mid-division, effort over 2f out, ridde and one pace final furlong
held up, headway over 1f out, stayed on same pace final furlong
prominent, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened
mid-division, effort over 2f out, soon behind
in touch, pushed along halfway, ridden and one pace until weakened inside final furlong
chased leaders to halfway
dwelt and towards rear, headway over 2f out, stayed on final furlong
never better than mid-division
led, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong and stayed on same pace
always behind
held up, headway over 1f out, ran on to lead inside final furlong, kept on
towards rear, headway on outer 2f out, stayed on final furlong, no extra close home
chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, stayed on final furlong
prominent, ridden over 1f out, soon beaten
towards rear, headway 2f out, ridden and stayed on final furlong
Bundy has been knocking on the door of late and can come good at the expense of Bollin Edward, Aintnecessarilyso, Romany Nights and Hiccups. The latter failed to get into the shake-up when a beaten favourite at Ripon recently, and if drawn lower here would have been more fancied. Even so, Lynda Ramsden's four-year-old should not be discounted. However, preference is for Bundy who comes out of stall number six and is a winner waiting to happen. With the Michael Dods team in great form of late, the eight-year-old should be raring to go in a bid to capture this event for a second time, having been successful four years ago off a mark of 64. He can now line up a pound lower, and a repeat of any of his last four efforts at Hamilton would be enough. Bundy has plenty going for him, and if the ground was just a bit easier underfoot, he would be even more strongly fancied, although he is still the one to beat. Bollin Edward and Aintnecessarilyso are closely matched on recent Doncaster form and they too are both well drawn, while Romany Nights could not get into his stride at Chester and can play a part. He is set to give over a stone to Bundy though, and that is surely asking too much against our selection who can get recent losses back.