prominent, pushed along over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
in touch, headway 2f out, ridden to lead entering final furlong, ran on
led, ridden and hung left over 1f out, headed entering final furlong, no extra
tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, every chance entering final furlong, ran on
close up, headway when not clear run and switched right over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong
short of room start, in rear, pushed along over 3f out, never on terms
towards rear, ridden 2f out, headway approaching final furlong, kept on
One Hart finished well ahead of Batchelor Boy when scoring at Wolverhampton but struggled off today’s higher mark last time while Little Boy Blue was still well beaten when third here, though finished in front of Zylan. Both the latter and Excessable won over track and trip earlier in the year and THRAVE was successful over a mile at the track in January. Mick Appleby’s charge has also won over course and distance in the past and gets the vote given Oisin Murphy has a good strike-rate riding for the yard. Fine Wine debuts for Scott Dixon’s local stable though is hard to assess on last summer’s double in France.
One Hart (IRE) 2-1fav (9-7) Chased leaders, nudged along and outpaced over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 8, 5 1/2l behind Amber Island (9-3) at Chelmsford City 7f hcp (4) pol in Mar.
Zylan (IRE) 12-1 (9-7) Led, pushed along and headed over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 9, 8 3/4l behind Lincoln Park (9-7) at Southwell 6f hcp (4) pol in Mar.
Fine Wine (FR) (9-1) won at Vichy 5f stks gd in Jul beating Plaza De Vega (9-2) by 3/4l, 12 ran.
Little Boy Blue 16-1 (9-2) Close up, pushed along halfway, ridden 2f out, kept on one pace, 3rd of 9, 4 3/4l behind Lincoln Park (9-7) at Southwell 6f hcp (4) pol in Mar.
Thrave 9-2 (9-12) Off the pace in 5th, pushed along and outpaced 3f out, wide in home straight, ridden 2f out, soon weakened, 5th of 8, 6 1/2l behind Native Silver (9-7) at Southwell 1m hcp (5) pol in Mar.
Batchelor Boy (IRE) 17-2 (9-5) Prominent, led under 2f out, ridden and headed 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 4th of 9, 4 3/4l behind One Hart (9-7) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (4) pol in Feb.
Excessable 5-1 (8-9) Chased leaders, ridden and unable to quicken over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, never going pace to challenge, 4th of 8, 1 3/4l behind Rock Sound (9-7) at Southwell 6f hcp (4) pol in Feb.