race wide, always about same place
pulled hard, held up in touch, ridden over 3f out, weakening and edge left 2f out
in touch for over 4f,
slowly into stride, towards rear, never dangerous
tracked leader for 6f,
towards rear, ridden and headway and not much room 2f out, not recover
slowly into stride, held up, ridden in headway over 2f out, hung left over 1f out, 1 pace
held up, headway 3f out, soon ridden, stayed on final furlong
never better than midfield
chased leaders, ridden 3f out, kept on same pace
left at start, always behind
close up, chased leader 3f out, ridden and led inside final furlong, stayed on
held up towards rear, pushed along 4f out, kept on, never nearer
held up, ridden and headway over 2f out, stayed on same pace
tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 1f out
reared start, held up, ridden and some headway 3f out, weakened 2f out
A minefield for punters with several of these open to improvement. Karaoke, didn't shape too badly on his venture into handicap company here last week and will certainly strip sharper here, while Morvern doesn't look badly treated off 67, which is basically a platers mark, on this handicap debut. However, Island Star has already proven his well being this term with a solid effort at Brighton, despite being a little too fresh for his own good. Dropped 3lbs for that effort seems a little generous and he is taken to prove the Handicapper wrong. Main danger could prove to be Jannadav, who attracted plenty of support at Beverley. He shaped as though he was in need of a step up in trip that day, something he gets here and with the Handicapper also relenting a little, he could prove troublesome.
