soon led, headed over 3f out, soon weakened
held up in touch, chased leaders over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, led over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra
led early, chased leader, led over 3f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra
towards rear, headway over 1f out, soon ridden and one pace
prominent, ridden over 1f out, led inside final furlong, kept on and caught close home
held up mid-division, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong
held up towards rear, headway over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on to lead close home
slowly into stride, always behind
held up mid-division, headway over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
There's very little separating most of these on official ratings. Rambaldi has only ever run on the all-weather, scoring over this trip at Kempton in November. VENTURA GLORY (NAP) makes a quick reappearance after a much improved effort in a Newmarket handicap last week where he was staying on strongly. He now looks capable of better and gets the nod as Lady Mascara is another making her debut on Turf and hasn't shown enough in maidens to get excited about. Fiction Writer has had five starts on three different all-weather surfaces with his best run coming on his debut at Wolverhampton in November. Kings Royal Hussar only showed moderate form for Richard Hannon last season and has changed stables.
Abie's Hollow 8-1 (8-13) Chased leader, under pressure over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 9, 18 1/4l behind Triple Distilled (9-5) at Carlisle 6f (5) hvy in Sep.
Fiction Writer (USA) 7-2 (9-4) Tracked leaders, pushed along halfway, ridden and stayed on one pace, final furlong, 4th of 7, 5l behind Love Your Work (9-7) at Southwell 1m hcp (5) pol in May.
God Has Given 25-1 (9-6) Always towards rear, 9th of 14, 11 3/4l behind Ramesses (9-0) at Leicester 7f hcp (5) gf in Apr.
Gylo (IRE) 25-1 (9-4) Towards rear centre, ridden 2f out, some late headway, 7th of 20, 4 3/4l behind Look Out Louis (9-6) at Thirsk 6f hcp (5) gs in May.
Kings Royal Hussar (FR) 66-1 (9-2) Mid-division, went prominent on outer after 2f, outpaced by easy winner over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 11, 9 1/2l behind Nivaldo (9-9) at Kempton 1m stks (5) pol in Nov.
Lady Mascara 25-1 (8-11) Slowly into stride, towards rear, edged left and headway over 1f out, stayed on promisingly inside final furlong, 5th of 13, 5 1/2l behind Nearooz (9-4) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f fll stks (5) pol in Apr.
Rambaldi (IRE) 6-1 (9-9) Mid-division, effort over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, 4th of 11, 2 1/2l behind Camber (9-7) at Newcastle 7f hcp (5) pol in Apr.
Sesame (IRE) 12-1 (8-13) Prominent, outpaced over 2f out, no impression after, 5th of 6, 6l behind War Eagle (9-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f (5) pol in Nov.
Ventura Glory 12-1 (9-1) Towards rear and niggled along, closed from over 2f out, edged left inside final furlong, not quicken towards finish, 4th of 11, 2l behind I Am Magical (9-8) at Newmarket 1m hcp fll (5) gf in May.