made most, ridden, stayed on gamely to final furlong
slowly into stride, soon prominent, ridden 3f out, soon weakened
towards rear, switched right to race wide over 6f out, never dangerous
prominent, ridden 2f out, kept on one pace
close up, ridden 3f out, no impression until stayed on inside final furlong
held up, headway over 2f out, ridden to chase winner over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong
chased leaders, ridden 3f out, no impression
towards rear, pushed along halfway, never dangerous
raced wide, chased leaders over 5f
close up, ridden to chase winner over 2f out, ridden and hung left over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong
held up, soon outpaced, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on, not reach leaders
chased leaders, weakened halfway
mid-division, ridden halfway, weakened over 2f out
Mount Hillaby just scraped home at Wolverhampton and may find this a bit tougher, so we will give the vote to Nearly A Fool, with Taranaki also expected to run well. Nearly A Fool is relatively lightly raced and put in two terrific performances at Lingfield recently, beating Roman Quintet on the first occasion before chasing homer Macs Talisman. He has winning form here earlier in the season as well so looks to have en excellent chance off today's mark. Taranaki wasn't beaten far in a blanket finish at Wolverhampton last time and still lloks fairly well treated, especially with the five pound claim of Nelson de Souza. Mount Hillaby beat some decent types in his last race and although he has risen in the weights he should still be capable of fighting for a place. The David Barron pair Penwell Hill and Familiar Affair are also talented enough to warrant a mention, but pick of the weights today appears to be Nearly A Fool and this one gets our vote.