pressed leader, led 3f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on well
slowly into stride, off the pace in rear, headway out wide over 3f out, shaken up and weakening when hung right inside final 2f
raced keenly, held up in last pair, closer out wide over 3f out, run flattened out and weakened final furlong
raced keenly tracking leaders on inside, pushed along 3f out, not clear run on rail switched left and stayed on inside final furlong, went 2nd final 100 yards, no chance with winner
led, pushed along and headed 3f out, lost 2nd over 2f out, weakened quickly
raced keenly tracking leaders, went 2nd over 2f out, no impression when weakened into 3rd final 100 yards
NonRunner
Centre Court is penalised for last week’s win at Newcastle but will be 9lb higher in the weights from next week so is theoretically still a step ahead of the handicapper. She looks sure to be thereabouts again but SPIORADALTA made a promising reappearance at Nottingham and has plenty of form on soft ground. It’s less certain that Violeta will handle conditions but she’s only finished out of the frame twice in seven starts and both James McHenry and Boy Douglas remain unexposed.
James McHenry 5-2fav (9-6) Towards rear, shaken up over 3f out, some headway over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, 4th of 9, 3 3/4l behind Lord Sam's Castle (9-5) at Newcastle 7f (4) pol in Nov.
Centre Court (FR) 5-1 (9-8) Made most, pushed 3 lengths clear entering final furlong, ran on, won at Newcastle 1m hcp (5) pol in Apr beating Tiamat (9-4) by 3 1/2l, 7 ran.
Boy Douglas (IRE) 13-2 (9-7) Keen early, tracked leaders, ridden to lead narrowly over 1f out, ran on, won at Ayr 1m stks (5) hvy in Oct beating Radetsky Marsch (9-7) by 1/2l, 8 ran.
Spioradalta 16-1 (9-1) In rear, waiting for room 3f out, pushed along over 2f out, kept on well inside final furlong, went third close home, 3rd of 9, 3 1/2l behind Racingbreaks Ryder (9-3) at Nottingham 1m hcp (4) sft in Apr.
Impulsive Reaction (IRE) 11-2 (9-3) In rear nearside, ridden 2f out, soon beaten, last of 9, 17 3/4l behind X J Rascal (9-10) at Doncaster 1m (4) gd in Sep.
Vondelpark 10-1 (9-6) Raced wide prominent, ridden and weakened over 2f out, 12th of 15, 26l behind Orchestra (9-5) at Pontefract 1m (5) gs in Oct.
Honour Your Dreams (FR) 15-2 (9-8) Close up, pushed along over 1f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong, 4th of 9, 2 3/4l behind Beelzebub (9-9) at Newcastle 6f hcp (5) pol in Apr.
Violeta (IRE) 11-4 (8-13) Held up in rear, pushed along over 2f out, headway over 1f out, stayed on, went 2nd towards finish, no impression on winner, 2nd of 8, 2l behind Elim (8-13) at Newcastle 1m mdn fll stks (3) pol in Mar.
