slowly away and held up, headway over 3f out, driven over 1f out, chased winner final furlong
held up towards rear, pushed along and headway on outer over 3f out, driven to lead over 1f out, kept on gamely final furlong
towards rear, pushed along over 4f out, headway 2f out, weakened final furlong
never better than mid-division
led, ridden along over 3f out, headed over 2f out, one pace final furlong
prominent, pushed along and outpaced over 4f out
prominent, effort over 3f out, weakened over 1f out
prominent, ridden along over 3f out, soon beaten
in touch, ridden to lead over 2f out, headed over 1f out, no extra final furlong
mid-division, headway over 3f out, one pace final 2f
always rear division
prominent, ridden along over 4f out, soon behind
The in-form Silver Mount can continue on his way and gets the nod over Orchard House and Red River Rock.Picolomini looks best of the rest. Red River Rebel is a previous course and distance winner that does not have too much to find despite being 1lb wrong at the weights. He does need to improve on recent form, though. So is not one to be wading in with - even at fancy odds. It would be dangerous to read too much into Orchard House's effort in chasing home stiffer opposition last time, as he was well beaten by the winner and some of the others under-performed on the day. Still, a repeat does would be good enough to make the frame against this lot, so he may be the one to give the selection the most to think about. However, things have fallen into place for Silver Mount recently and he is strongly fancied to put the rest to the sword this evening - in spite of his 6lb penalty for winning a class five handicap last time out.
Silver Mont (IRE) 9-1 (8-5) Chased leaders, ridden to lead 2f out, kept on well, won at Catterick 2m hcap (5) gf beating Toparudi (9-6) by 2l, 7 ran.
Orchard House (FR) 25-1 (8-6) Held up, headway over 3f out, stayed on to take 3rd towards finish, 3rd of 13, 9l behind Mr Mischief (8-12) at Southwell 1m 4f sll (6) fbs in May.
Wavertree One Off 50-1 (11-4) In touch, lost place over halfway, 7th of 17, 24l behind Ronsard (11-1) at Bath 2m 1f amt hcp (6) gf in May.
Piccolomini 7-1 (8-12) Towards rear, ridden over 3f out, kept on final furlong, 4th of 9, 6l behind Singhalongtasveer (9-2) at Musselburgh 2m app hcp (6) gf in May.
Cragganmore Creek 11-4fav (8-12) Held up, led 3f out, headed over 1f out, one pace, 3rd of 13, 2l behind Silver Mont (8-12) at Southwell 1m 4f Stks (41-45) (7) fbs in May.
Red River Rock (IRE) 7-2 (8-9) Held up mid-division, stayed on same pace final 2f, never threatened leaders, 6th of 13, 19l behind Colwyn Bay (8-10) at Kempton 2m hcp 0-50 (6) pol in May.
Toledo Sun 20-1 (8-12) Chased leaders, weakened over 2f out, 5th of 13, 12l behind Silver Mont (8-12) at Southwell 1m 4f Stks (41-45) (7) fbs in May.
Montecristo 14-1 (9-1) Mid-division, ridden over 3f out, no impression, 5th of 12, 7l behind Experimental (9-1) at W'hampton 1m 4f Stks (41-45) (7) pol in Apr.