held up towartds rear, effort towards inside over 2f out, never able to challenge
raced wide, broke fast, led, came wide into straight, pushed along 2f out, ridden and headed just over 1f out, kept on again near finish
behind, still last and plenty to do 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, never reached leaders
tracked leaders, effort on wide outside and pressed leaders 2f out, kept on well inside final furlong, just held
behind, effort towards inside over 2f out, soon struggling
held up in touch, challenged going well 2f out, led just over 1f out, hard ridden final furlong, held on well
mid-division, ridden over 2f out, soon outpaced
started slowly, pulled hard in mid-division, ridden to close on leaders over 1f out, weakened final furlong
mid-division, stayed on under pressure to press leaders over 1f out, outpaced final furlong
always prominent, pushed along 3f out, kept on final furlong
in touch, ridden 3f out, weakened 2f out
started slowly, pulled hard in rear, effort towards inner over 2f out, soon struggling
held up in rear, closed on leaders over 1f out, outpaced final furlong
held up, pulled hard and soon prominent, pushed along over 2f out, soon weakened
took keen hold, chased leaders until weakened 2f out
A tight handicap and any number are in with chances but, racing from a mark of just 74, the lightly raced Ryan's Future, with Kieren Fallon booked, might be worth chancing. Going through the field. Muchea is back on a winning mark and will appreciate the likely fast pace here. Irony is racing off the same mark as when taking a Kempton handicap recently but might not be able to repeat that in this bigger field. Camelot is now rated two pounds higher than for a narrow Redcar win and, while he is entitled to still be improving, we prefer others today. Star Sensation's form seems handicapped about right but the upside is that the stable is in form. John Gosden's York Cliff is capable but has clearly had training problems too. Prince Hector is now three pounds lower than for his Bath win last season. African Sahara, a course winner, is slightly better off with Camelot on Redcar form and has two lengths to find. Beluga Bay is lightly raced and from a canny stable but has a few pounds to find on the form book. Alrafid has been raised four pounds for winning a fairly modest handicap at Goodwood, although he too is fairly lightly raced. Irish import Hadath - although he began his racing life in Britain - won a Naas handicap off a mark of 75 on yielding last year and is now rated 73, although the excellent Liam Keniry takes three pounds off his back. He is entitled to run well off his current rating. Cool Temper hails from an in-form yard and has won three of his last four races. He's been well-placed by his handler but this is tougher. As we have already mentioned, Ryan's Future has the profile of a likely improver and should certainly have finished closer to the winner on his latest outing. Muyassir is certainly well-handicapped on his best form of two years ago and is closely weighted with Mobo-Baco on their Bath runs in an Amateur event last time. Must Be Magic is now seven pounds higher than for his recent Kempton win, but at least comes here in good heart. A return to his best gives course and distance winner Pagan Prince a shout, while Firewire, although he has a couple of pounds to find on Must Be Magic on their Kempton runs, is another that comes here in rude health. Madame Maxi is also a course and distance winner and can marginally be preferred over Firewire at today's weights based on a Windsor run earlier in the month. It's very competitive but we'll stick with Ryan's Future.
