held up in touch, headway 6, ridden approaching 2 out, stayed on to go 2nd near finish
held up and pulled hard, blundered 3rd, headway 13th, slightly hampered 14th, blundered badly 15th, weakened approaching 2 out
held up in rear, headway 9th, no danger from 14th
always prominent, not fluent 14th, ridden 4 out, every chance after 3 out, pecked slightly 2 out, soon hung left, lost 2nd near finish
held up, not fluent 2nd, soon pushed along, not fluent 3rd, lost touch after 13th, tailed off
in touch to 12th, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out
prominent, pushed along 7th, lost place 9th, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out
prominent, not fluent 3rd, lost place 5th, stayed on approaching 2 out, never able to challenge
made all, blundered 10th and 11th, ridden approaching 3 out, driven out
Bear in mind that Ray Source and Green Go may well have run at Bangor on Saturday but, without that knowledge and in a competitive race, we will opt for Batten Down with Tommy Carson, Frentzen, Ray Source and Sunshan rated his main rivals. Looking at the field. Ray Source is four pounds higher than for his last win but can still go well and should be sharper for his seasonal reappearance. Nocksky has been raised nine pounds since winning a seller here, while Tommy Carson comes here in good heart following the first Flat win of his career, even though he is seven-pounds higher than for his last chase success. Prince Highlight has a good chance on his 2002 form and shaped encouragingly last time but he probably prefers give these days, while Frentzen ran well last time but has been raised accordingly although Mick Fitzgerald is an eyecatching booking. Sunshan is a course winner but has been beaten from revised marks since and Batten Down was a beaten favourite last time but maybe a first-time visor might help the Tony McCoy-ridden gelding. And Our Tommy has won two his last three races but has been raised 13lbs as a consequence. Put all of this into the mix and the pin lands against the name of Batten Down.
