broke well, steadied into mid-division on inside, headway over 3f out, went 2nd over 2f out until over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong
held up towards rear, switched right and headway over 3f out, went 2nd over 1f out, led well inside final furlong, stayed on
steadied start, held up in rear, not much room 3f out, headway over 2f out, went 3rd over 1f out, stayed on, went 2nd towards finish
chased leaders, outpaced over 6f out, well beaten final 3f
held up rear of mid-division, struggling over 3f out, stayed on from over 1f out, never on terms
raced keenly, led, clear over 2f out until over 1f out, headed well inside final furlong, soon lost 2nd
soon chasing leader, lost 2nd over 5f out, weakened from over 3f out
slowly into stride, soon chasing leaders, edged left and ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
chased leaders, went 2nd over 5f out until over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
Lawmans Blis is upped in class and raised 6lb for winning at Thirsk. He’s also upped in distance along with Pontefract runner-up Maketh Believeth but GRAND SCHEME returns to today’s trip after finding one too good in a higher grade contest over 1m4f at Salisbury so the Hannon charge may prove the one to side with. Arabescato seems best over further nowadays and stablemate Sophar Sogood is preferred.
Maketh Believeth (IRE) 7-2 (10-3) Tracked leaders, chased leader over 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on one pace, 2nd of 9, 1 3/4l behind Magna Moralia (10-4) at Pontefract 1m 4f hcp (5) sft in Apr.
Grand Scheme (IRE) 12-1 (9-3) Raced wide tracked leader, led 9f out, pushed along over 2f out, ridden edged left and headed over 1f out, kept on one pace, 2nd of 6, 3 3/4l behind Cemhaan (9-10) at Salisbury 1m 4f hcp (4) gf in Apr.
Arabescato 3-1 (9-7) Close up in 4th, pushed along and went 3rd 2f out, kept on same pace, 3rd of 4, 5l behind Baileys Derbyday (9-5) at Chelmsford City 1m 6f hcp (5) pol in Apr.
Sarim (IRE) 22-1 (11-6) Held up off the pace in last pair, some headway out wide before 3 out, weakened soon after, tailed off, 8th of 11, dist behind Dancing With Deco (11-6) at Exeter 2m 1f mdn (4) hvy in Jan.
Sophar Sogood (IRE) 4-1 (9-10) Tracked winner, pushed along over 3f out, weakened approaching final furlong, 6th of 9, 9 1/4l behind Tribal Commander (9-1) at Wolverhampton 2m 1f hcp (5) pol in Jan.
Lawmans Blis (IRE) 10-3 (9-7) Chased leader, took it up travelling well 4f out, clear final furlong, pushed out final 100 yards, won at Thirsk 1m 4f hcp (6) gd in Apr beating Whitwell (9-3) by 1 3/4l, 9 ran.
Afkaar (USA) 25-1 (9-8) Prominent, ridden 2f out, weakened, last of 7, 16 1/2l behind Crystal Starlet (9-6) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Apr.
Mount Olympus 11-2 (9-3) Always towards rear, 6th of 8, 9 3/4l behind Tendentious (9-3) at Doncaster 2m hcp (5) gf in Apr.
Sweet Dime 18-1 (8-12) Chased leader, ridden 4f out, headway to lead 2f out, headed 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 8, 4 3/4l behind Tendentious (9-3) at Doncaster 2m hcp (5) gf in Apr.
