in touch, effort over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace
held up in touch, weakened quickly over 2f out
slowly into stride, held up, some headway when hampered over 2f out, soon no impression
held up, ridden and good headway over 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, unable to quicken close home
led, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra final furlong
chased leaders, effort and every chance over 1f out, led well inside final furlong, headed close home
tracked leaders, led over 1f out, headed and no extra well inside final furlong
raced in rear, well behind from halfway, driven and ran on strongly to lead post, readily
held up, driven over 1f out, never on terms
prominent, ridden and weakened over 1f out
held up mid-division, headway when hampered approaching final furlong, stayed on
soon chasing leaders, weakened over 1f out
slowly into stride, soon mid-division, weakened over 1f out
Rajab has speed to burn and will take plenty of passing. Beaten by the draw at York, Nemo Fugat would be suited by a strong pace over this trip and looks sure to run well. Consensus, will be more at home on this faster ground after not handling softer conditions at Nottingham. Fire Up The Band is an interesting runner. A winner over course and distance, he is lightly raced and open to plenty of improvement. Jeremy Noseda, who had two entries for this, relies on Just James, who will be tackling his fastest surface to date, but will need to improve on what he has shown so far to take a hand in the finish. It is arguable whether this drop in trip will suit Baldour, after finishing a close up 3rd in a similar event at Chester.