behind Song Light (9-7) at Nottingham 1m 6f hcp 0-70 (5) gs in May.
Arantes 12-1 (9-0) Held up in last pair, closer and in touch 8f out, switched right over 2f out, stayed on into 3rd inside final furlong, kept on in closing stages, never nearer, 3rd of 7, 1 1/2l behind Priors Brook (9-5) at Chepstow 1m 2f hcp 0-75 (5) gf.