held up, headway to join leaders on outside over 4f out, hampered 3f out, shaken up to lead approaching 2f out, all out when headed inside final furlong
towards rear, never a factor
tracked leaders, ridden to chase leaders 3f out, every chance 2f out, weakened
mid-division, ridden to chase clear leaders 3f out, weakened well over 1f out
in touch, effort and headway to chase leaders 2f out, hard ridden to lead inside final furlong, kept on
slowly into stride and well behind, headway from over 1f out
prominent, carried left over 3f out, ridden every chance 2f out, weakening when edged left inside final furlong
soon led, ridden, edged right 3f out, ridden and headed approaching 2f out, weakened
towards rear, ridden over 3f out on inside, kept on
keen hold in rear, headway when not clear run approaching 4f out, not recover
mid-division, ridden 4f out, weakened over 2f out
mid-division on inside, ridden to chase leaders 3f out, switched right approaching 1f out, ran on to take 3rd line
A weak contest may see Soliniki return to winning ways, with the likes of Constable Burton, Air Mail and Shielaligh not to be dismissed either. Who would have thought after Soloniki's debut success at Ascot in August 2003 that just four runs later he would be figuring in a seller at Southwell. But that is the case with the son of Danzero who has failed to progress since then. He lost his action when stone last on his Leicester reappearance and has been lightly raced since then. He met interference on his all-weather debut at Wolverhampton in October, and so for one reason or another, has been costly to follow. Unless Jamie Osborne's charge is suffering some deep-rooted injury that has yet to surface, the ability that saw him score at Ascot must still be there somewhere, and it may be seen here. If he does not reproduce that form then there are quite a few rivals to benefit, including Constable Burton, a course and distance winner in the spring. Air Mail is vastly experienced on the all-weather but has not won for two years, while Shielaligh drops another grade and is much better treated compared to his Turf mark. Soliniki gets the vote.