mid-division, ridden halfway, kept on, never dangerous
race keen, held up, ridden and headway 2f out, kept on one pace
slowly into stride, always outpaced
led over 4f out, ridden clear over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong
led, headed over 4f out, weakened over 1f out
held up, outpaced from halfway, ridden and stayed on inside final furlong, nearest finish
outpaced early, ridden and some headway over 2f out, soon weakened
slowly into stride, outpaced, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on
chased leaders 4f, eased final furlong
always in rear
held up, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong
chased leaders 4f
A desperate contest, even by all-weather standards, in which any investment is probably best kept to the minimum. Among those worthy of a mention are. Larky's Lob is better treated than most on official BHB ratings but has shown very little since winning a couple of sellers here as a two-year-old. Ian Semple's Valuable Gift ran well enough over this trip at Wolverhampton behind Fiamma Royale in August to have a chance, while On The Trial who was beaten behind the same horse the following month is a consistent performer in this grade. Paul Howling's Feast Of Romance, who at least proved to be good enough to win an admittedly similarly weak contest at Wolverhampton last week, and for who Jimmy Quinn has been booked. Czar Wars, who is 1lb better off with the Howling horse for one-and-three-quarter lengths has to be respected, especially over the shorter trip. He gets the TEAMtalk vote.