held up, headway 9th, challenged 3 out, ridden to lead approaching last, comfortably
track leaders, ridden and outpaced 10th, rallied between last 2, stayed on under pressure running to chase winner close home
track leader, lead approaching 8th, headed 3 out, weakened 2 out
led, pushed along, headed approaching 8th, dropped rear next, soon outpaced, rallied between last 2, no extra flat
held up in rear, reminder 7th, headway 9th, led 3 out, headed approaching last, one pace under pressure
Just five line up for the feature race on the card, with Gatorade selected to defy topweight against Iron Express and El Cordobes. The New Zealand-bred, a winner for Graham McCourt in the past, was having his first run for Richard Guest when scoring at Southwell recently. Patiently ridden by Henry Oliver, he was always going to win and a small rise in the weights should not stop him from making a bold bid to follow up here. Iron Express put in an improved effort at Cartmel, having been pulled up on his two previous starts, but the drop back in trip is a bit of a worry. El Cordobes is paying the penalty for a couple of victories last year and really needs to come down the weights before warranting support. As for Extra Proud and Bengal Boy, they look up against it and Gatorade is the one to be on.
