held up towards rear, headway on outer over 2f out, stayed on towards finish
chased leaders, weakened over 1f out, soon eased
with leader, led over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, headed towards finish, just held
held up in touch, ridden over 3f out, stayed on towards finish
held up in touch, went 3rd over 3f out, weakened inside final furlong
held up towards rear, pushed along 4f out, headway on inner over 3f out, weakened over 1f out
dwelt, in rear, ridden 4f out, weakened over 3f out
led, headed over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, challenged inside final furlong, kept on gamely to regain lead near finish
chased leaders, pushed along over 4f out, ridden over 3f out, one pace and no impression final 2f
This looks slightly easier than Cheers For Thea's recent tasks on the Polytrack and Bobs Her Uncle can figure with Paul Hanagan on board for his reappearance. Looks Like Rain is better over further but Croftamie has a chance off her current mark back on a faster surface. Good Speech should go close after suffering a narrow-margin defeat at Wolverhampton earlier this year but OPEN LETTER is just preferred. The latter scored at Yarmouth in better company than this last season and can return to winning ways with a recent run under her belt.
Cheers For Thea (IRE) 11-2 (9-3) Steadied start, in touch in rear, headway on outer to track leaders over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, no impression, 3rd of 7, 4l behind Travelling (9-2) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f app hcp (0-70) (4yo+) (5) pol in Feb.
Miss Blink 20-1 (9-1) Close up, ridden over 3f out, weakened final furlong, 11th of 12, 9l behind Stand Guard (10-2) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Dec.
Bobs Her Uncle 13-2 (9-6) Mid-division, headway over 1f out, soon chasing leaders, no extra final furlong, 3rd of 12, 5l behind Kittens (9-3) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f 3yo hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Oct.
Looks Like Rain 8-1 (8-13) Behind, headway over 1f out, never nearer, 6th of 12, 4 1/2l behind Somemothersdohavem (9-5) at Wolverhampton 2m hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Nov.
Croftamie 10-1 (8-12) Slowly into stride, in touch, ridden to chase leading pair halfway, weakened 2f out, last of 7, 28l behind Fluctuation (8-3) at Southwell 1m clm stks 0-65 (6) fbs in Mar.
Lady Sledmere (IRE) 20-1 (8-8) Towards rear, ridden and headway over 2f out, kept on one pace, 6th of 16, 15l behind Luggers Hall (9-7) at Doncaster 1m 2f app hcp 0-70 (5) sft in Mar.
Keyhole Kate 17-2 (8-7) Tracked leaders, pushed along over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, 8th of 9, 23l behind Imelda Mayhem (8-10) at Ripon 6f 2yo flls mdn auc stks (5) gd in Jul '11.
Good Speech (IRE) 5-1 (9-0) Keen tracked leaders, short of room 3f out, soon outpaced, ridden and ran on to go 2nd inside final furlong, not trouble winner, 2nd of 6, 1/2l behind Naru (9-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Jan.
Open Letter (IRE) 5-1 (9-2) Tracked leader, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong, last of 5, 8l behind Regal Hawk (9-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Mar.