stumbled start, soon recovered into mid-division, ridden over 5f out, soon lost place, well behind final 4f
led, driven and pressed from over 2f out, edged right and headed inside final furlong, 3rd and held close home
held up towards rear, reminder 6f out, struggling 5f out, well behind final 4f
prominent, ridden and strong challenge from over 2f out, led inside final furlong, headed towards finish
in touch, ridden 4f out, outpaced over 3f out, stayed on from over 1f out, not able to challenge
chased leaders, outpaced over 3f out, hung right over 1f out, switched left and rallied entering final furlong, stayed on, led towards finish
towards rear, driven along 6f out, effort over 4f out, no impression, well beaten final 3f
tracked leader, ridden over 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, no extra towards finish
slowly into stride, in rear on outside, some headway over 3f out, no impression, well beaten over 1f out
Carragold and Lean On Pete are course and distance winners but both are returning from lay-offs. So is Competent, who has a shout on last year’s placed efforts at Wolverhampton, while Transmitting was third at Chelmsford in October. INFLEXIBALL has yet to race on Fibresand but found only the progressive Smiley Bagel too good at Wolverhampton recently and John Mackie’s mare should be thereabouts at the finish if handling the surface. Thou Swell landed a seller here in February and Fire In Babylon has won here in the past.
Competent 10-1 (9-0) Led, headed over 8f out, weakened inside final furlong, last of 13, 21 1/2l behind Bayan Kasirga (9-3) at Musselburgh 1m 4f hcp (5) gf in May.
Lean On Pete (IRE) 7-1 (10-2) Took keen hold, with leader, led over 7f out, headed over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 8th of 13, 13l behind Galilee Chapel (9-11) at Redcar 1m 2f hcp (6) gs in Oct.
Carragold 25-1 (9-4) Mid-division, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened, last of 14, 20 3/4l behind Briardale (9-7) at Newcastle 1m 2f hcp (5) pol in May.
Young Tom 9-2 (9-1) Tracked leaders, driven to challenge over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 7th of 9, 10 3/4l behind Torremar (9-7) at Redcar 1m 6f hcp (5) sft in Oct.
Inflexiball 6-1 (8-13) Raced keenly, tracked leader until 4f out, chased leaders, pushed along over 2f out, went 2nd post, no chance with winner, 2nd of 8, 2 1/2l behind Smiley Bagel (9-4) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Apr.
Bushel (USA) 18-1 (9-2) Close up, tracked winner 9f out, ridden 3f out, weakened final furlong, 5th of 9, 15 1/4l behind Brigadoon (9-13) at Southwell 1m 6f hcp (5) pol in Mar.
Thou Swell (IRE) 10-1 (9-6) Tracked leaders, went 2nd over 10f out until ridden 2f out, chased leaders, ridden and edged left briefly over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 11, 3 1/2l behind Thorntoun Care (9-6) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Apr.
Commissar 14-1 (9-7) In touch, headway chasing leaders over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 13, 7 1/2l behind Briac (8-12) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Mar.
Fire In Babylon (IRE) 25-1 (8-12) Dwelt, held up, ridden over 3f out, never nearer, 5th of 8, 17 3/4l behind Lady Turpin (9-3) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Mar.
Transmitting 9-4fav (8-13) Tracked leaders, ridden and edged left over 1f out, stayed on and went 3rd well inside final furlong, no impression on winner, 3rd of 8, 1 3/4l behind New Record (9-4) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (5) pol in Oct.
