led, ridden and headed over 3f out, weakened final 2f
behind and outpaced, soon chasing leaders, ridden and weakened over 3f out
with leader, led 3f out, soon ridden, headed inside final furlong, kept on
chased leaders, ridden over 4f out, weakened final 2f
held up in touch, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong
held up, headway on inner over 4f out, led on bit inside final fulrong, very cheekily
held up, effort when outpaced over 4f out, ridden and headway well over 1f out and edged left, stayed on
held up towards rear, ridden 4f out, weakened 2f out
This is a very modest seller and it could rest between Antony Ebeneezer, Game Guru and Aveiro, and the pick of the weights today Game Guru just edges the decision. Paul Blockley's six-year-old is the best in here on official ratings and has the recent form as well. He was a close up third to Accendere over the mile trip here last time with today's rival Extra Cover behind in fourth. The extra distance is not a problem and he looks set to go very close. Antony Ebeneezer returns from a spell over hurdles so will lack nothing fitness wise, and has shown good ability here in the past. Aveiro didn't run too badly at Wolverhampton last time when third in a similar race, however his best form is at this track and he looks the main threat to the selection. The rest of the line up make little appeal and so we return to Game Guru as the speculative choice.
Antony Ebeneezer 5-1 Towards rear, headway 3f out, ridden to chase leaders 2f out, no impression final furlong, 6th of 14, 7l behind Defana at Redcar 1m 2f sll hcp (G4) frm in Sept.
Beauchamp Quest 66-1 Always behind, mistake 1st, tailed off 5th, mistake 6th and jumped badly left pulled up 2 out in race won by Pequenita at Taunton 2m 1f sll hdl (G) gs, 13 ran (N.Hunt).
Game Guru 11-1 Tracked leader, led 3f out until well over 1f out, kept on one pace, 3rd of 7, 4 1/2l behind Accendere at Southwell 1m sll (G4) fbs.
Gran Dana (IRE) 10-1 Led 2f, stayed prominent, ridden and weakened quickly over 3f out, 10th of 13, 9l behind Zeloso at Lingfield 1m 5f stk (H5) pol.
Relative Hero (IRE) 66-1 Chased leaders until over 2f out, soon weakened, 7th of 11, 23l behind French Mannequin at W'hampton 1m 4f sll (G4) pol.
Extra Cover (IRE) 10-1 Slowly away, ridden, carried head high and headway over 1f out, kept on one pace, 4th of 7, 6l behind Accendere at Southwell 1m sll (G4) fbs.
Keltic Rainbow (IRE) 20-1 Held up towards rear, effort on outside over 5f out, ridden and weakened 2f out, 8th of 13, 16l behind Simply The Guest at Southwell 1m 3f hcp (F4) fbs.
Shaamit's All Over 22-1 Chased leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, 5th of 9, 13l behind Vrisaki at Southwell 1m mdn clm (H5) std.