held up, headway 2f out, led over 1f out, driven out final furlong
towards rear, headway over 2f out, stayed on final furlong, never near to challenge
prominent, ridden over 1f out, edged left and stayed on same pace final furlong
prominent, led over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
led, headed over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, one pace final furlong
mid-division, pushed along over 3f out, ridden and one pace final furlong
slowly into stride, in rear, ridden over 2f out, never near to challenge
in touch, pushed along over 3f out, soon beaten, tailed off
The looks to be a good opportunity for Boston Lodge to bring to an end a fruitless spell despite running well this season. The ex-Irish Coolfore Jade comes into the race as something of a blot on the handicap and will be interesting the money is down from her shrewd yard. However, she has had problems with the starting stalls and much will depend on how she acts in the preliminaries. Therefore Rookwith may pose the selection the biggest threat if he can return to the sort of form that saw him lose his maiden tag at Ripon earlier in the season. He does have a theoretically good chance at the weights but Boston Lodge is a tough and consistent sort who should confirm his official rating as the best horse in the race.