tracked leaders, every chance 2f out, soon ridden, no impression final furlong
slowly into stride and behind, outpaced halfway, never on terms
chased leaders, effort 2f out, soon ridden, kept on same pace final furlong
led, headed 3f out, soon ridden and weakened
slowly into stride and behind, lost touch halfway
held up, headway over 1f out, soon ridden, led inside final furlong, kept on
keen early, tracked leader, led 3f out, ridden over 1f out, headed, no extra inside final furlong
A very ordinary maiden which should really be a match between Lucksin and Charles Parnell, with Primarily best of the rest and we take Charles Parnell to score. The selection is trained by Michael Dods, whose runners have been back in form of late, and this return to fast ground and 6f should suit. The gelding came back strongly with a decent seasonal reappearance at Nottingham last time and can come on for that run to score. Lucksin had to give best to First Approval in a fast ground maiden over 7f at Thirsk last time and has been unlucky to meet just the odd runner who is too good so far, having made the frame nine times from 12 attempts. However, he does clearly look vulnerable is so is opposed. Primarily would have to improve on anything he has shown so far to win this, but does look clear third best on what we have seen, but for the winner we are happy to side with Charles Parnell.
Diamond Heritage 100-1 (8-4) Towards rear, headway on inner over 1f out, ran on towards finish, 5th of 15, 3 1/2l behind Dvinsky (9-11) at Pontefract 6f hcp 0-70 (5) gf.
Khetaab (IRE) 15-2 (9-4) Prominent, ridden over 1f out, stayed on same pace final furlong, 4th of 15, 4 1/2l behind Confide (9-4) at Catterick 7f mdn 0-60 (6) gf.
Primarily 12-1 (9-1) Tracked leaders, ridden halfway, weakened final furlong, 5th of 8, 6l behind Taboor (8-8) at Hamilton 5f hcap (5) gd in May.
Villa Chigi (IRE) 100-1 (9-0) Towards rear, brief effort on outside over 2f out, 9th of 12, 15l behind Zarabad (9-0) at W'hampton 7f 2yo mdn (D3) pol in Nov '04.
Lady Luisa (IRE) 100-1 (8-6) Slowly away, always behind, 14th of 15, 26l behind Amira (8-8) at Newcastle 5f mdn stk (5) gf in Sept.
Charles Parnell (IRE) 4-1 (9-0) Held up in rear, ridden and ran on final furlong, never nearer, 3rd of 7, 1 1/2l behind Urbe Condita (9-0) at Nottingham 5f mdn aut stk (5) gf.
Lucksin (IRE) 13-2 (9-0) Mid-division, headway 3f out, ridden to challenge over 1f out, stayed on, held towards finish, 2nd of 10, hd behind First Approval (8-9) at Thirsk 7f mdn stk (5) gf.
Vibrato (USA) Stravinsky gelding, half-brother to numerous winners up to 1m.