made all, jumped left throughout, quickened on bit after 3 out, unchallenged
chased leader, ridden 3 out, soon beaten
held up last, lost touch and hung left approaching 5th, tailed off
held up mid-division, hit 3rd, ridden and lost touch 6th, soon behind
held up towards rear, pulled hard and headway after 4th, ridden and lost touch with winner after 3 out, hit 2 out and last one pace
Possibly the worst race yours truly has ever had the misfortune to assess, and on the face of it it looks improbable that any of them are good enough to win. However, we must make a selection, and we will take the Martin Pipe-trained Oasis Blue to succeed. That may seems ludicrous after four successive defeats totalling 172 lengths, but we all know that the maestro can work magic and at this, his local track, he may just have sniffed the opportunity for an easy win with nothing much to beat. The ground will suit, though no one except perhaps Pipe himself is sure what is this gelding's best trip. The others all look dire, and Cappanrush may be the one for the forecast, as he has course experience on this sort of ground, when he ran with some credit. But in a dire contest, we'll side with Oasis Blue.
Cappanrush (IRE) 14-1 (11-2) Held up in rear, headway to chase leading trio before 3 out, under pressure and weakened before next, 6th of 15, 31l behind Kilindini (10-12) at Plumpton 2m mdn hdl (F) gd in May.
Oasis Blue (IRE) 33-1 (10-10) Held up in rear, headway when fell in race won by Frosty Jak (11-1) at Exeter 2m 6f amt nov hdl (E) gs, 10 ran.
Golden Tina 125-1 (10-7) Keen, mid-division, lost place 4th, soon behind, 12th of 14, well behind Zaffaran Express (10-12) at Bangor 2m 1f mrs nov hdl (E) gd in Mar.
Oscars Law 9-1 (10-3) Mid-division, ridden to press leaders over 2f out, soon weakened under pressure, 8th of 16, 14l behind Grenfell (10-11) at Kempton 2m mdn nhf (H) gs in Mar.
So Cloudy 100-1 (9-13) Held up, weakened from 5th, 10th of 12, well behind Snow's Ride (11-4) at Sedgefield 2m 1f nov hdl (E) gf in Sept.
